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Big Hearts Tiny Vegans – Photo 1

Zach & Leala from Big Hearts Tiny Vegans designed this unique and beautiful 24-foot long tiny house and built it from paycheque to paycheque, as well as with gifts of time and materials from family and friends.  

It cost them approximately $40,000 CAD ($31,175 USD) to build the 200-sq.-ft. house, including the cost of appliances. 

They Built The Tiny House Over Time On A Limited Budget

Big Hearts Tiny Vegans – Photo 2

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Rewild Tiny House Tour – Exploring Alternatives 2

This is the Fox Sparrow tiny house built by Rewild Homes.

It’s spacious, functional, and bright; and it’s perfect for a person or couple who plan to work from home.

This Tiny House is Perfect for Working from Home

Rewild Tiny House Tour – Exploring Alternatives 2

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Ultima Thule Family – Exploring Alternatives

Bryce and Misty paid off their debts, left the city, and have spent the last 12 years building a cob home by hand on their off-grid homestead. The house cost approximately $1,000 CAD to build using clay from their property, wood harvested within 20km of home, and secondhand windows and roofing. They live without a car, homeschool their two daughters, and produce most of their own food from a permaculture food forest, animals, and foraged crops.

Bryce and Misty's family at their self-built cob home and off-grid homestead

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Garage to Tiny Home Conversion 1

This 470-square-foot garage on the Sunshine Coast in Gibsons, BC was converted into a stunning modern open-concept living space and listed on Airbnb as a form of house hacking to help the owners pay their mortgage. Exposed concrete floors, a corrugated metal ceiling, and high windows give it the feel of a designer micro cabin — except it is in a backyard, close to stores and services.

470 square foot garage converted into a modern open-concept living space in Gibsons BC

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Extra Wide Tiny House 4 - Exploring Alternatives

The Huckleberry is a 30’x10′ extra wide and single-story tiny house on wheels with an open concept living space, a walk-through bathroom, and the main floor bedroom.

It’s packed with unique features like a vintage wood stove and claw foot bathtub, handmade cabinetry, rough sawn wood details, and diamond-shaped windows.  It was designed and built by Rewild Homes Ltd on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

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30-ft. Huckleberry Tiny House, 10-ft. Wide!

Extra Wide Tiny House 4 - Exploring Alternatives

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The Giving Tree Tiny Home 1 – Exploring Alternatives

Bianca, Justin, and their toddler Bodhi live in this 30-foot long tiny house on wheels and they’ve designed the interior to fit their small family’s lifestyle perfectly!

The tiny house was a DIY build that was for sale on Kijiji and they bought it for $60,000 CAD. They added the kitchen, the furniture, and they modified the bathroom themselves to make the home more comfortable and functional.

Minimalist Family’s Tiny House Life

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Half Moon Bay Tiny House Tour 6

This tiny house is 35’ long and 8.5’ wide and it has a modern kitchen, a main floor bedroom, a walk-through bathroom, and a vaulted ceiling in the living room.

It’s parked at a new RV Resort in Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia, and you can find it on Airbnb if you’re interested in staying in it!

35-ft. Tiny House with Walk-Through Bathroom in Halfmoon Bay (BC), Available on Airbnb

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Main Floor Bedroom - Itsy Bitsy Tiny House - Exploring Alternatives

The Itsy Bitsy Spider Lake tiny house has it all: a main-floor bedroom, two full-size lofts, a spacious living room with a 3-seater sofa, a kitchen with a pantry, a bathroom with a heated floor, and a washer/dryer.

This tiny house is built by Mint Tiny House Company, and it’s parked on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.

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34-ft. Itsy Bitsy Tiny House with a Main-floor Bedroom Built by Mint Tiny House Company

Itsy Bitsy Tiny House - Exploring Alternatives

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Black Box Shipping Container Home 1 – 72 dpi

The Black Box Container Home is a modern 2-bedroom shipping container home in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, built by Honomobo.

Cathi and Trevor downsized from a 2,300-square-foot home to this smaller 704-square-foot space three years ago after their sons left home.

The couple then built a stick frame studio space with a glass garage door and connected it to the main house with a breezeway.

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Couple’s Shipping Container Home with Connecting Breezeway

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