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Polished 1965 Airstream Caravel Sol parked in the woods with the door open, a teal hitch and step, and a glimpse of the mustard couch inside

A 2,250-lb 1965 Airstream Caravel With No Propane: Tiny Haven’s “Sol” Is $65,000 Outside Richmond

A vintage 1965 Airstream Caravel — 17 feet, 2,250 pounds, all-new 50-amp electric and no propane — is listed for $65,000 just outside Richmond. Tiny Haven named her Sol. Danielle and Jonathan renovated this one as a mid-century modern apartment on wheels: full kitchen, tiled bath, a custom couch that pulls out into a double [...]

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Caitlin’s dark-stained tiny house on a wooded hillside with a covered porch, sliding glass doors, and potted plants

She Built an Off-Grid Tiny House With Her Dad for $30–40K — and She’s Lived There 8 Years

Caitlin wanted to build her own home — and her dad, a carpenter, was all in. Starting in 2014, they spent about three years crafting an off-grid tiny house on a 24-foot trailer. She found land next to the build site, towed the house up a dirt “road” with a small bulldozer, and settled in. [...]

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Mustard Seed Sprout tiny house with grey siding, cedar-shingle loft, aqua French doors, and a wooden porch on a wooded lot at Lakewalk in Greer, South Carolina

This Tiny House Is for Sale in an Actual Community: Lakewalk in Greer, SC

This tiny house is for sale in an actual community, not a driveway and a hope. Lakewalk Tiny Home Community in Greer, South Carolina puts homes on wooded lots with a hiking trail, a dog park, gathering spaces, and Lake Cunningham nearby. The house itself is a 285-square-foot 2016 Sprout by Mustard Seed Tiny Homes, [...]

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White Box Truck Betti tiny home parked in the woods with rooftop solar panels and spare tire

She Built Box Truck Betti After Leaving Her Marriage — An Off-Grid Tiny Home With Solar, Carved Wood, and a Fresh Start

After a major life change, Eva didn’t want another apartment that felt temporary — she wanted something that was completely her own. Starting with little construction experience, a used white box truck, and help from a friend, she built Box Truck Betti: a solar-powered, off-grid tiny home packed with carved wood, space-saving tricks, and the [...]

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Wood-sided 8 by 32 foot tiny house on a trailer in a grassy Port Angeles clearing, with a large picture window, a glass entry door, and a ground-mounted solar array beside a small green shed

They Sold a Portland House so Dad Could Stay Home — 8 Years Mortgage-Free in Port Angeles, and the Tiny House Is for Sale

Allison Williams and her family sold a modest Portland house so Dad could stay home. They bought land in Port Angeles, Washington, and a tiny house on wheels — and spent nearly eight years mortgage-free. Their daughter grew up in 290 square feet. She’s becoming a teen now and outgrowing her spaces, so they’re selling [...]

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SEFR Home refrigerated trailer tiny house finished modern white THOW render forest solar deck

They Turn Old Refrigerated Semi-Trailers Into 344 Sq Ft Tiny Homes in the Czech Republic

In the Czech Republic, a family company is taking retired refrigerated semi-trailers — the thick-walled “reefers” that once hauled cold groceries — and turning them into roughly 32 m² (about 344 sq ft) tiny homes and multipurpose spaces. SEFR Home’s base model starts from around 800,000 CZK excluding VAT (about $35,000 USD), with build and [...]

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Screenshot of a shop using the Escape Traveler name, listing a 192 square foot tiny house for $18,000 with an Add to cart button

If a Tiny House Is $11,500 With an Add-to-Cart Button, It’s a Scam

Dan George of ESCAPE wrote us this morning. People are getting ripped off by an online shop that uses a name almost identical to his company, lists finished tiny houses at prices that cannot be real, and lets you add a house to a shopping cart like a pair of shoes. We visited the website [...]

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