Joel Weber, 25, ditched the dorm scene and opted for a 145-square-foot space instead. Using concepts and skills he learned while studying, the design major created the floor plan and built the property for $20,000 total. Thanks to a small mortgage and utility costs, he plans to graduate debt-free.” – TODAY.com Read the whole story about …
Ever since Elvis Summers’s good deed – building a tiny house for his homeless neighbor Smokie – went viral, his life has been “nothing but chaos.” That one good deed has transformed into his life’s work virtually overnight. “[If] I have to do it singlehandedly ’til it’s done – building one tiny house at a …
“Tiny houses exist in sort of a legal gray area, neither explicitly allowed nor expressly forbidden,” says tiny-home owner Jay Austin of Washington. Though the District of Columbia recently banned “camping” in tiny-house-like structures, Austin says he has been told the provision is unenforceable. Source: Tiny house, big benefits: Freedom from a mortgage – and …
This 20 dwelling is fully adaptable to any degree of the spectrum between totally on-the-grid and totally off-the-grid. It integrates a full bathroom with shower, kitchenette, and queen-sized bed into 155 sq. ft. with electricity, hot water, insulation and plumbing. We kept it intermodal, being able to be moved by truck, train, ship, or towed on a …
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A tricky question we face as members of a consumer society is not, “To buy or not to buy?” But, “How can I have access to what I need?” – Billy Ulmer Read the whole story, How to Decide Whether to Buy, Rent, Borrow or Repair at Unlikely Lives
The Abundance is a custom built 12’x24′ tiny home built on a purpose-built heavy-duty trailer. It has an open floor plan, large windows, and a kitchen with IKEA cabinets, a full-size refrigerator, and a foot pedal operated faucet. The large living space features a slide-out queen-size bed and built-in couch with storage. To learn more visit Brevard …
The Melbourne resident was in Bendigo this week to attend the Homes For Change event on Thursday and to hear a talk on the tiny homes movement.Mr Florences trailer home is 2.2m by 2.8m and only partially built, but is well on the way to becoming his dream home. Source: Homes for change: what a tiny house looks like. Photo by Jodie Wiegard.
It’s a first for her, and it’s a first of its kind for its builder, Habitat for Humanity of Cabarrus County, as the nonprofit housing ministry launches a pilot program called The Tiny House Project. The plan – to build one 450- to 500-square-foot home a year for the next three years – will serve …
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Are you a do-it-yourselfer but prefer to leave the heavy lifting and back-breaking work to professionals? If so this might be an ideal tiny house starter kit (our words) for you. It’s a 20-feet long tiny house that’s finished on the outside and ready for you to complete on the inside – it’s half done in other …
The Albion is one of my favorite recent designs, after the Westport. I started trying to draw a tiny house with two gable dormers, but I quickly realized that the roof was so small they just wouldn’t fit. So I tried a cross gable instead, figuring it was the next best thing and should work …
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Pictured here are some photo realistic renderings of the Westport – formerly known as the Coast Cottage. It’s a 28-foot tiny house design that features two rooms separated by a bathroom & kitchen. Above the kitchen & bath is a sleeping loft. Off the back room is a french door. In these illustrations I show …
