I moved my 2 kids into tiny £60k home just 8ft wide and got rid of 90% of our belongings – I spend £150 on bills a YEAR
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A BESTSELLING children's author has moved his two kids into a tiny 8ft-wide home and now spends only £150 on bills a year. Dad James Campbell chucked out 90 per cent of the family belongings so they could fit into a mini-house with a floor smaller than 37 square metres.
![[Dad-of-two James Campbell moved his family into an 8ft-wide mini-home]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/NINTCHDBPICT000961971256.jpg?strip=all&w=768)
After going through a divorce, James decided he wanted to be more environmentally friendly - he went from owning a five-bedroom house to shedding most of his possessions. He told The Telegraph: "The move was a lifestyle choice. "I always loved caravan holidays, it was very freeing being able to carry what you need.
![[He made a commitment to live a more environmentally sustainable lifestyle]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/150-year-james-campbell-described-961971260.jpg?strip=all&w=768)
"I thought getting rid of 90 per cent of my stuff would be a good thing.”. Initially, he moved into a luxury caravan with a wood-burning stove and solar panels on a three-acre field that was unused for 40 years. Despite loving the caravan lifestyle, James said he needed a bit more space to fully commit.
![[With a solar panels on the roof, his bills tot up to just £150 a year]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/150-year-james-campbell-described-961927804.jpg?strip=all&w=768)
As well as choosing a mini eco-home he had decided to go fully vegan, stop flying, and buy everything second-hand. In the strive to be more environmentally conscious, he decided to splash out £60,000 on a property on the same plot of land - but faced a few obstacles.
![[He grows fruit and vegetable in his 'food forest' garden' and only buys second hand items]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/150-year-james-campbell-described-961929672.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
James said it was sold to him by cowboys and struggled with "the rat incident" due to holes in the bottom of the house. Another time, bees moved into a hole in the wall and made a hive around live wire. "One day I heard a massive snap – a whipcrack – then smoke started pouring out of the wall and two flaming bees came out and died on the floor.”.
![[After a few slight hindrances, James an his kids have fully settled into their new home]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/150-year-james-campbell-described-961927733.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
