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Family-of-four lives in tiny house village where children each have their own home

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Published 10:09 24 Dec 2024 GMT

Family-of-four lives in tiny house village where children each have their own home

Prepare to feel like you've been swept up like Dorothy and landed in Oz

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck

Why have one big house when you could build six small ones instead?

If you're fresh off the back of watching Wicked, then this might seem like Munchkinland has well and truly come to life.

Rather than building one big house to accommodate all the family and kids under one roof, a Kentucky family decided to take a bit of a different approach to their living situation.

The parents' tiny house (TikTok/@tinyvillagegirl)
The parents' tiny house (TikTok/@tinyvillagegirl)

The unconventional purchase

In 2015, the Brinks family purchased 21 acres of land in London, Kentucky for $57,000 and decided instead of building one big house they would build six little ones.

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The family explained they chose the area because it has fewer building restrictions so they had more flexibility with what they could build.

Mom Keli Brinks told Business Insider: "And because the land was much cheaper than in areas of Tennessee that were closer to the family but more expensive and with restrictions."

The area now looks like a tiny village with the buildings all next to each other, along with shared spaces such as a pool and fire pit.

Lennox's house (TikTok/@tinyvillagegirl)
Lennox's house (TikTok/@tinyvillagegirl)

How does the layout work?

Well, parents Keli and Ryan have their own house - the largest and most expensive in the village - which is still pretty compact, the bed a tiny mezzanine at the top, accessed from the kitchen by a small ladder.

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However, the house also has additional amenities such as a shower, bath, and toilet.

That's the parents sorted, but what about the two children Lennox and Brodey?

Brodey's house (TikTok/@tinyvillagegirl)
Brodey's house (TikTok/@tinyvillagegirl)

Well, each of them has their own small house which has been decorated to suit their own needs and taste.

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The houses are large enough for just one room, with a living area and again a bed up in a little mezzanine to make full use of the space.

The only catch for the kids is that if they want to go to the bathroom then they have to go outside - which could be fun at night.

There is also a pool house which the family uses as a sheltered communal area and it opens up onto the above ground swimming pool.

The kids' bathroom and guesthouse (TikTok/@tinyvillagegirl)
The kids' bathroom and guesthouse (TikTok/@tinyvillagegirl)

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To top it all off, the family has a fire pit in the centre of the houses which they can gather round as well as 64-square-foot office.

The Brinks explained that they wanted to encourage their children to live sustainably and felt that this would be a good way to go about it.

Keli said: "Initially, my husband wanted us all together in one cabin, but I argued on behalf of the kids for their own privacy."

That's certainly one way to go about it! Could you live in a tiny house?

Featured Image Credit: TikTok/@tinyvillagegirl

Topics: US News

Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

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