If you’re looking to get on the housing ladder without completely rinsing your savings account, you can now buy a completely foldable home for as little as £72,500.
The homes are available for considerably lower than the going rate, as research from Zoopla shows that the average UK property now costs £267,200 – almost £200,000 more than these nifty designs.
So, how does it work? The homes, designed by the Tiny Housing Company, serve as container-like properties, as the parts are built off-site and assembled on-site.
There’s a range of size options too, with a choice between one and two-bedroom properties, which measure 30×13 ft and 40×13 ft respectively, each with an open-plan kitchen and plenty of storage options.
Each of the models, known as the Skylark design, are inspired by the by Scandinavian and Japanese architecture, and as THC’s website states, they’re intended to provide a ‘peaceful retreat from the chaos of daily life.’
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As for the larger two-bedroom option, there’s a large king-size bedroom as well as an extra double bedroom, which can either be fitted with bunk beds or used as a home office.
It might be teeny tiny, but the bathroom doesn’t scrimp on space as its designed to cater for the entire family with its ‘luxury’ size, while the living room’s panoramic windows welcome in the natural light.
But if you want to just keep things simple with the one-bedroom design, you’ll still have access to the same open-plan integrated kitchen, modern bathroom, and storage space. Consider us ready for a bit of minimalistic living.
There’s room to save on energy bills too, as the website claims the homes are all ‘airtight, reducing draughts to zero, [and] keeping heat in for longer.’
Each listing is ‘paired with a high-spec MVHR’ too, which ‘removes the stale air, cleans it and recuperates the air which is brought back into the home.’
The prices of the Skylark versions start at £72,500, but can vary with the cost of add-ons and size. And if you’re looking to shave off a few more pennies, the Nomad two-bedroom tiny house starts from £51,750, while the Avon one-bedroom starts from £49,500.
Tiny homes are increasingly prevalent, in a world where house prices are skyrocketing and, simultaneously, many are looking for more simplistic, compact spaces.
Over the US, one man went in search of an affordable antidote to the horrors of the housing market: a £30,077.98 ($38,999) tiny home on Amazon, which came wrapped in the typical brown cardboard packaging with the logo on the side. Is this, perchance, the largest parcel we’ve ever seen?
Posting under the username @unspeakable_fanytb, Nathan Graham seemed delighted with his purchase.
Noting that it was relatively compact, but that it did come with a shower and toilet, he quickly realised that there was more to the home than first met the eye.
The sides of the metal home, which came in one piece and required no further construction, needed to be folded out to create extra space – just like a giant Lego project.
And perhaps the most dystopian feature was that the front door keys came glued to the house.
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