Dream Lot

Looking for lots is not easy. It's not like searching for a house. For some reason, it's more difficult. We would find one that sounded good and do a drive by. Too small. Weird shaped. Bad neighborhood. Trashy neighbors.

Hours were spent on the couch with Brent looking up lots and me searching the lots on google maps. You'd think there was a better way. One day he changed the price range a little just to see what happened...

and the most wonderful lot appeared. Wooded. Great neighborhood.

We talked to friends about it and they were shocked it was the price it was for the area it was in. It seemed too good to be true.

We fell in love. We drove past it. Then we walked past it. We loved it.

Until we didn't, which didn't take long.

Because we realized the whole point of building a tiny house was so that we could have less, do more. Pay off the mortgage faster. Lower monthly payment. And while this lot was a steal at $150,000. It was at least $50,000 more than we planned to spend on the lot and house together (on the high side!).

So we moved on and went back to searching city owned lots (which come with their own challenges that I will get into another day). Now we found one (again) that we like. Good size, end of a cal-de-sac, great location. There are some sacrifices, but we'll get to that later.

The point is... we have to keep reminding ourselves of the big picture when building tiny. The financial freedom that will come with it (sooner than later) is among the top so a $150,000 lot, no matter how perfect the neighborhood, is not, in fact, perfect.