$900 a Month, No Mortgage: A Tiny House by a Creek

Paige and Chris built their own tiny house in the Yandina hinterland on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland. It cost around $100,000, and it sits on land they don't own. Their rent is $900 a month, utilities included. Everything in, food and all, they live on about $600 a week, less than half what they paid before. Chris built the house himself on a skid, for under $600 to move it, with a composting toilet, an outdoor shower running on dam water, and no air conditioning. Around it they have grown a syntropic food forest, raised chickens that lay three dozen eggs a week, and slowly turned a rented block into a life that mostly feeds itself. But everything they have made rests on ground that was never theirs. They set out to save and buy their own place. Somewhere along the way they started asking whether they needed to own it at all. This is what that choice actually costs, and what it gives back. CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro [00:45] The old life and mansion they walked away from [01:45] Travelling in Japan and simplifying life [03:15] Starting the Tiny House shell build [03:44] Finding the block at the bottom of the hill [04:40] Showering and washing dishes in the creek before services [05:20] Starting to build the inside themselves [05:43] Tiny House dimensions and details [06:20] Transporting and costs [07:35] Tiny House Tour [12:58] Garden Tour [23:50] Ongoing living costs and benefits [26:00] Cons of living this way [27:14] What they're proud of and closing thoughts Another Way to Live is an independent Australian documentary series about people who chose to live differently, and what it really takes. Subscribe:    / @anotherwaytoliveseries   Website: anotherwaytoliveseries.com #tinyhouse #australia #simpleliving