'I can list on one hand my overheads.' 9News
So, when the single mum-of-two first saw a tiny home, she instantly wrote it off as something she could never possibly live in.
Incredible advantages are tied up with dangerous pitfalls and there will be curveballs aplenty for anyone who takes the leap.Freedom from financial stress "The rent was what most people call affordable but when you're a single mum even that figure is a massive part of your weekly income," she said.Despite its occasional challenges, Ms Jenkinson says going tiny is the best decision she has ever made.
Ms Jenkinson made the huge decision to move herself and her two children – who are now 16 and 10 years – into a "daggy and old" caravan for a year.Ms Jenkinson then bought a block of land, and her tiny home from a young couple in NSW who had built the house themselves to live in but unexpectedly had to move overseas.
"I sectioned off a portion of my apartment once I knew what size of tiny house I was going to have, and I forced myself to live within the same square meterage," she said. "Going tiny is not for the faint-hearted because you have that lack of certainty when it comes to it being a council-by-council decision," Ms Paton said.People should do their research and prepare for a steep learning curve when moving into a tiny home, Ms Paton says.