With the real estate market went bust, Bill and Sharon Kastrinos decided to downsize their home ... into a size of a small shed!
Now, they live in a place so small, he and his wife use a ladder to climb into their bed every night. The downstairs has a sitting area, tiny kitchen and bathroom in a space that's 98 square feet. The upstairs loft has a bed in 56 square feet of space. They keep extra clothes in their car.
"It's a very simple lifestyle," he says. "The downside of it is it takes a readjustment. You can't have 100 pairs of shoes in the closet or 50 outfits."
The upside?
The house cost them $15,000, and the utilities are a mere $15 a month. The couple now live on property owned by their daughter in California wine country, where the average home in 2007 cost $725,000. If they want to leave, the home has wheels and can be pulled behind their vehicle and plugged into any RV park in the nation.
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"Ok ma'am, I've got your estimate for your new dog house...we're looking at about $6300 before permits."
they sound like freeloading hippies.
on second thought, at least they aren't holding up the check out line at wal-mart trying to get their welfare approved living in a $200k house without jobs.
In Europe, people who can't even afford a proper(!) trailer live in it.
This is not smart, it's sad...
It's got wheels. You have therefore stupidly paid twice as much as you should have for a TRAVEL TRAILER.
Throw some car parts and empty Budweiser cases in front of it and join in with the rest of my family....
http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/
Sheldon