Matt And Caroline: Building A Traditional House

Matt and Caroline are a young couple from Tennessee just out of college and ready for the next chapter of their life. Matt is a part-time landscape photographer that travels many miles to and from his college town of Knoxville to capture the unspoiled scenery of the Great Smoky Mountains. In her spare time, Caroline visits historic home sites in the foothills of the mountains to inspire her free-lance writing. Like most couples starting out, Matt and Caroline are looking to purchase their first home. Finding a move-in ready home seems impossible, so they consider building a house to suit their budget and needs. A traditional house is on average two thousand square feet, but for a young couple spending most of their time outdoors square footage is not really a necessity. The tiny house movement has people like Matt and Caroline trading the traditional house for a more affordable lifestyle in a mere six hundred square feet or less. In comparison to a traditional house, a tiny house is more economical, efficient, and can encourage people to collect life experiences not material things. Matt and Caroline first consider building a traditional house. They discover purchasing land close to the national park, their desired location,
The tiny house could be set up close to the national park where they have always wanted to live. Matt and Caroline will not have to increase their work load or devote a lot of time to maintaining their tiny home. They will be able to enjoy their interests and other outdoor activities more often. The carefree couple could even take the opportunity to travel with their tiny house in tow. The traditional house offers storage space whereas the storage in a tiny house is extremely limited. Although they would only have room for necessities and their most cherished possessions, the financial freedom would be well worth the