16-Year-Old Builds His Own Tiny House
Have you ever wanted a tiny house of your own, but thought it’d be way too hard to build? What if you found out a 16-year-old (by the name of Austin Hay) was about to finish his very own small home? It’s just 130 square feet, but it’s 100% custom-made, plus has no mortgage!
Not only does it waste a lot less building materials to build (plus use a less resources to maintain) a tiny house, but it can save you a chunk o’ change. As Mr. Hay himself put it, “Living small means less bills, living big means more bills. I don’t want to pay big bills”.
Without further ado, I’ll let Austin take it away and give you a tour of his very own tiny house.
If you’re all pumped up now to go off and build a lil’ casa, take a looksie at this tiny house book, first, just to see what you’re getting into.
Thank you for posting. Although...
YES! It's enough. And there's lots less housework, right? That kid is smart, and will be rich from the money he'll save not having to get a dorm room, or a rip-off apartment. What ever happened to Good Old American Know-How, and Hard Work? —-dissolved into the fog of myth—-except for occasional flickers like this young builder.
It certainly has dissolved since your day, Louisa May Alcott. I think a lot of people would be surprised what they can do if they just take the first step.
The only thing I can think of is change the stove or put in a couple good Carbon Monoxide detectors with good ventilation. Other than that, I'm impressed!
Good point, Mike! Better to be safe than sorry. Maybe he'll put in some smoke/CO2 detectors in the finished product.
Young people like him always impress me with their ideas and willingness to act upon them. The closest I got to building my own mini home was to draw up designs for a wall, and that was about it.
Me too. Ideas are a dime a dozen, but actually acting on them and carrying them through is huge.