"But she didn't think seriously about shrinking her own footprint until 2021, when she and her former partner split up and sold their three-bedroom house in Missoula, Montana. A surge in demand for housing across the Mountain West had sent home values skyrocketing in Missoula, and Lennox couldn't afford much on the market. So she moved in with her parents on their 15-acre property just outside the city and began planning to build her own tiny home in their backyard."
"The tiny home on wheels, also known as a THOW, has allowed Lennox to significantly reduce her housing costs over the last three years. It's also enabled her to live next door to her parents, whom she cooks dinner for almost every night, while giving her the flexibility to move the home if she ever wants to."
Julie Lennox tore her ACL downhill skiing in 2019 and spent long recovery hours watching a YouTube series called "Living Big in a Tiny House," which captivated her with postage-stamp-sized home tours and creative, cost-effective design. After a 2021 split, she sold a three-bedroom Missoula house as local home values surged and moved in with her parents on their 15-acre property. In 2022 she installed a prefabricated mobile tiny home built on a trailer chassis by Teacup Tiny Homes. The THOW reduced her housing costs, kept her next to aging parents, and preserved the option to relocate.
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