I must admit that this time of the year … when family is due for Thanksgiving and the Christmas holidays are looming too … I give a wee bit of thought to the idea of downsizing. Just small enough so that I don’t have to spend a day scrubbing the place down. All those rooms! Of course, three bedrooms isn’t a lot of space, but still. I’m just that lazy sometimes.
There’s been a lot of hype lately about downsizing. I see it on the news and “home” shows constantly. Give away the stuff (and I have a lot of it), learn to live with less, enjoy the freedom, etc.
This morning I got a bit sidetracked surfing the news sites. And came across this video on one of my local stations:
Now, I’ve seen some itty bitty places, but this one takes the cake! Can you imagine living in a home that’s built on a mere 300 square feet!? It’s really quite intriguing!
I’m not too sure that I could downsize to quite this level. And to think that it cost a mere $500,000 to build! Maybe I’d better think twice about cleaning all these rooms …
Only in Japan! 🙂 Lots of hype about downsizing here too, where the cost of living is so ridiculously high (with property taxes to match) that people are retiring with mortgages in the millions…bleh.
But hey – I did 6 months living out of a van…that was about 40 sq feet, and it was great! There’s something to be said about not having ‘stuff’ dictating the size of your home.