Small Houses

This is an A-frame cabin with a warehouse on 3.69 acres in La Grange, North Carolina. The home was built in 1989 and the warehouse/garage includes an unfinished office area. It’s listed over at the NCRMLS for $150,000. Check it out! Don’t miss other homes like this, join our Free Tiny House Newsletter for more!  [...]

This is a tiny cabin with 5 acres in Zolfo Springs, Florida for $250,000. August 27: Price lowered to $225,000. 5 acres with 407′ frontage to Charlie Creek with electricity, a working well, and high speed internet via satellite. Don’t miss other interesting tiny homes and cabins like this, join our Free Tiny House Newsletter [...]

Small home, big yard! Doesn’t get much better than this. Not sure about the zoning regarding animals in this area, but what a great spot to create a large kitchen garden and raise your own food. This manufactured home looks wonderfully cared-for, and comes with two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a spacious kitchen, and even a [...]

This is the Nook tiny house in Swannanoa, North Carolina. It’s a one-of-a-kind, hand-made tiny home that’s bookable on Airbnb. Don’t miss other interesting stories like this, join our Free Tiny House Newsletter for more!  The Nook Tiny House in North Carolina This modern tiny cabin offers an amazing interior space that even includes an [...]

This is a two-bedroom yurt with beautiful views in Asheville, North Carolina. It lives like a regular home with a spacious bathroom, kitchen, first-floor bedroom, and an upstairs loft bedroom with a sky view. The yurt is 30-ft. in diameter with a surrounding deck. What do you think? Would you ever consider a yurt of [...]

Here’s an adorable little home that proves “living tiny” isn’t a new concept. Built in the 1930s, this “cracker house” in Florida features two small bedrooms, a living room, kitchen, bathroom, and a cute fenced-in backyard. There’s even a covered porch for your rocking chairs and iced tea! The home has lots of potential, and the [...]

This is a 450 sq. ft. garden shed that owner, Sofie and her husband decided to build so they can live in it while renovating their main house. It has a kitchenette, a beautiful indoor/outdoor bathroom with a lush outdoor pink bath, and bedroom pods that are currently home for this family of four. Check [...]

When their customers wanted more space on their narrow lot, it was really not a problem for Deltec Homes. This is a three-level house built on a narrow lot known as the Cresent Chalet. It was custom designed and built by Deltec Homes which specializes in customized prefabricated residential homes that ship anywhere out of [...]

This is the Alpine 2.1, a small modern house by Den Outdoors. It is a 920-sq.-ft. design with 24-foot tall ceilings with two bedrooms and space to host guests. Don’t miss other interesting small homes like this, join our Free Small House Newsletter for more like this!  The Alpine 2.1 Modern Small House by Den [...]

This is a 746-sq.-ft., 2-bedroom prefab home on stilts by Deltec Homes. I know it’s not very tiny, but we love featuring small homes too! It’s a one-story, 32-ft. diameter energy-efficient compact home that’s available as a shell or turnkey. The shell starts at $75,000-$118,000 depending on your options while the turnkey begins from $290,000-$450,000. [...]

You know what they say about location, location, location. This modern vacation cottage designed by the famous Canadian architect, Brian MacKay-Lyons, has an idyllic seaside setting in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia with sheep and horses grazing in the nearby pastures. It both blends in and stands out among the weathered buildings nearby. The two-floor cabin has [...]

While you’ll be hard-pressed to find many municipalities allowing foundation homes under 400 square feet, more and more communities are accepting in-law apartments and ADUs that allow members of the same family to live on the same property. These duplex plans could be a great way to give in-laws or kids their own space while [...]

This is the East Side Beehive tiny house in Austin, Texas. It’s a quirky backyard cottage with an open floor plan in Central East Austin. What do you think? Don’t miss other awesome tiny homes like this, join our Free Tiny House Newsletter for more!  East Side Beehive Tiny House in Austin The ceiling is [...]

Today we’re excited to introduce the beautiful Eclipse Cottages, built with low-maintenance SIP panels and including rainwater catch base filtration systems, greywater reuse systems, and other amazing sustainable options! They come with a few layout options and plenty of customization color/finish-wise. Right now, these cottages are only available to be placed in one of Eclipse’s [...]

While it might be almost twice the size of many THOWs, this little foundation home is still quite compact compared to the McMansions all over the U.S. And it comes with 3.5 acres of land! Perfect for starting a little homestead — or just enjoying privacy. The house is on sale for $150,000 and sits [...]

If you ever get a chance to go to Scotland, you most definitely should take it — and you could even stay in this lovely little off-grid cottage perched high on a hill with breathtaking views. The one-bedroom cottage has a dine-in kitchen and cozy living room with floor-to-ceiling windows that let you take in [...]

This is the story of Neu Community, an up-and-coming prefabricated housing development in the Austin, Texas area. With thousands moving to the area and the Tesla giga-factory as an example hiring 20,000 people, communities like this are desperately needed in this area not to mention other areas with housing shortages and affordability issues too. What [...]

This beautiful one-bedroom, one-bath tiny house has been fully inspected and passed all regulations to exist as a backyard addition in North Carolina, but it’s ready for a new home! It features a spacious great room with a dining, kitchen, and closed-off bathroom. There’s a separate ground-floor living room that’s absolutely lovely, and just wait [...]

Nan got in touch with us to show off her awesome 20×24 storage building that she was able to transform into a tiny house rental with the help of a family friend “jack of all trades.” She said the majority of the $50K spent on the conversion went to installing a new water system and [...]

UPDATE: There were a lot of concerns and questions regarding George’s renovation of this 1700s-era 400 sq. ft. home. Well, he just published a new video detailing exactly how much the renovation cost and answering your burning questions. Scroll below to watch it! ORIGINAL POST: I absolutely love when people take something old and more [...]

Here’s another new small home design by Small House Catalog called “Cedrus.” It gives you about twice the living space of even your largest tiny home, but keeps everything on one floor for accessibility. There are two bedrooms — one larger, one smaller — with two adjacent bathrooms. The other half of the L-shaped home [...]

If under-400-square-feet is just too tiny for you, how about going a bit bigger with something like the latest Faltvy small home plans. These PDF plans show an awesome two-bedroom, two-bathroom home that also includes a multi-purpose loft space. The middle of the home layout is dedicated to a kitchen a living room overlooking the [...]

This is a great option for a one-floor cottage that comes in at just under 500 square feet. The Juno Model, by Atlas Cottage Homes, is constructed in-factory to Florida building codes and then delivered and secured on a foundation on-site. It features a spacious living room with adjacent kitchen, a full bathroom, space for [...]