Downsizing the size of your home can be a good choice at certain times of life or even a financial necessity at others, but is this taking it a little far or simply all you need for an ideal retirement pad?

Image © Kenneth K. Lam - Baltimore Sun - MCT (via money.uk.msn.com)

An American couple has decided that this mini house, which they purchased for the equivalent of approx. £12,500, will be ideal for moving across the US to a suitable location in the future and will meet their housing needs just fine in retirement.

Image © Kenneth K. Lam - Baltimore Sun - MCT (via money.uk.msn.com)

Image © Kenneth K. Lam - Baltimore Sun - MCT (via money.uk.msn.com)

It's cute but could you live in it as your permanent home? Let us know what you think?

Things4MyHome.com