Tiny House: The Pros and Cons of Living in one

Tiny houses have become so popular that they have their own movement: The Tiny House Movement. Google it if you don&#;t believe me. It even has its own Wikipedia page! With so many people moving into tiny houses, you might be wondering if a tiny house fits you. Here&#;s a list of some of the pros and cons of a tiny house.

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What Classifies a Tiny House?

Before you move in, you should know exactly what you&#;re getting yourself into. A tiny house is more than just a small house&#; or should I say less? According to this graph by Statista, the average Canadian home size is around 6,400 square feet. In contrast, a typical tiny house ranges between 100 and 400 square feet in size. That&#;s a whole lot smaller.

Living in a tiny house: advantages

Save Money

Probably the biggest appeal to tiny homes is how cost effective they are. There&#;s no need to take out a mortgage in order to pay for it. Many people own their tiny homes so there&#;s no need to pay rent which is cheaper in the long term. Not only do you save money by not having to pay rent, but you also save on utilities. This is, there&#;s less space to heat or illuminate.

Environmental benefits

Tiny homes have smaller footprints because they use less utilities. It&#;s also fairly easy to switch to solar energy with a tiny home or even go completely off grid. Many tiny homes also have composting toilets so there&#;s no need for a sewage system.

Reduced Consumption

To go along with a reduced footprint, tiny houses also promote reduced consumption. Let&#;s be honest, there&#;s not a lot of space in a tiny home which means you need to be more thoughtful when it comes to what you buy. Essentially, you can&#;t buy things if you have nowhere to put them so you have to be smart about your purchases.

Easier Maintenance

Less space = less space to clean. Compared to a normal sized home, you&#;ll have less appliances to maintain and repair as well.

Mobility

While not for everyone, one of the appeals of tiny houses is the ability to pick up and go whenever you please. Many tiny houses are built with wheels so all you&#;ll need is a truck to attach it to and a love for travelling.

The disadvantages

Less Storage Space

While it may reduce consumption, it can be hard to part with certain possessions if you&#;re moving from a normal sized house to a tiny house. Unlike a simple declutter before a normal move, moving into a tiny house forces you to get rid of more than half of your existing possessions unless you get a separate storage unit. Less storage space also means not being able to buy certain things like items in bulk.

Less Living Space

Along with less storage space, you also have less living space. While tiny houses are spacious enough for one or two people, it might be a bit uncomfortable for a family. There&#;s also a lot less privacy. You&#;re also limited to the amount of guests you have over unless you have additional outside space.

Less Luxuries

Some may argue that this is the point of tiny houses: to rely less on material things and return to nature. Many tiny houses have things like AC and washers and dryers; however, they may not be the most powerful. It&#;s likely that the AC unit won&#;t be able to compete with 30+ degree Celsius heat or that your 2-in-1 washer/dryer won&#;t fully dry your clothes, and you can completely forget about bathtubs. It&#;s little luxuries like these that you&#;ll have to learn to live without.

It Gets Dirty More Often

While there&#;s less space to clean, many tiny house owners find themselves cleaning more often than they used to in a normal home.

Legal Gray Area

There are a lot of legal issues that you should definitely look into before buying a tiny house because depending on where you live, you could run into problems. Some places, for example, require homes to be of a certain minimum size in order to be approved for construction. You also have to deal with parking permits. While some places consider tiny houses houses, others consider them RVs which means you have to park in an RV lot. Make sure you do your research before you buy and whenever you change locations to make sure you&#;re abiding by the law.

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What are the cons of living in a Tiny House? I&#;m asked this question all of the time, and it has always been a difficult question for me to answer. Is my Tiny House perfect? Of course not! But I do love it, and I think I&#;ve also learned to love my home&#;s imperfections. Contrary to popular belief (on HGTV anyway), the tiny lifestyle isn&#;t always butterflies and ice cream. I get frustrated with my home. There have been moments when I wanted to move out. Sometimes I gaze longingly at my friend&#;s large apartment, with its modern kitchen and futuristic appliances (re: oven and dishwasher). These moments of doubt eventually pass, and I remember all of the benefits of Tiny House living. After I come back to my truth, I tell myself to stop complaining.

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But, today I&#;m not going to do that. Today I&#;m going to complain, and you&#;re going to hear exactly what I don&#;t like about my house and my lifestyle. Are you ready for this? Because I&#;m serving you up a big slice of reality-check-pie! Here are my top 10 cons of Tiny House living.

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1). Tiny Homes Get Dirty Really Quickly

Everyone always talks about how easy and fast it is to clean a Tiny House, but they don&#;t tell you that it&#;s even easier to get it totally filthy! I can turn my house from a sterile hospital room into a disgusting dumpster in a matter of seconds. One bowl of cereal falls off the counter&#; my house is a wreck. It&#;s laundry day and I&#;m hanging clothes inside to dry because it&#;s raining outdoors&#; total chaos. My dog roams in with muddy paws&#; game over. I feel like I&#;m constantly cleaning, and that&#;s a big con for me.

2). Explaining My Compost Toilet to Guests

Funny thing I&#;ve learned: adults do not enjoy being potty-trained. Unfortunately, every time I have a guest over I have to go through the awkward explanation of &#;how to pee and poo in my bathroom.&#; I&#;m sort of used to it by now, but I always get the same abashed look from my guests when they receive their toilet lesson&#;. especially when it&#;s a guy I&#;ve just started dating. I can imagine the story they will tell later&#;

&#;So I went over to her house and she instructed me that I had to sit to pee in her bathroom&#; weirdest date ever!&#; 

3). Making the Bed in the Loft

I&#;m pretty sure I deserve an Olympic medal for making my bed every day in just 40 inches of space.

4). Smells

In a Tiny Space, it&#;s really difficult to avoid smells &#; good or bad. A single scented candle can be overwhelming. Opening the windows helps a bit, but some smells &#; such as burnt toast or a campfire &#; will imprint themselves on my curtains, clothes, and sheets for days on end.

5). Ability to Have Guests Over

No matter what anyone tells you, there is a limit to the number of people you can have over in a Tiny House. I don&#;t have parties, and I rarely host dinners. I also have a hard time housing my friends or relatives when they come to visit, because they have to sleep on my futon couch and be &#;okay&#; with my compost toilet. Some people would consider this a good thing, but I enjoy company, so it&#;s on my list of cons.

6). Limited Wardrobe

Sometimes I really enjoy not having a lot of clothes, but there have been several occasions when I curse my tiny closet and the lack of contents within. For example, one summer I was invited to several weddings and I was photographed wearing the exact same thing to each and every one. It was embarrassing. I felt unfashionable and poor, and I&#;m neither of those things.

7). No Room to Grow

As I evolve in my life and I start to think about having children, I just don&#;t think I could do it in my current Tiny House. I know other Tiny Housers have children, but they carefully planned and designed their homes for that purpose. I was 27 when I built my house and it was designed for two people to travel. Things change. Life happens. In a regular foundation home, you could potentially expand. My house is limited by the size of my trailer.

8). Weight Limitations

Speaking of limitations, my house is restricted by weight, which is determined by the size of my axels. I can&#;t add a marble countertop or a tile bathroom to my house. I&#;m almost maxed out as it is! I have to think about every single item I bring in to my home. Often, when I&#;m deciding between two things I choose the one that weighs the least.

Ah yes, one the biggest cons of the Tiny House movement. Overall I have been lucky in these areas, but that doesn&#;t mean that I haven&#;t received an eviction or that I didn&#;t have to deal with a bad insurance agent in the past.

10). Judgy People

My least favorite thing about living tiny is that &#;normal&#; people will judge you. When you live alternatively, there is really no way to avoid the scrutiny of others. It&#;s something you deal with. I receive A LOT of criticism because I choose to share my life and experiences online. I&#;m broadcasting my life to the masses, and if they don&#;t like it, I hear about it. Normally I wouldn&#;t complain, but today I said I would&#; so I am!

What do you think about the cons of living small?

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