{"id":146671,"date":"2024-08-04T03:00:10","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T20:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-wanted-a-tiny-house-and-a-big-life-could-i-have-it-all-in-25-square-metres\/"},"modified":"2024-08-08T17:09:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T10:09:49","slug":"i-wanted-a-tiny-house-and-a-big-life-could-i-have-it-all-in-25-square-metres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-wanted-a-tiny-house-and-a-big-life-could-i-have-it-all-in-25-square-metres\/","title":{"rendered":"I wanted a tiny house \u2013 and a big life. Could I have it all in 25 square metres?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAt 50, home ownership was out of reach for Louise Southerden. When she decided to build a tiny house on tyres, it promised liberation from Australia\u2019s rental hamster wheelGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailWhat does it mean to come home? To have a place of your own that feels safe in all the important ways? That wraps its arms around you when you arrive at the doorstep drenched in the problems of the world?For decades, whenever I thought of home, I didn\u2019t picture the houses I\u2019d grown up in. Instead I thought of places I\u2019d stayed on my travels. Serene hotel rooms, rumbling ships\u2019 cabins, hip-swaying compartments on overnight trains. Small spaces that made me feel safely contained and part of something bigger at the same time. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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