Tali Wee of Zillow
Transitioning to life in a tiny home is on trend, but isn’t for everyone. Simply downsizing to an apartment is challenging for most modern Americans. To move your life from an apartment or house into a tiny home requires the ability to part with your excessive material belongings. Plus, you’ll have to let go of any hyper-organized or claustrophobic tendencies, as tiny homes require overlap between work spaces. One moment, your counter is a kitchen space and the next it’s an office desk.
However, most tiny home lovers greet these changes with pleasure. The minimalistic lifestyle can alleviate much of the stress or burden of caring for unnecessary keepsakes and simplify daily life. House cleaning suddenly becomes a quicker task; you don’t have to dust all your trinkets or vacuum rooms of carpets or rugs. You can also limit the habit of spending frivolously to decorate your home. Your tiny home will be chuck full of necessities, requiring little décor, unlike a 2,500-square-foot home with countless blank walls and surfaces.
Most tiny home residents make the move to either reduce the stress of their current rat race lifestyles, to test themselves with a new, minimalism lifestyle or to tighten their spending. Think about heating 500 square feet instead of that single-family home – huge financial savings. Or, contemplate the electrical costs for a tiny home verses your current home? Clearly, the tiny home lifestyle provides some financial benefits aside from the obvious lack of a mortgage payment.
Does this all sound perfect for you? Some considerations you’ll need to think about before following a whim to live in a tiny home are listed below. Carefully walk through the checklist before giving away your possessions and pursuing the tiny home lifestyle. Is it truly for you?
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