What Does It Cost To Live In A Tiny House? | Tiny House Podcast Ep. 5
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- Опубліковано 11 тра 2023
- Today we're talking dosh! How much did we pay for the house and what has it cost us so far?
Looking back it was actually quite a gamble buying the tiny house as we really didn't know how difficult it potentially would be to find somewhere to have the house. We just got the OK from 1 campsite which could have potentially fallen through and is actually shutting down now and we threw £50k at the house. Luckily all was good and we're still in the house full-time 2 and a half years later.
Aside from buying the house we'll talk about what it costs to keep it places and how that has impacted our lives, namely being able to quit my job in pursuit of a better life.
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just found your channel, nice to see this in the UK,have subscribed
Enjoying your videos glad people are doing in the UK. Couldn't you get a wood burn installed in your tiny home ?
When we first got the house our underfloor heating broke and we actually looked into getting a wood burner. I seem to remember a local fitter said our roof was too steep but we could go out the wall. We got the heating fixed anyway so abandoned the idea but there’s no reason why you couldn’t have one. I think it would get too hot with a wood burner though and then they burn out in the night and you’d get cold or have to relight it so you’d probably need another heat source. I think it would take up quite a bit of room too, I have always wanted one though.
Love you podcasts fantastic always look forward to next one when will we c your son again hope he is well
You two are great to watch (especially the rambling!) and it's really good to hear a slightly more local perspective! I'm thinking of going Tiny as a way to move out of my parents' house and get my own place. As instructed, I'm looking for locations first... while creating a TH wishlist... I've also put together a Facebook group for anyone interested in Tiny Living in the Greater Manchester area, in case there are like-minded people out there. Thanks for all the tips!
Yous could have lived cheaper by moving to the area from whence yous bought the house, in fact the village, me and my wife both earn low wages and live quiet nicely paying £700 a month rent, we are buying a shared ownership house, you could have used your money to buy 25% like we are, then yous could have saved to buy more shares with no mortgage, just £350 rent. I like watching your vids they are interesting.
We’d love to leave Surrey but we just can’t at the moment because of family etc. Right now we’re thinking that in the future we’ll look at possibly buying a derelict house or something that has a bit of land somewhere cheaper perhaps in Wales but we’re still a few years away from that yet. A very average 2 up 2 down terraced house down here is about £350,000 or about £1,400 pcm rent before any council tax or bills so completely unaffordable even with a shared ownership hence we bought a tiny house and just pay £600 all in. I don’t know why anybody wants to live here, I guess it’s close to London and there’s a lot of money but for the average person it makes no sense.
Those prices are madness, I hope yous get what you are looking for. Keep trying you'll make it happen
so basically you are a privileged middle class young professional couple who has rich enough parents to borrow money from, can afford to spend 10 years in higher education, earning twice the average UK salary, can afford a £45 patagonia t-shirt and think nothing of living in a tiny house just for the heck of it - well done. I just find it a bit contrived and boring
There’s a bit more to it than that really, Becky has student debt and worked really hard to get a scholarship to do her phd, her parents aren’t rich at all, they live in a council house they saved some money for over 30 years which they lent to us and with regards to clothing, we spend more money on higher quality items that last longer instead of buying multiple things because they wear out really fast or are made in sweat shops. The point really is that if you lower your outgoings and live an alternative way then you free up a lot of your life and focus on things that are important to you. We know people who are mortgaged up to their eyeballs, shopping in primark and working 60+ hour weeks to pay for it. I know what I’d rather do.
@@LivingTheTinyLife my bad. thanks for explaining. I suppose a "minimalist" lifestyle is a good alternative, something to dream about during a Monday morning lunch break while drinking my £4 flat white. For people living in the slums of Africa, Asia and Latin America, "minimalism" is just a privileged concept. It implies "the choice of being minimal" as opposed to just being dirt poor and having nothing. Minimalism is the preserve of people in countries such as US, Japan, Nordics, New Zealand. I think you would agree with me if you look at your youtube audience profiles. I'll be surprised if any of your audience are from Burundi, Somalia. Rant over. Sorry :)
I completely understand that we are in a very privileged position in comparison to third world countries and even for homeless people or those in poverty in our own country. We’re not trying to imply that doing what we do is the answer to everything and just being really ignorant, but there are a lot of people who are living above their means and in huge amounts of debt who in my opinion would benefit from letting go of unnecessary luxuries and simplifying their lives. Conventional housing in England at least is putting people into poverty and escaping that can make a huge difference to your life if you’re willing to give up the luxury of a house.