A Couple Stacked 2 Shipping Containers Together And Turned It Into Their Dream Home
Dave and Jaimie Hinckle knew that building their dream home with a limited budget and unconventional materials would be a challenge. They went ahead with it anyway, though, stacking a pair of shipping containers together on their new land. But the duo could never have predicted the twists and turns in store.
Meeting Jaimie and Dave
Former residents of Vancouver, Washington, Dave and Jaimie were just like any other hard-working couple at the start of the 2010s. They had a mortgage to pay, and free time was becoming increasingly limited with each passing week. We get the feeling that many of you can relate to that!
A grind
To put it bluntly, life had become a grind for Dave and Jaimie — and they weren’t cool with it. The duo, who have three kids together, then began to look forward and reassess their personal goals. What did they hope to achieve over the next few years? Well, their main aim was simple enough, to a degree.
The couple’s aim
Yes, Jaimie and Dave were desperate to escape the funk in which they found themselves. But here’s the tricky part: the duo knew that the only way to do that was to kiss goodbye to their mortgage payments and any other outstanding debts. Easier said than done — was this a realistic aim?
A possible route?
Dave and Jaimie certainly thought so. In fact, the couple saw a potential route to reaching their goal by radically downsizing. The dad was particularly enthusiastic about it, as he recalled during an episode of the YouTube channel Living Big in a Tiny House in December 2019.
