Can you not picture yourself living in a conventional house? Does the idea of a mortgage for life not appeal to you at all? Keep reading, because we are bringing you the best alternatives.
5 alternative ways to live instead of a house with a lifelong mortgage
If you are one of those adventurous, rebellious spirits who swim against the current and cannot be bothered with a conventional house, you are in luck. There are plenty of alternatives out there for picking a home without paying off a mortgage for the rest of your life, and today we are bringing you five.
1. Van
The nomadic lifestyle of living in a van is one of the best feelings of freedom going; we are obsessed with the whole mobile home concept. A few years back it made sense to buy a house (prices were not sky high yet and jobs were more stable), but these days flexibility of time and space is worth more. Look for a camper van already kitted out, or convert one yourself from scratch, and kick off your nomadic life the best way possible.
2. Caravan or motorhome
If you have a bigger budget and can stretch to a motorhome or a caravan, so much the better. Plenty of camper vans are seriously well equipped, but the space inside them is more limited. With a properly kitted out caravan you will barely notice the difference compared to an ordinary home.
3. Tiny house
This type of sustainable housing was born in the United States and it has already spread far and wide. They are mini homes of around 30 m² built on trailers with wheels; because they have wheels they count as movable property, which means you can park your tiny on agricultural land without too much paperwork. They used to be fairly pricey at first, but these days they are built for around 30,000 euros, an amount you can pay off in 10 years.
4. Superadobe
This is a way of building with earth filled bags developed by the Iranian architect Nader Khalili. The technique uses long fabric tubes or bags filled with adobe, laid in layers, to form a compression structure. Bags filled with earth from the site are stacked on top of each other and, between courses, barbed wire is laid in to give the structure its strength.
5. Caves
Caves have always given shelter to people all over the world, and now they are being used as a main home too. In the south of Spain, in Granada to be precise, thousands of people already live in caves, and it comes with plenty of upsides. The first one is the price, which sits at around 40,000 euros. The second is the zero energy bill, since they hold the same temperature all year round. If you are thinking about it, at this link you will find some seriously cool cave houses for sale.
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