To ask if you'd live in a tiny home? Tiny house, motorhome, boat or caravan etc.

I’d much prefer to live in a tiny home than spend over £1000 a month in rent to someone . Some of the tiny homes are beautiful. PP are right though in that our planning laws do not allow for them .

Maybe for about a week. The lack of space would very quickly become frustrating. It's not just about storage, it's about being able to move around.

Yes when the children leave home. They have a lot of toys and of course, they take up space. But it must be freeing having less to clean and tidy.

You're a bigger person than I am! If my ex husband lived on a boat, my only hope would be that he falls off and drowns 🙃

I’d love to live in a smaller place so long as it’s well constructed, warm and has all mod cons and room for my two dogs, my books and craft/art things. Definitely only me, no DH who’s incredibly untidy!

Ooh, I'm getting invested in this thread! Thanks OP.

In my tiny 1 bed Topsham home, I have a washing machine. No drier. No dishwasher. (Why would I need the latter?) BUT when I was moving in, I discovered the local community centre in the street of old people's tiny bungalows, which was brilliant. As well as a Post Office, library, cafe, classes, etc. it had a laundrette. You could do your own stuff or pay for a service wash. I still use it for washing big duvets, etc.

Such a civilised and thoughtful facility for older people.

Oooh, disagree. I live in a tiny 1 bedroom house, in a terrace with houses on either side AND behind. Can't dry washing in my 9' x 12' garden. I bought a de-humidifier. Brilliant things. AMA.

Yes I’d do it although would probably need a large shed as a studio for my art stuff as it’s rather large and doesn’t fit in current house anyway!

My current place is relatively small, one bedroom, small shower room and a living room / kitchen in one, and it’s fine.

Have also lived in a self built small bender home, and spend months at a time in our last camper (and hope to again soon if can sort it affordable as desperately miss our camper 😢) so a small home would be fine, don’t tend to get cabin fever even if weathers bad as have to go out couple times at least for the dogs, and always happy just chilling out in the van in bad weather.

My sister lived on a houseboat for several years for financial reasons. It was awful, cold, cramped, scruffy, getting up on cold winter mornings to go and shower on the canal side facilities. If you afford a swanky luxurious boat or whatever maybe, but the budget version - no chance.

That’s my retirement plan if I outlive my husband. Sell the house, buy myself a motor home big enough for me and my dogs and chase the sun and the moon

As soon as dc have moved out and settled somewhere I plan to sell up and move to a small 2 bed. Turn one of the bedrooms into a reading room/library. Just a small house filled with books and records will be perfect for me.

They can have any equity released between them. Should be enough for a deposit.

We don't live in a tiny house but we plan to buy a campervan but we would need to learn we don't have space for things as right now our house is so cluttered. I have started buying not buying books but using my kindle but other than that I'm turning into a hoarder I think.

Our plan is to get a camper van and disappear in it. We can't decide if we should sell our house or let one of the kids move in at a reduced rent rate just so we have an address to come back to and a room to sleep in.

if you have less stuff you have more money

Not if you're buying replacement clothes every week instead of washing them!

I lived in a small house and moved to a much larger house . You just fill up the space with furniture plus you hang on to more clutter because you have the space . I’m addressing this now .

Tiny house happily. But not boat, motor home or caravan.

I had many many friends who lived this way travelling around in tents/trailers/rvs/caravans around australia. Its very common. What they would do is never keep any actual clothes or books or toys etc. At most opshops there (charity shops) you can pick up a 'bundle of clothes for a fiver' type deal. So they would just go to each place, get the bundle of clothes live in that for a while, then might not even wash it, just go to the next opshop, donate again, then buy again. Thats what one friend did anyway. Another took bare minimum, and went to launderettes every couple of weeks. I bloody love the idea of living so so simply. I wanted to do the loop with mine so bad, but they were just that bit too old by the time I thought of it (eldest was nudging 13), and tech crazy, and its shit and exy for wifi, although its getting better now.

Weve done camping for over three weeks which was pretty awesome. I absolutely loved the fact that everything we had was in one bag. And we were absolutely fine! More than fine, i though it was preferable. Like most of us, if I have space I will fill it - with shite I dont need or use. If you have less space you have less stuff, and if you have less stuff you have more money and more reason to get out in nature. That's my experience anyway. All the people I knew who did it loved it. One was a family with 5 kids! In a caravan. They went travelling around for 3 years - no sign of stopping yet.

We have an excellent heating system in the caravan using gas which is underfloor and also radiators. The cabin also has the same, but they run independently of each other, so if one has a problem, the whole place isn't affected.

We have a portable washing machine too, but this will need more work and a better solution in the long term. Next summer we will build a proper bathroom with a solar water heater. There's lots of cabins here that are very very remote (no mains water or electric) and are only accessible on foot, so there are lots of different solutions available for remote living.
We mostly cook on the fire outside, pur favourite at this time of year is a reindeer or moose stew.
The kids love to sit out in the dark, see the aurora and the stars, make hit chocolates on the fire, toasted sandwiches etc.
At the moment we have the best of both worlds, the kids have internet at home, technology etc at the cabin at the weekend it's a bit more about 'friluftslivet'.

If I lived alone I wouldn't mind living in a small house, but a tiny home? They all seem so flimsy, I can't help feeling they'd be freezing in winter. The adverts all seem to be made in summer, when you can utilise your outdoor space and greatly expand your living area by doing so, but what about from Nov-Apr? No, not for me. I can't abide being cold when I'm indoors.

We have a marina behind our house and I often peek inside the canal boats when walking the dogs and they look so cosy and warm! But not sure if I could live on one full time?!

There is however a stunning Dutch barge currently moored there which is huge and looks really open and spacious inside (yes I know I'm too nosy 😆) so that may be a compromise?!