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This tiny home costs only $26,000. You won’t believe what’s inside!

Here’s the $26-thousand question of the day: if you had the chance to live in a tiny home, would you go through with it? Could you downsize, sell a good portion of your worldly possessions and live with just the necessities of life?

California based Tumbleweed Tiny House Company designed the 89 sq. ft., 8′ x 15′ micro home called the “Epu”, and it comes with a main room, kitchen, wet bath, stainless steel fireplace, sleeping loft and a front porch. It’s also built on a utility trailer, which means you can hook it up to the back of your truck and tow it.

The tiny home’s living room has a built-in desk and four surrounding windows that let plenty of natural light in. In the kitchen, there’s plenty of shelving, a small water heater, refrigerator, sink and a space to store a microwave or small toaster oven.

The bathroom is similar to what you would find on a boat, where a metal, diamond plate finish covers the walls, and a small water heater under the kitchen sink heats the shower.

Imagine living in a space small enough to fit in someone’s driveway. It almost forces you to collect fewer things over the years, and is a breeze to clean. The price of a tiny home depends on the model you choose and your specifications, but the average micro house can cost between $16,100 and $60,000. While this price doesn’t include the land, it’s definitely an inexpensive and green way to build a home. With Tumbleweed Tiny Houses, you also have the option of building the home yourself, which saves money, or having the house built for you which increases the price.

Back in the 1950s, the average size of a home in the U.S. was a mere 983 square feet, and in 1973 it jumped to 1,660 square feet. Fast forward to 2010, and the average home size grew to almost 2,400 square feet, according to U.S. Census data. With small home living, a few other things decrease in size too, including energy bills, maintenance costs and the time spent physically separated from those living together.

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