This informative article begins by explaining why people are now choosing to live in tiny homes. Families are choosing this lifestyle for the simplicity. These houses attract a large span of people from college grades to retirees. Not only does shrinking square footage decrease chores, it is a lifestyle change all about living with less and decreasing environmental impact over time. The rest of the article is a collage of pictures with captions that explain a lot of benefits from living the tiny lifestyle. It begins by comparing the average size of a house from 1973 which is 1,525 square feet. And in 2013 the average size home was 2,598 square feet. From there it moves on to describing tiny homes. The average size tiny home is 100 square feet to 400 square feet. Tiny homes have many different names such as micro houses, compact houses, mini houses, and little houses. Next Michael explains why people chose to go tiny. Many reasons include mobility, reduced carbon footprint, lower taxes, decreased maintenance, little or no debt, and self sufficiency. Today the average price of a tiny home is $23,000 and 68% of dwellers have no mortgage. There are other uses for your tiny home besides a main residence. Your tiny home makes perfect use for a home office, in-law suite, and a home for returning adult children. If you do not think you are capable of building your own tiny home that is no problem. There are tiny house builders scattered across the country and are willing to ship the tiny home anywhere because they are small and mobile. Besides the drastic price difference between a tiny home and a average size home there are significant environment impacts on living tiny and reducing your carbon footprint. By living in a tiny home you are using less lumber and other building materials, using smaller and fewer appliances, less space to heat and cool, and the largest environmental benefit from downsizing is reduced electricity and fuel use. They might be tiny houses but they have a big impact. Some cities have set up tiny house communities to shelter the homeless. Also after hurricane Katrina 308-square foot cottages served as an alternative to FEMA trailers. In conclusion the tiny house movement is gaining interest not only for its novelty, but for the allure of reduced costs, reduced environmental impact, and a simpler lifestyle.
This article provided some great information on the difference between average size homes and tiny homes today. Not only does it explain the benefits financially but it also explains all the environmental benefits from sizing down. This article is different from others because it visually gives great pictures that help readers visualize the differences in tiny homes compared to average size homes. Also this article gives great reasons for having a tiny home other than its conventional means as a main residence. This gives people more reasons to consider owning a tiny home even though they know they do not want to live there for the rest of their life. Lastly this article gave a lot of reasons how choosing to scale down benefits the environment and the community you live in. I believe the future of the tiny house movement is going to focus on helping the community rather than individuals owning their own tiny house.
Salguero, Michael. "The Tiny House Movement." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 12 Sept. 2014. Web. 09 Apr. 2015.
This article provided some great information on the difference between average size homes and tiny homes today. Not only does it explain the benefits financially but it also explains all the environmental benefits from sizing down. This article is different from others because it visually gives great pictures that help readers visualize the differences in tiny homes compared to average size homes. Also this article gives great reasons for having a tiny home other than its conventional means as a main residence. This gives people more reasons to consider owning a tiny home even though they know they do not want to live there for the rest of their life. Lastly this article gave a lot of reasons how choosing to scale down benefits the environment and the community you live in. I believe the future of the tiny house movement is going to focus on helping the community rather than individuals owning their own tiny house.
Salguero, Michael. "The Tiny House Movement." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 12 Sept. 2014. Web. 09 Apr. 2015.