Tiny Homes for Eco Adventures
Rental income opportunities aside, most tiny home owners buy them to live
in. It gives them access to a lifestyle that just isn’t possible in a traditional
house.
For adventurous types, attach your tiny home to your vehicle and use it to
travel the country.
Another big draw of living in a miniature house is a reduced environmental
impact. Tiny homes are incredibly efficient, needing little water or electricity;
they also cost less to maintain, renovate and furnish. Moreover, they tend
to be built with environment-friendly materials. A number of homeowners
choose to go off-the-grid altogether, installing solar panels to their roof. Since
the average micro home only has six light bulbs, creating enough electricity is
easy. Other eco-friendly options include green rooftops, grey water recycling,
even wind-powered generators. Living in such a small space means you
consume less and create a smaller carbon footprint – but the downside
composting toilets can take some getting used to.
Tiny Home, Big Profit
Timing is another big factor
in the micro home’s rise in
popularity. The number of
tiny homes grew in leaps and
bounds shortly after the last real
estate crash, when millions of
people simply couldn’t afford
to keep and maintain their
homes so they simply had to
walk away. Not willing to give
up the idea of homeownership,
some embraced the tiny house.
Millennials, who saw the aftereffects of the housing crash,
are also attracted to these
unconventional dwellings.
Living full-time in a tiny house
isn’t for everyone and some
traditional homeowners use a
micro house in addition to their
own home. Some use it for
guest quarters, others use it for
travel. If not needed for personal
use, micro homes can be rented
out on Airbnb and can bring in
additional income.
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