Meet Brendon and Akua who built a 500-square-foot small house in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The home was designed and constructed with the help of Smallworks Studios / Laneway Housing in Vancouver.
A while back we featured Paula and Skip’s 500-square-foot home from Smallworks Studios which you may also like.
Brendon and Akua went with Laneway’s West Coast Loft model which features a loft bedroom, luxurious kitchen, living area with balcony, and a garage.
They built it in Brendon’s parents backyard so they didn’t have to buy additional land. Since it has a flat roof you can easily add solar panels or even a living roof.
Photo Credit Brendon and Akua of http://buildsmall.blogspot.com
Photo Credit Brendon and Akua of http://buildsmall.blogspot.com
From this angle you can see the home’s garage and balcony directly above it. The kitchen, bathroom and garage are all located on the first level. Let me take you inside…
Photo Credit Brendon and Akua of http://buildsmall.blogspot.com
Photo Credit Brendon and Akua of http://buildsmall.blogspot.com
When you go upstairs you’ll see the living area, bedroom, and of course the sliding glass door to the outdoor balcony.
Photo Credit Brendon and Akua of http://buildsmall.blogspot.com
Below is another angle of the same area. I’d say they made great use of space with this design, wouldn’t you?
Photo Credit Brendon and Akua of http://buildsmall.blogspot.com
Another feature that I like a lot about this small house design is that there are lots of windows so you can get plenty of natural lighting throughout all parts of the home. Below you can check out the floor plan for both levels.
Photo Credit Brendon and Akua of http://buildsmall.blogspot.com
If you’re interested in learning more about Smallworks Studios & Laneway Housing check out their site which features more designs and photos.
To learn more about Brendon and Akua and their little home visit their blog. They’ve got plenty of interesting blog posts to explore related to their new humble home.
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Alex
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There is some controversy about laneway housing in Vancouver but I love the idea. If we could afford it I’d convert our garage to add living space so my younger son could move in to my basement apartment and I’d move into the new place. We already have 4 generations in the main house in our own apartments and there’s no more room left there. Most houses in our area already have large garages and some look more like tiny houses, if not quite as high up as these. I’d prefer a large open space for kitchen and living rather than having them split. Bedroom optional, though a separate room for sewing would be nice. Some day?
Where are the closets??
Отличный проект дома для двух человек. И гараж с верандой – все продумано – молодцы! Спасибо, интересно!
Excellent. It was so nice to see this today in drought stricken Arkansas.
Perfect house. I don’t need a garage and would instead have it become a home office. The design and exterior are just great…
I think having the garage as a home office is great idea.
I would use the garage as an artist studio. Since I own a Smart car, it is small enough that I could – potentially – use it as both. :)
I just recently started living “simply” and I love it. Living simply makes me feel less stressed, people said it would but I didn’t believe how it could, but it really does! I would love to get a small house like this someday. Currently we are living in an appointment until we figure out our career paths and where we plan on living!
Nice. Looks rather roomy for being only 500 ft. I’d be willing to sacrifice a foot or two of the balcony for just a little extra bedroom space. But that’s just me.
My like projekt!
I love the design. would nix the garage for an office/ guest space…
I was wondering what the perimeter was and dimensions of the rooms?
I would LOVE this for my mother to where she can be close. Wonderful house.
I am getting ready to build a 16×24 here in Alaska. I have great southern exposure so I am building a shed roof sloped down to the north so I can hang solar panels on the rafters on the south that swing out in the summer to gather more light and shade the windows. I am using double stud 2x4s on a 2×8 plate with closed cell foam in the walls. I will have a full basement for storage and utilities including an air to air heat exchanger that will run on a timer because they are all to big for this size place. After this I will build a place a little smaller than 900 sqft place right next to it with connected utilities(water, septic etc.) The small place will be a great guest house after that. No banks involved:)
Great home with one enormous flaw….bedroom upstairs and bathroom downstairs. Think about getting up in the middle of the night half asleep and having to walk down a flight of stairs? Really?
Haven’t thought that through clearly. It damages the entire design and is so impractical that I’m shocked you didn’t think of this immediately. You need to have a bathroom upstairs as well. A woman would have never left that out of the design. Yes, we are very detailed and think of everything. It’s our gift! ;-)
I totally agree with you, even with the fact that women thing of everything and are sooo organized, that usually my wife hits the only and unique pothole in any road!
Beautiful – and one of the nicest things is that the living space is not dominated by a TV, wonderful!!
I agree with Marianne that the upstairs needs a bathroom (or 1/2 bath, at the very least). In fact, it’s the first thing I thought of when I saw the pictures of this house. I would much rather have an upstairs bathroom than a balcony. Another thought: Is it a good idea to have elderly people living in this tiny house someday? Stairs are difficult to maneuver for the elderly, and I just don’t think I could ask my parents to do that. Otherwise, this is a great design, and an ever greater idea to put it in their parents’ back yard!