Today we get to meet Tyler. Some would call him a free spirit as he has the ability to relocate as he chooses. He lives in a tiny, tiny house. One hundred and forty square feet to be exact. Not your modern (large) tiny houses but one that goes back to the early days of tiny homes. 2012 to be exact and built by Malissa and Cory Rogers.
Tyler found his house via a tiny house listings site and eventually purchased it from a Craigslist ad when the house was reduced in price. It was located not to far from him so that made it easier.
He has made quite a few modifications to make it his own.
Pictures and Video by Tiny House Expedition.
Heating and Cooling: The tiny house came with a wood stove, he still uses it but has added an additional mini- split system. This gives him the ease if he needs heat imiediately and the option of cooling which he didn’t have before. He has also added a ceiling fan which helps in moving the heat and cooling around the tiny house.
Kitchen and Living: He had a friend add additional enclosed storage in the kitchen and also the living area to store his clothes. Both were lacking in the original tiny house. In the living room he has added a projector and screen so that he can enjoy movies on a larger scale vs. his laptop which he used before.
Bathroom: Tyler added more function to his bathroom by adding doors which it was lacking and a custom window that is both decorative and allows more light in and a view outside as well.
Outdoor Living: The tiny house came with a built on deck. This he removes each time he moves and rebuilds to fit the area he lives in. Under the deck he has a day bed that works for visiting friends and also a salvaged cast iron bathtub. Tyler enjoys his baths and this gives him a luxury he doesn’t have room for in his tiny house. This area expands his tiny home to a larger footprint.
Flexibility: Tyler enjoys having the ability to move his home when he wants a change. In the last seven years he has moved his home three times. He has lived in the country in a couple of places and now lives in the city. He likes finding a place to rent where he has the closeness of the owner and the community that comes with that lifestyle.
Financial Benefits: Tyler owns his home so is not dealing with a mortgage. Yes, he pays rent but has the option to move when he chooses. It allows hime the free spirit lifestyle he wants to live.
Would you enjoy being like Tyler and carve out your own dream life as he has done?
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Well, the $600/month lot rent sucks. I paid $12,500 for my quarter acre residential lot back in December 2008. At $600/mo he could pay that in less than 2 years. Plus, my singlewide has a flush toilet, shower, full size kitchen. It’s 14 x 52 or 728 square feet. This is why we need our housing freedom restored. Your home is sacred. The private equity people in particular have monetized shelter, a necessity of life. Economic forces have raised the cost of housing and thus raised property taxes, but there has always been greed too. We need our housing freedom restored. Housing freedom restoration says as long as a home is not a threat to anyone’s health or safety, then any restriction against that home is a misapplication of the police power and is therefore null and void. WE should abolish both property taxes AND exclusionary zoning to hold sacred our self-evident, inalienable right to shelter, a necessity of life. We stated in our Declaration of Independence that we hold these truths to be self-evident that we have the inalienable rights to LIFE, LIBERTY and the pursuit of happiness. That means to me that we should be free to be happy in a home of our own choosing, and not someone else’s choosing. We should be free to spend our money as we see fit and NOT as someone else sees fit. Our right to simply exist supersedes all other considerations. It is financial slavery to force anyone to buy something so expensive that it takes 30 years to pay for it. Then piling property taxes on top of that just perpetuates that financial slavery.