At 56, I Struggled to Afford Rent, SO i Built MySelf a Tiny House

I ALSO ENLISD A FEW HELPERS, The Main One Being My Partner at the Time, Max. A retired scientist and a talentd Woodworker, Max Had All the Tools We Wouuld Need and, Importantly, a Place Where We Could: The Driveway Beside His House.

By September 2020, we’d started work on the floor and the timber frame. THEN CAME The Windows, The Clading, and the Roof. Max’s Best Friend, A Retired Builder, Helped Out for the First Couple of Months to ENSURE EVEROHING WAS STRUCTUALLY SOUND. After that, Max and I WORKED SIX, OFTEN SENCE, LAs aek on the interior fit-out.

It was all intensely fascinating, exhausting, and stressful, Becuse as my tiny house was coming together, Our Relationship Began Falling apart. IT DIDN’T SURVIVE THE BUILD, but we managed to keep working together.