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You’re Going to Build a What??? — A New Tiny Home Blog
Justin Peer lives in London and his dream is to build his own tiny home on wheels for £5,000, using as much recycled, second-hand and found items as possible. He just wrote me last week to mention his new blog for the project.
“My dream,” Justin writes on his site, “is to own my own house, somewhere in the mountains and to live a life the way I wish to, unencumbered by debt or mortgage, doing a job I enjoy and with the time and money to travel and do other things, such as voluntary work, when I choose to do so.”
“None of us really want to work 48 weeks a year, we’d all ,I’m sure, prefer to work half the year and enjoy the rest of it rather than doing a 9-5. However, putting a roof over our heads is the thing that takes more money than pretty much anything we’ll ever do. A house is, for most people, the single biggest thing they’ll ever buy. Taking a mortgage out means paying many, many times the actual cost of the house to be able to borrow the money over 30 years or so. House prices have gone up to a crazy extent, particularly here in London. If you could take away that mortgage and own your home outright, what else do you have to pay for each month? Bills, food, transport, plus whatever fun things you like to do. Think about how much you earn, and how much you pay in rent/mortgage. Now, imagine what you could do with the extra money not having to make that big payment each month. Imagine what you could do with your life.”
So far Justin has collected a trailer, several reclaimed doors and windows, and some solar panels and batteries for the project.
You can follow the ongoing story of his tiny home being built here.
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Justin Peer lives in London and his dream is to build his own tiny home on wheels for £5,000, using as much recycled, second-hand and found items as possible. He just wrote me last week to mention his new blog for the project.
“My dream,” Justin writes on his site, “is to own my own house, somewhere in the mountains and to live a life the way I wish to, unencumbered by debt or mortgage, doing a job I enjoy and with the time and money to travel and do other things, such as voluntary work, when I choose to do so.”
“None of us really want to work 48 weeks a year, we’d all ,I’m sure, prefer to work half the year and enjoy the rest of it rather than doing a 9-5. However, putting a roof over our heads is the thing that takes more money than pretty much anything we’ll ever do. A house is, for most people, the single biggest thing they’ll ever buy. Taking a mortgage out means paying many, many times the actual cost of the house to be able to borrow the money over 30 years or so. House prices have gone up to a crazy extent, particularly here in London. If you could take away that mortgage and own your home outright, what else do you have to pay for each month? Bills, food, transport, plus whatever fun things you like to do. Think about how much you earn, and how much you pay in rent/mortgage. Now, imagine what you could do with the extra money not having to make that big payment each month. Imagine what you could do with your life.”
So far Justin has collected a trailer, several reclaimed doors and windows, and some solar panels and batteries for the project.
You can follow the ongoing story of his tiny home being built here.
Related posts: