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How big is your house? It's
probably around 2,600 square feet -- the average size of a house
according to the 2014 Census.
But growing ever-more popular is the tiny house movement.
Essentially
when people decide, for any number of reasons ranging from financial to
environmental choose to drastically downsize their living space.
According to The Tiny Life, a site for those "seeking information on
tiny living, which encompasses simple living, tiny houses, and
environmentally responsible lifestyles," the typical small or tiny house
is between 100 and 400 square feet.
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Getaway, a project born out of Harvard's Millennial Housing Lab with the
mission of growing the tiny house movement, has built three tiny houses
-- just 160 square feet each -- in the woods of southern New Hampshire,
about two hours from Boston. The idea, its founders Pete Davis and Jon
Staff, of Harvard Law and Harvard Business Schools, respectively, is to
"build tiny houses, place them on beautiful rural land and rent them by
the night to city folks looking to escape the digital grind and
test-drive tiny house living." The houses take about four weeks to
build.
The houses cost an average of $99 per night to rent. The first -- called
Ovida launched in July and was followed quickly by the Lorraine in
August and the most recent, the Clara, which debuted in October. They're
designed to be "Instagram
worthy," though each caters to a different client: Ovida, to families;
the Lorraine, as a writer's retreat; and the Clara, to groups. The
house's exact location isn't revealed until the reservation date draws
near, though it's guaranteed to be within two hours of the city.
The reason for the secrecy, Davis said, is two-fold: "One, to add
mystery and fun to the experience; and two, to make sure you don't turn a
getaway into an over-scheduled vacation. It should be about getting
away in nature, not about the specific location you are in."
Plans for expansion to New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles are underway
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