His Tiny House Cost Less than Most Cars! + BIG mental health benefits
His Tiny House Cost Less than Most Cars! + BIG mental health benefits
Meet Danny, an outdoor enthusiast & blue collar worker living in a 160 sqft tiny house on wheels. It’s parked at the brand-new Animas Mountain Vista Tiny Home Community in Durango, Colorado. After struggling financially, he became drawn to alternative housing as a way to live within your means to regain control of your finances and mental health. And it’s worked for him! Living with less has dramatically enriched his life. He’s never had less stress or more money in his pocketbook.
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❇️ produced & edited by Tiny House Expedition’s Christian & Alexis
❇️ shot by Blake Hemmel, https://www.youtube.com/c/BlakeHemmel
Video Chapters:
0:00 – 20′ tiny house on wheels
1:10 – interior tiny home tour
3:18 – space-saving furniture
4:28 – his tiny home journey
7:14 – tiny kitchen & bathroom
10:25 – loft bedroom
11:50 – tiny house cost & financing
13:03 – top tiny living benefits
14:37 – new tiny home community
15:38 – simple living benefits
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What a great story.
I’m a floor eater too and just finished Dharma Bums!
Love your house … cozy and comfy! You made a good choice! 🌈🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️🫶🏻🫶🏻
Of all tiny houses I saw, Id say I love this one. Although its small its very wide and spacious. He has a very simple and comfortable. He finds it not enough, but for me its more than enough.
finally a person that really lives in a tiny house
Danny became drawn to alternative housing as a way to live within your means to regain control of your finances and mental health. And his tiny house made that possible! He’s never had less stress or more money in his pocketbook. His 20′ home on wheels is a great example of efficient design to create a simple home with just the right amount of day-to-day functionality & creature comforts. 👉 *Tour a grad student’s 250 sqft THOW in another Durango, CO area tiny community:* https://youtu.be/3331vVcNEnM?si=_LktUMh3-s-F42Mt
I love your tiny house and I love your personality! Cool space
I love how much this man loves his home & has made it work for him. And I love that he doesn’t have a lot of clothes, but he has shoes and costumes 😄.
So cool to see you reading The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac! I love that book – haven’t thought about it in years! Perfect book for this video!
I own a 250sq ft apartment in a major city and the financial independence is freeing. So many people say, “How do you live like that?” and all I can think is “How do you live with a 2,500+ sq ft house with a big mortgage, maintenance costs, high utilities, etc?” – Everybody I know that owns a house is stressed out and never can travel anywhere without having to go into more debt. I travel a lot, can buy quality food, and not constantly think about how to make extra money to make ends meet. I live like you and my apartment is not fancy at all but over the years I’ve found that, with the financial freedom and low stress, I really don’t care what others think of my place or how I live and that in itself is incredibly freeing
Thank you for sharing your experience, I truly appreciate your transparency. Your story resonated with me since I never would have taken into consideration that not only would choosing a tiny home affect my finances but my mental health….. WOW! May your lifestyle continue to come together for your future!
Another free spirit here living happily & humbly in his space. Lovely house❤❤❤❤
This guy is so funny indeed. Imagine playing a guitar while doing stuff🤩🤩🤩🤩🙌
This house looks so small on the inside. It’s almost magical how it seems to expand once you’re on the inside.
1600. Mo cheaper than canada 2300 mo for a home.
I really like how laid back personality. I understand the few changes he’d like to make regarding the kitchen, but also embracing the kitchen as it is now until he’s ready or able to make those changes.
I used to love in a 1,200 sqft 3 bed 1.5 bath house when my kiddo was first born and it was just WAY too much space for the two of us. At one point, out of necessity, we ended up living in a 400 sqft studio apartment. That experience taught me that although the space was too cramped for the two of us, especially as she was getting bigger, that I could definitely live in a space that small by myself.
At some point we moved into a 675 sqft apartment, and that square footage suited us better. We’re currently in a small house that’s just shy of 700 sqft again, but once she’s graduated and moved out, I plan on moving into a small 1 bedroom.
I think as a society, we’ve put way too much value in living bigger under the idea that it’s better. Living within a space that suits our needs and provides the comfort and shelter required for safe living is far more important. Unless a person is living in multi-generational household or with a larger family, we really don’t need big houses that often end up being money pits.
It’s not how big the space is, but its practicality. Congratulations on being financially free. Wishing you the best in the times ahead. Enjoy your Kingdom ❤❤❤
Did you guys just come back to Durango again or was this filmed before? 🎉❤ I would love to meet you next time you come this way!!
Nice looking little home
Freedom to be present in your life!! Words of wisdom ❤
I don’t understand what the difference between this and what you Americans call a trailer is.
DAAAAMMNN that huuuge bulge is distracting 😮 ……… that tiny home however is actually really beautiful.
Hi, how are you ? Your house is very nice. I always love tiny living . Enjoy it. Make the best
I am so here for this!!! ❤😅
So much love 🔝😌🥳 from ON Canada everyone!
Thanks for sharing. It’s a good setup for you. It’s great to see Durango again.I left in 2021.
I love the idea of tiny homes as I believe most live above our means or at least try to and struggle financially in doing so. Even so, there is a considerable investment needed the. Placement of the home. Lot rents are high. Often more than a retired or disabled person can pay. I also think the tiny home builders are charging way too much for these tiny homes. When I see the price of new tiny homes the look at homes available, price per square foot of a tiny home is often much more. Most builders would charge well over a 100 grand for a tiny home this size.
There ara lot of tiny house videos out there, but this is one of those thats a joy to watch.The space and the community speaks of why we seek to go tiny in the first place.The owners perspective take on how tiny living has been good for his mental health is very authentic and grounding.Wish you more adventures!:)
I love the home but yes, i agree you need a few tweeks done. After a year you will know exactly how or where you need extra or less. Under stairs is alot of wasted space. Id put a broom closet, few more lil cubbies under, maybe for bottles ( i dont drink wine but 2 liter soda 😂) or shoe’s could go in lil cubbies. Your fridge could easily be replaced by cutting counter.
Now about that sofa , i made a camper more like a tiny home. I tore the built in sofa and dinette out. Not thinking if it doesnt fit thru the door or my largest window. Well you can imagine…. I need a sofa like yours. Comfy plus it makes a bed for all my company. Lol, i live so far back nobody visiting me except racoon, fox, black bear, deer and occasionally a box turtle gets hung in my fence. My land was my father’s ( he runs rabbits w dogs, just for sport ) hunting pen w a small cabin started on it. Only the exterior is completed. Im adding insulation this spring and finishing it as a tiny off grid home. Im not skimping out on anything ( air conditioning is a must for my breathing not just for a luxury ). Except a dish washer, i have had one in every apartment or house ive lived, never turned a one on ( maybe if i entertained or had children ). So i can use that space for something i will use. Thanks for sharing a lovely, well organized, tiny home with us. I do really like your stair well, its different and has a hand rail. All others are same looking i no but……so much storage space is under there to not use. I watched a tour once of a single, work from home, female. Her whole home office, under those stairs. Enjoy your life, living tiny gives opportunity to really live BIG. Ya get my meaning? 🍀🏡🌳 ⛺ 🌳🏡 🍀Good 🤞 Luck!
so much bacteria in that guitar. lol!
Hi Danny 😊 you have the right idea about living in this kind of "peace" and I’m joining the tiny home community this year (2025) and very excited!!? It’s videos like this that has helped me with the knowledge I need to make it happen so thank you for sharing your story… it’s much appreciated…KEEP ENJOYING!!
How greedy. $700 a month for rent for this small home.
you’re paying more for utils than I was paying for rent the majority of my life. there’s something wrong with this world.
Beautiful. Can’t wait til I can live like this- for my mental wellness. ❤
I really like your set up. You have everything you need at your fingertips.
very nice and utilitarian! Good for you Danny, you are healthy and happy, so glad you found a lovely home!
Nice structure of the tiny home for not be custom made for 160sq
I really like this home. This is one of the best staircases I’ve seen. Love the openness of it.
700 dollar is a lot utilities I couldn’t but he’s happy
Hi from preston, England. Your tiny home is cool I love it 🌿
If there is enough space to do yoga then it’s big enough. 😊
Hey, I’m amused seeing your lovely home. Brilliant.Knows the importance of having freedom, peace of mind and good health.
This guy is a Mensch!
Nice tiny! Gang guitar on the lr wall.
I like it, gave me alot of ideas for my tiny home, been thinking about how to put a curating for the door or blacking out the door Window, No over the door shoe rack brilliant!!!!
Love how honest you are ❤.
I love it! 8 minutes to hot springs wow
Danny, I think you’ve found an additional income source…. Voice over, podcasting, etc. You make a great moderator.
Love this tiny house 🏠 For many U.S. municipalities, the zoning laws & regulations that block tiny home development were created in the late 80’s – early 00’s to eliminate & ‘phase out’ _MOBILE HOME PARKS_ !
Developers, city councils and county commissions eliminated hundreds, if not thousands, of mobile & manufactured home communities. It was class warfare and they won! They claimed the parks were too crowded, a strain on utilities, a hot bed of crime, a blight on the greater community etc etc. They put thousands of people out of their affordable homes and IMO, kickstarted our current houselessness crisis 😔
They never built the apartments and affordable homes they said would replace the parks they shut down. They were never going to build them and our nations lack of affordable housing is PROOF 😤
Awww, nice. Very compact home. He seems like a nice guy, too. Somehow I’m missing the presence of a dog😊
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