Posted on March 28, 2022.

The high cost of housing and today's easing of COVID restrictions combined to cause an overwhelming response at an Auckland exhibition.

The organisers of the Tiny House show were surprised by attendance, and say interest has never been so high.

They may be tiny but their attraction has drawn large crowds. Tiny homes are showing off what they have to offer.

"We are currently tiny home living and just wanted to see get some ideas, inspiration, anything with solar," one visitor to the show says.

While others are in the market to buy.

"They're affordable if you already have a piece of land to put them on and the problem in Auckland it's not just the cost of house prices but the cost of land," another says.

Skyrocketing costs have pushed some to rethink their way of living.

Tiny House Builders Limited says they're booked out a year and a half in advance.

"We aren't keeping up with the capacity because there is such a need. Definitely, a dramatic increase after the first lockdown, people were thinking about it and saying 'yes go - why have we been waiting'," Tiny House Builders Limited founding director Rebecca McLean says.

Original Post: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2022/03/tiny-house-show-organisers-surprised-at-overwhelming-response-at-auckland-exhibition.html