In the current podcast episode Architect Sean Burke tells you why the tiny house movement has become mainstream, as more people opt for smaller space and more personal flexibility. The movement also asks is a tiny house for everyone?
I caught up with Sean in Seattle for our Skype chat because the North West is one of the epicenters for the tiny house movement. During our chat he details how his own curiosity and personal struggles got him interested in the tiny house movement. Talking to Sean 
you come to realize that a tiny house may not be for everyone because it does require personal tradeoffs and a willingness to let go of some of our “things”. The fact that self storage is a multimillion dollar industry attests to that inability; but once the soul searching really takes hold, more people are deciding to make the leap to a smaller footprint and uncoupling from the ball and chain that is having a roof over your head.
Researching the area by reading blogs and viewing pictures, I’ll admit to being struck at first by the small size of the structures. I’ll also admit that the further I dug into them the more utility I began to see in how each type of house was constructed. Sean’s website UnBoxed House offers pictures and advice galore that may get you doing a little soul searching as well.
A tiny house offers a great deal of personal flexibility because some can be mounted on wheels so your house can move with you as your life changes, the cost to build one is a small fraction of the cost to build a regular house, the land required is also small, and utilities or repairs come in on the side of almost nothing. As you listen to Sean describe his plans for building his own tiny house and he lists a coffee station, a refrigerator, a regular bathroom, and space to hangout either with friends or connect to the internet and it all sounds like heaven. But again, there are tradeoffs in terms of as he puts it “I have to leave the big screen TV behind”.
So give a listen to the current episode, let Sean walk you through the details, and think about all of the possibilities. Who knows, there might be a tiny house in your future.
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