Tiny House Makes Woman’s Retirement Possible & Affordable

May 10, 2025 admin Howto & Style 12 71499 11:54

Anne-Marijke has been living in her tiny house on wheels in Australia for 2 years now. Her decision to go tiny was primarily based on financial security and retirement. The cost of renting or owning a home was much more expensive than a tiny house, and would have prevented her from being able to retire until she was 80 years old.

As an alternative, she bought a tiny house shell from a builder, and with help from her daughter, she built the inside of the tiny home with no previous building experience. Doing it this way, as a partial DIY build, saved her a lot of money since she didn’t have to pay for her own labour for the interior portion of the construction. The total cost of the build was approx. $60,000 USD.

You can follow and find out more about Anne-Marijke’s tiny house and online endometriosis nutrition clinic here:
https://www.youtube.com/@LivingInTinyG

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Anne-Marijke acknowledges that tiny house living is often illegal in countries around the world which means that in order to access this type of housing, a lot of folks have to live “under the radar” and hope that no one complains, which can create a lot of housing insecurity. So it’s definitely not a perfect solution.

That being said, she has been lucky to find a parking spot in a backyard, with water and electricity included, for an affordable monthly fee of approx. $200 USD. Alternative housing is temporarily accepted due to wildfires and floods in the area. Some of her other housing expenses include propane for her hot water heater and satellite internet. Overall, her expenses are now one third of what they were when she was in a house.

This massive reduction in living expenses has meant that she feels less stress when it comes to work and retirement. She is self-employed as a nutritionist, with a focus on helping folks with endometriosis, and she also started a YouTube channel to share her tiny house journey with people! You can follow and find out more at the links below:
https://www.youtube.com/@LivingInTinyG

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12 Comments

  2. Loved to see the small South African potjie – hoping some lekker potjiekos is being made in the tiny!

  4. So esthetic💛 Just being in this house would make me happy. ( and I would buy staircase railings for my safety…)

  6. I just bought a Tiny Home and am beyond excited!!! This has been my dream for years. I just retired and this was a perfect way to cut costs. I move in June. In the process of selling everything

  8. Thank you for posting about your tiny house. Can I ask what brand of refrigerator you bought – a quiet fridge is a blessing in a small space.I hope to create my own tiny in the near future.
    Regards
    Cheryl (Brisbane)

  10. ya its crazy last yr i was jus 23yrs old now im efin 50. now wat kind of a…….. it hurts lol the age n the weight

  11. older people need tiny homes , no stairs … low bills ,, but also a community of like-minded people who are living a stressed free life

  12. All fun until she’s in a wheelchair in old age and can’t get through the walkway or around her place to use the bathroom

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