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Living small

Montezuma County resident builds Earth-friendly and affordable homes for people on the move

When it comes to homes, for Montezuma County resident Christopher C. Curry, smaller is better.

Curry, owner of Spice Box Homes, specializes in building micro-homes, 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 and come in a variety of sizes, with most of them having 100 to 200 square feet of living space.

“Affordable living is a big selling point,” Curry said.

The homes can be set up easily with 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 also 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 for the homes, such as a bathhouse and greenhouse.

Curry has a background in building larger homes.

He started Spice Box Homes – which uses waste from his larger home construction projects – in 2013.

For more information, visit spiceboxhomes.com.



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