When it comes to homes, for Montezuma County resident Christopher C. Curry, smaller is better.
Curry, owner of Spice Box Homes, specializes in micro-home, a trend that is rapidly gaining momentum.
“These are tiny, very movable homes,” Curry said. “The pull is mobility, sustainable living and living within your means.”
The homes cost between $30,000 and $60,000 range in size, mostly around 100 to 200 square feet.
“Affordable living is a big selling point,” Curry said.
The homes are also easily set up on solar systems and are primarily built from recycled materials.
“Most of my homes are built so they are very passive solar-designed,” he said. “The sun coming into my homes is only coming in during the winter months. In the summer, the home is designed to almost have no sun entering the structure, keeping it very cool.”
The homes can easily go off the grid, Curry said.
“It’s much more obtainable to go off the grid in a home of this size,” he said.
Curry says he’s working on add-ons to the homes, such as a bathhouse and greenhouse.
Curry has a background building larger homes and said he started Spice Box Homes, using the waste from the large home builds. Curry started Spice Box Homes in 2013.
For more information, visit spiceboxhomes.com.