Presley’s home measures just eight by twenty-four feet.It has a built-in platform bed, built-in shelves, space for a narrow table and a loft that accommodates a queen-sized mattress for guests.Her tiny house’s kitchenette is outfitted with a built-in stove and oven, plus a sink and small refrigerator; in the bathroom are a tiny sink, a toilet and a shower. We don’t need all of our belongings,” Presley told Presley heats and cools her home via a unit on the ceiling. “I just experienced the clutter, to live in excess, and I didn’t find it particularly satisfying.” Presley is part of the Tiny House movement, whose growing popularity reflects a desire among some Americans to pare down, consume less and enjoy a simpler, more customized home and lifestyle.Tiny houses are for sale in nearly every state and in general, tiny house builders will ship a completed house almost anywhere.Most tinies are located in scenic rural settings, but there are appealing micro-apartments and mini-houses for urban dwellers, too.Although the company Tiny Home Builders has a Tiny Retirement design that does away with loft beds and ladders, we haven’t yet seen fully accessible tiny houses built with universal design principals, but these are surely coming.Tiny home dwellers enjoy these benefits compared to traditional housing: Cut your expenses and debt Costs of building or buying a home, utilities, taxes, repairs and maintenance all decrease.
That’s a few hundred thousand less than a tiny Manhattan apartment and an alternative to a Florida condo.
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