I always wanted to live in Europe, so I bought a tiny home in the Netherlands when my son moved out. Now, I'm leaving.

Tech Insider : Travel, Business, Style
Side by side of Sidra Gifford and her tiny home
Sidra Gifford moved from the US to the Netherlands.

Courtesy of Sidra Gifford

I moved into a tiny home village at age 37 with my son. His childhood is so free that we've stayed for 7 years.

Tech Insider : Business
Matthijs van der Ham
Matthijs van der Ham

Samira Kafala for BI

My wife and I built a tiny home in our 60s. The downsides are worth it to live mortgage-free.

Tech Insider : Business, Economy
Nico Bluigmars
Nico Bluigmars

Samira Kafala for BI

We built our tiny home using ChatGPT with no experience. Here's where AI saved us time and money — and where it didn't.

Tech Insider : Business
Simone Solazzo
Simone Solazzo, 31, built a tiny home in 2025.

Courtesy of Anne Leijdekkers

I live in a 400-square-foot tiny home. See inside my space, from clever storage solutions to unavoidable chaos.

Tech Insider : Business, Style
Woman smiling from porch of blue-painted railing on tiny home porch
Living full time in a poorly-designed, mass-produced tiny house means confronting its limitations every single day.

Amber McDaniel

We're a couple in our 30s who dreamed of building a tiny home. My parents had concerns, so we made a pitch deck to convince them.

Tech Insider : Business, Style
Simone Solazzo, left, and Anne Leijdekkers, right, showing their presentation
The couple gave Anne Leijdekkers's family a presentation about their tiny-home move.

Joshua Nelken-Zitser

In North Texas, a tiny-home village is making downsizing feel luxurious

Tech Insider : Business, Style
Liberty Tiny Village
The residents of Liberty Tiny Village say a large part of its appeal is the community it offers among neighbors.

Shelby Tauber for BI

On a chilly January night in Aubrey, Texas, a roomful of retirees gather to swap their homemade chilis and soups. As people mingle, one woman asks the crowd if they've ever watched "The Golden Girls."

A woman built her mom a $33,000 tiny home on her family's Texas property. Here are 5 things she learned from the process.

Tech Insider : Business
A white tiny home with a wreath on the front door.
The Heidecker family built a tiny home on their property.

Yeli Heidecker

I toured a Texas tiny-home village for retirees. The real sell wasn't the houses.

Tech Insider : Business, Style
A home stands next to a sign that reads
Liberty Tiny Village is a small 55+ community in North Texas.

Alcynna Lloyd/Business Insider

These states will pay you to build a tiny home in your backyard

Tech Insider : Business
A villa adu
An ADU built by Villa in a California backyard.

miller.photo for Villa

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