'I built and live in a tiny house'

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My initial build costs came to $32,000, and now I probably pay around $350 to $400 of costs each month. So my tiny home has actually helped me through COVID-19. I lost my job in February and if I had to pay regular rent and bills, I would have nothing.

I bought a basic plan for a tiny home and modified it for my needs. My friend's dad taught me carpentry and building skills and so I was able to build my tiny house myself, install the electrics, the roof and the windows. It has been fully inspected and I have a lot of paperwork to show I did my due diligence.

All my cabinets push open and I included a lot of custom tweaks—including pull out drawers where I can keep items like my iron and painting supplies. I have four snakes in my tiny home and they are towards the back in their own cabinet and my 15-year-old dog Lulu also lives with me. Lulu can't get up the stairs, so when she wants to go to bed now she stands at the bottom step and stares at it until I scoop her up and carry her up to bed. When we come down in the morning, she hops in my lap and I scoop her up and bring her down. She loves it here, and has all the outside space, too.

I think everyone is feeling the difficulties during this pandemic in some way, but the COVID-19 pandemic did become a bit of an issue for me because I'm a huge extrovert. Because the space is small the idea is that you leave to get some of your experiences. It became tough because there's really been no place for me to go, and I used to have a lot of visitors and yard parties here.

My initial build, including the trailer bed that I had built by a welder, all the materials and appliances came to $32,000. And now I probably pay around $350 to $400 of costs each month; I pay a land rent and a small electric fee of around $40 to 50 a month. Then every year I have to pay to update the registration on my license plate.

Taylor Fischer built her own tiny house and currently lives in it with her four snakes and 15-year-old dog, Lulu.Seeing people make an assumption that my choice to live in a tiny house is somehow interlinked with poverty showed me how people can view a home not as a place for living, but as a symbol of wealth. I can't view my tiny house as a symbol of wealth because it's too small.

 

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Yes I do

Instead of getting excited about something (I also built a house myself, so what?!), share the project of this house, draw all the structural details and send it to Ukraine.

I was going through Twitter feeds then I saw a tweet one of Mrs Angela Robert AngelaRobert_ how she invested with Mr Levis doust Levisdoustov and withdraw her profits then I gave it a try now my little has turn into something great which was not my expectation.

Now try and find a state that hasn’t refused to allow tiny houses and passed local zoning laws that ban them .

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Hey Newsweek- get rid of that asshole Eastman.

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