Last september, my #landlord decided to double my #rent, effectively kicking me out of my #home of 11 years. I fell into #depression. Luckily my parents own a plot of #land, and thus, with my dads help, i set off to build a #tinyhouse without rent. After 4 months and several tens of thousands of dollars of materials (which i raised by selling old #videogame collectables), i am ready to move in.
This thing is fully #offgrid. I use a #composting#toilet to do my business, which then goes into the small #garden on the right. I have a #rainbarrel to catch #rain water for my #water system, which is #filtered by rocks, to shower and stuff. I am in the process of building out a #solar system to #power the thing (my solar system should cost about $2000 to build out). My family owns this #land, so no rent. I have brought my living expenses down by thousands per month.
This is still upsetting to me, i feel like its a step backwards to move into a 100 sqft tiny home, especially this late in life. But i cant lie how excited i am to be saving this much money going forward and finally, finally not have to worry about rent or utilities.
This is the first time ive ever built something quite like this. Ive built my parents a patio in the past, and done wood work on my arcade machine. But building an entire house from scratch was new to me. My dad was a carpenter when he put himself through night school, so he helped supervise me, but hes 71 so he couldnt really help. This skill will stay with me a lifetime. What an experience.
@BlackAzizAnansi your posts helping people kept me going these last several months. I never wanted to ask for help myself, but knowing people out there would be willing to stick their necks out to help if I ever completely crashed gave me a safety net. Thanks for doing good in this world.
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