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My wife and I built a tiny home in our 60s. The downsides are worth it to live mortgage-free.

Nico Bluigmars Samira Kafala for BI Nico and Margareth Bluigmars sold their house in their 60s and used the money to build a tiny home. The couple said that although tiny living can be noisy, it never feels too small. Living mortgage-free has been the ultimate upside, they said. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Margareth Bluigmars, 64, and Nico Bluigmars, 68, a Dutch couple who live in a tiny home at Minitopia in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. This piece has been edited fo...