[Captain Ahab Jr]

I'm in and already live in what most North Americans would consider a tiny house

In the UK houses are tiny and very old, my old family home growing up was built in the 1500's and our family home now is +225 years young, stone built 3 bed, packed with character. Inside we have an oak spiral staircase, oak ceiling beams, Cotswold stone floor slabs, wide oak floorboards, big Inglenook stone fireplace, a small bakers oven, a dry stone well and a couple of stained glass windows. I'm sure our living room is the same size as most people's utility cupboards.

I envy some of the garage/workshops I see on here but I wouldn't want to swap location for more space.

My other mountain house is even smaller but I just open the doors and let the big Alpine scenery in or look out the window at the view and it makes me feel like my house is the biggest in the world.

I would love to build a tiny house, use all my experience from packaging race car components into the smallest spaces possible to make a house that has no wasted space and lots of innovative features. Not somewhere to live in all the time just a weekend retreat away from the distractions of all the junk that comes with living in a big, cluttered, noisy, polluted world. Would need to be in a location where the scenery was spectacular and requires a bit of effort to get to it.