This letter was prompted by Christine Jacobson’s June 7 letter in which she describes her dream house: 800 to 900 square feet of heaven; that she is not sleeping in the room with the refrigerator; that having a guest doesn’t mean someone sleeps on the floor; that because incomes are so low and housing prices so high, she might rent out a tiny ADU so that she can survive; that she will find all of this at a price she can afford.

My husband and I have our dream house. We live in a small cottage of 977 square feet. We have one bedroom, one kitchen, one living room, and two lofts – one is our guest room and the other is an office. I am grateful that the architect was able to design a cozy minimalist home utilizing a small number of square feet.

We love our small cottage, our small garden, and our neighbors who all live in their homes because we don’t want our neighborhood to have vacant vacation rentals or turn into a ghost neighborhood where no one is ever at home.

Our dream house was not inexpensive, but it does belong to us. I am very hopeful that our city and county will begin to conceive of dream houses like Christine’s and mine – in all neighborhoods – that all people can afford and call home.

Thinking small. A very big idea.

JAN KRICK

Port Townsend