Tiny houses are pitched as an alternative path to home ownership but for urban Australians, there’s a big reality checkA pair of retirees walk gingerly up a flight of wooden stairs to inspect a loft bed; a young family with their newborn enter a tiny cylindrical house adorned with hand-painted flowers; a 10-year-old boy runs around a cabin, eagerly opening and closing cupboards to discover nothing but air.Over the weekend, more than 8,000 people visited St Ives Showground to take part in Sydney’s inaugural Tiny Homes Carnival. On Saturday morning, as the mud started to dry from the past week’s downpour herds of punters queued eagerly to explore one of 15 tiny homes lining the showground’s perimeter. Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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