# Benefits of tiny house? There are many benefits to living in a tiny house. First, they are much cheaper to build and maintain than a traditional home. Second, they use far less energy and resources, making them more environmentally friendly. For example, it takes six gallons of water per day for one person to shower in a typical American household. In contrast, you could shower every day for four years before running out of water if you lived in a tiny house with two other people! Third, they are compact enough that you can move them from place to place relatively easily. Fourth, some models have been shown to increase self-sufficiency among their inhabitants by providing heat from solar panels or wind turbines and through vegetable gardens which provide food for the occupants without needing expensive fertilizers or pesticides. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://whitepaper.thrnft.io/introduction/benefits-of-tiny-house.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.