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Seсtion 5

Questions 27-31
Read the magazine article and answer the questions below. For each question, put a
cross ffi in the box next to the сorreсt answer, as in the example'

Living in a tiny house

In the USA, most houses are large. However, while providing more

sPaсe' these houses mean bigger bills, for exampIe for heating. This is a
major reason why many peopIe are starting to сhoose a different way of
life, and trying the adventure of tiny house Iiving.

So how tiny is tiny? Well, the average size of a family house in the USA
was 247 .3 square metres (m2) in 2o1з. A smalI house is between 37m2
and 93m2. A tiny house is anything less than that.

Amy and Simon Jenkins moved into a tiny house when their kids
Ieft home. 'We had too muсh sPaсe and we realised we сould travel

wherever we wanted if we got a house on wheels,'says Amy. 'That was
one of the main things for us. Тhe money we got from the saIe of our
house was extra. We're сurrentIy living in San Franсisсo, spending time
with our oldest son.'

But it's not just Ameriсans who are going tiny. Dan WaIsh is a student
in London who сhose the same way of living. 'l сouIdn't afford to buy a
house here and l didn't Iike sharing expensive rented plaсes. l deсided

to live in a tiny house so l сouId hаve somewhere to Iive aIone. l'm Iuсky
that l'm abIe to put it in my parents' garden though. ThatЪ а definite
advantage. And they Iive сIose to the сountryside, so thatЪ great, too.'

So aren't there some obvious disadvantages of Iiving in a tiny house,
Iike having to throw away things that don't fit in your new home? Amy
explains that it was diffiсuIt for her at the time but 'you quiсkIy reaIise
the benefits. My tiny house takes hardly any time to сlean now and l've

beсome a tidy Person, whiсh l reaIIy didn't exPeсt. l'd reсommend it
to anyone!'

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