Affordability, efficiency, eco-friendliness, and a minimalist lifestyle await you.
The Australian dream was once a forever house with a white picket fence, but today, affordability, eco-friendliness, and minimalism are at the top of the agenda, and the solution for many is to live smaller. People are choosing to downsize the space they live in, simplify, live with less and embrace the idea that reducing the size of your interior spaces doesn’t diminish the quality of life.
“Tiny dwellings are hugely popular overseas and now here in Australia,” says Redipods founder Todd Nener. “You will find them in the back gardens of Melbourne suburbia or a bush block in New South Wales. Here in Western Australia, with our diverse and beautiful landscape, there are countless opportunities for living the tiny life. And with Redipods ranging from 25 – 75 sq/m, they can provide a minimalist lifestyle at a low cost.”
The tiny house movement is traced back to the late 1990s and its pioneer, Jay Shafer, who built a small mobile home on a trailer bed, followed by his first tiny house measuring 10 m2 in Iowa.
The movement gained momentum in the U.S. in 2005 when they were used to accommodate Hurricane Katrina victims and again in the wake of the 2007-08 global financial crisis when the quest for affordable housing options reached its height.
Since then, tiny houses have gained popularity globally, with people looking for a solution to sky-high mortgages, dwindling land sales, and hankering for a simple, minimalist life. Due to their size, tiny homes use fewer materials in the building process, which means they have a smaller ecological footprint and require significantly less operational energy to heat, cool and provide power, helping keep owners’ energy usage and costs down.
In Japan, microhomes, often located on irregular leftover pieces of land, have been popular for decades due to land scarcity, rising property prices and taxes, and the persistent threat of earthquakes and typhoons.
The first town in the U.S. to embrace the movement was Spur in Texas, whose aim was to preserve the virtues of rural living, creating a tiny home community. Anyone owning a tiny house or planning to build one can purchase a lot and move into the town, but it must meet specific aesthetic requirements. Each home must feature wood or metal framing, flush toilets that connect to city utilities, and proper electrical work.
In New Zealand, entrepreneur Kyron Gosse and his company Go Tiny, The Micro Collective in Muriwai, are building the country’s first tiny house community. In Whispering Aspen Village in Fairplay, Colorado; there are tiny homes to rent designed in a quaint, rustic style inspired by their location.
“Tiny dwellings are the solution for people looking for a well-designed, sustainable, functional, and affordable space,” agrees Todd. “You may be after a secondary dwelling in your backyard for returning teenagers, a meditation space, or a home office. It’s also a great option as an off-grid bush, beach or winery getaway or the solution to transforming a small pocket of land into a rental property to generate income.”
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