r/TinyHouses

Anyone with a ladder come up with a creative way to get pets into the loft? I want to hear what everyone is doing!

in every zillow listing there IS a zillow required section for water, sewer, electrical, ....so why the heck is this not a filter option when you are searching for land?

Redfin, Zillow, Trulia, none of them allow is to filter for that, but there is a hundred other filters to choose from. any website that does?

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Hey folks! I'm about to move into my first ever tiny home, and I will be renting it to start for a year to see if I'd like to purchase.

I'm curious, from an insurance perspective (in the USA / Oregon), did y'all wind up going with a special RV insurance, or just a simple renters insurance? I'm getting some mixed signals in what I'm reading -- apparently it is very much not considered a mobile home, yet it seems like its a toss up between RV + basic renters insurance.

I am mostly looking for coverage for items inside said home, as well as insurance to at least in part cover insurance for items in my storage unit. A basic, typical renters insurance covers what I need in terms of said storage unit items, but now just looking to make sure whatever insurance I choose actually covers the material items in the home I'll be in.

Thank you so much for your insight! This has been a nice subreddit to read at the start of my journey.

Edit: edited for clarity; the owners have insurance for the home already, I’m looking to insure my things inside the home. Sounds like renters insurance may well be the way to go?

Me and my wife live in an apartment and have been looking to build a tiny home on wheels, however we don’t have guaranteed space to build said tiny home on wheels, my parents said if the HOA allows it then we can do it in their driveway but it’s looking like they won’t. Where did y’all build yours? Where would be some good places to look into for building this? What are y’all’s suggestions? This will be a 7 by 18 build with three rooms of 7 by 6. Kinda small I know but what do y’all think?

I'm a filmmaker, artist, engineer co-organizing a tiny house camp that'll be part of a greater pop up community this summer in Dalarna, Sweden from 6/25-8/25. The land itself is slowly being built into a long term ecovillage and health retreat center as well by the owner. We're currently a mix of individuals with engineering, architecture, creative coding, filmmaking, and music backgrounds, and are looking for a few more folks to join our camp. Our vision is to design and prepare to build a "future-primitive" modular tiny home as well as explore sociocratic methods and what it means to be in community in the process. If you're looking to learn how to design and build a solarpunk tiny house and be immersed in nature during the beautiful Swedish summer, then feel free to DM/reach out for more details! I'm not able to post the website link here

When I downsized into a thow, getting rid of extra clothes and furniture was surprisingly easy. The hardest part hands down was my tools.

I used to have a standard garage setup and letting go of it felt like giving up my ability to be self-sufficient. but the reality of living in a small footprint is you just cant afford to let a giant plastic toolbox eat up an entire cabinet. I had to get real about what I actually do in a finished space versus what I THOUGHT I’d do.

Started judging tools by a pretty simple baseline. how often I use them versus how much space they silently occupy.

What I ended up ditching.
My full-size drill. I love my makita. it’s a solid piece of equipment but I’m mostly doing finished-space maintenance now, not stick building framing. Keeping a heavy-duty drill around for that one time a year I might need to go through a stud just didn't make sense. i can borrow one if it comes to that.
The massive 100-piece screwdriver case. It took up half a drawer and I realistically only ever used the same three sizes anyway.
Bulky socket sets and duplicate pliers. pure emotional support clutter from old projects.
What actually survived the cut.
tape measure
utility knife
small hammer
adjustable wrench
small pliers
tiny level
as for the everyday loose-screw stuff I ended up keeping a hoto pixeldrive screwdriver. Living in a thow means road vibration (and just regular life in a tiny space) constantly loosens cabinet pulls, latches or fold-down furniture. I’m not using it as a drill, its just a compact electric screwdriver for those light fixes. It has way more bits than I'll ever use but the five or six I actually reach for are all in there. the main reason it works for me is that I don’t need a whole separate box of random screwdrivers just to keep my daily drivers on hand.

Letting go of the heavy-duty gear was tough at first. but having just a small, easily accessible kit for 90% of daily maintenance has been a huge relief. Still trying to figure out if keeping my bulky caulk gun is worth the space or if I should just buy those small squeeze tubes when I need them.

Discovered the tiny home movement recently and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it. I know this is something I want to do in the future, when I can afford it. However, I'd like to do as much by myself as possible to save money.

Something like this is unfortunately years away for me. But maybe in the meantime I can build the basic construction skills that are necessary so I can be prepared when I have the funds.

What's the best way to go about this? I've heard that Habitat for Humanity can be okay, but I've read that it completely depends on the chapter and experiences are mixed. I already work a full time job as well, so I'm not keen on working really hard for 8 hours without pay on my off days unless I get some good experience out of it.

trying to be really careful about what appliances earn counter space in a tiny kitchen. been looking at air fryer toaster ovens because the idea of one thing doing toast, leftovers, frozen stuff, veggies, small meals, etc sounds pretty ideal. but i also know tiny spaces make every appliance feel way bigger once it’s actually sitting there every day. i don’t want something huge that takes over the counter, but i also don’t want one so small that it’s annoying to use or cooks unevenly. easy cleaning matters too because there’s not exactly a ton of sink/counter space to deal with greasy trays and crumbs. mostly cooking for 1-2 people. budget is probably around $150-$300, maybe a little higher if it’s actually worth it. for anyone living tiny or working with a really small kitchen, did an air fryer toaster oven end up being worth the space? what model/style would you buy again, and what would you avoid?

Basically my wife and I have been living with my in-laws for way too long and I'm sick and tired of waiting for the housing market to correct. We just need our own space, and we're okay with a small place. There's a tiny home community or two in the outskirts of our big city where you have to buy the actual tiny home yourself, but they provide the land and amenities at $650/mo.

Did you feel like the move to a tiny home was worth it after living there for a while? How was it living with pets if you don't want them sleeping with you? Do you get cabin fever a lot? Literally any and all info would be appreciated, just looking for some opinions on the topic from people that have chosen this route in life.

Hi,

We have a plot of land where we enjoy spending summer weekends.

At first, I considered building a traditional house there. However, we still are not sure how much time we will actually spend on the property, so I am now considering ordering a small ready-made, steel-framed home of about 500 square feet.

The idea is that it would serve us for now, and if we later decide to build something larger, it could potentially be moved from its original location.

The company delivers the home by truck and uses a crane to place it on a prepared site.

My question is: would it be possible to use a crane to move this type of house again in, say, 10 years?

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I am considering buying a parcel of land in rural Virginia that has what they are calling an “outbuilding” that looks like a tiny home.

These are the things that would need to be done from what I can see:

- some drywall hanging
- hooking up electricity (overhead lighting is already in place and there is an electrical source outside)
- Installing plumbing
- Installing a kitchen sink (cabinets are in place)
- A “bathroom” that would essentially just be a shower stall and toilet
- A septic system

I am wondering what a ballpark estimate for completion of these things would be if I had contractors do the work - if anyone has experience with a property that needed these things done, I would like to hear. Thanks

I have found a house that I'm interested in and wondered where it fits in the tiny house scale.

It is 330 square foot

Efficient House Features

Passive Construction: A house designed to use minimal energy for heating, utilizing insulation and heat recovery.

Smart Home Technology: Automation systems that manage lighting and heating to maximize savings.

Modular Architecture: Quickly constructed, eco-friendly homes with high energy efficiency.

I ended up selling mine directly within the campground I was living in, which worked surprisingly well. Curious what worked for others, since I see a lot of people asking where to sell besides just listing online.