Littleton couple Kristen Moeller, David Cottrell and their two dogs were already living in a 1,200-square-foot tight space when their home burned to the ground, a casualty of the Lower North Fork Fire.
Everything was gone save the dogs and some wedding pictures Moeller snagged before evacuating. As they rebuilt their lives after such a tremendous loss, they opted to rebuild their dwelling – this time a 500-square-foot tiny home, less than half the size of their former house.
Either by choice or by circumstance, there’s a growing number of homeowners joining the tiny house movement, as featured in the series “Tiny Home Nation,” on A&E’s sibling network FYI. TV hosts John Weisbarth and Zack Giffin travel across America to document miniature houses and their full-size inhabitants.
The episode about the Littleton couple, “Rocky Mountain Mansion,” airs at 8 p.m. MDT on Aug. 13 on FYI.
According to the “Tiny House Nation” website, www.fyi.tv/shows/tiny-house-nation, “Renovation experts and hosts, Weisbarth and Giffin, travel across America to show off ingenious small spaces and the inventive people who live in them, as well as help new families design and construct their own mini-dream home in a space no larger than 500 square feet. From a micro-apartment in New York City to a caboose car turned home in Montana to a micro-sized mobile home for road tripping – this is a series that celebrates the exploding movement of tiny homes. From pricey to budget friendly, ‘Tiny House Nation’ is not a typical design show, but one that proves size doesn’t always matter – it’s creativity that counts.”
“The tiny-house movement is sort of an underground movement that more and more people are looking at as a viable option,” Weisbarth told The Denver Post. “That’s kind of what (the show) is about. It’s about discovering families that decided they want to make this move, but they’re not really sure how.”
Lowest prices for tiny homes hover around $20,000, depending on the construction and labor cost, while customized homes with upgrades can run upwards of $50,000.
Moeller pitched the couple’s downsizing decision to “Tiny House Nation,” which chose to film the story.
Read the rest of The Post’s story at www.denverpost.com/homegarden/ci_26260615/littleton-colorado-home-star-fyis-tiny-house-nation.
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