India, Feb. 20 -- When rising house prices make owning a home feel impossible, some people are finding creative ways around it. One young Australian has decided to take matters into her own hands. Instead of signing a decades-long mortgage, she is building a $40,000 "tiny home" on top of a vintage truck and trailer.

Kia Humberstone, 26, has come up with a solution that is both simple and ambitious. She is turning a 1988 Isuzu truck and trailer, which she purchased for $5,000, into a 13-metre mobile home.

Humberstone has spent hours restoring rusted parts, grinding corrosion, and adding fibreglass patches, all while keeping costs low by using recycled materials wherever possible, news.com.au reported.

This isn't her first tiny home adve...