The Lived-In Escape Vista Boho We Toured in 2022 Is Now for Sale in North Carolina

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Back in 2022 we shared a video tour of Tyler’s secondhand Escape Vista Boho in North Carolina. After several offers on a regular house fell through, she bought this tiny house from a family who had been renting it out on Airbnb, then filled it with art, plants, and souvenirs. Now the same house is for sale.

After three and a half years living in it, the owner has listed the 2021 Escape Vista Boho near Saxapahaw, North Carolina. It’s a 187-square-foot, single-level tiny house: no lofts, no ladders, with a built-in bed at one end and a wall of windows wrapping the living space. It’s listed at $44,000 OBO. The seller says the same model would cost about $75,000 new today.

Escape Vista Boho interior with wraparound windows, a built-in bed, fold-flat couch and kitchen

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A Simple Box Built to Travel

The Vista Boho is one of Escape’s simplest designs, and that’s the appeal. It’s 21 feet long (27 feet with the hitch), 8’6″ wide and 10 feet tall, and weighs about 8,500 pounds. That keeps it at legal road width, so you don’t need oversize permits, and it’s light enough that a full-size pickup can usually tow it.

Aerial view of the Escape Vista Boho tiny house on a tandem axle trailer in the woods

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The shell is 2×4 framing with EcoRoll insulation, stained vertical tongue-and-groove siding with aluminum trim, and a metal roof with a 40-year warranty. Underneath is a custom trailer with coated steel floor joists, a rodent-resistant steel underbelly, leveling jacks and a two-tank propane setup. The listing says it’s RV certified.

Side of the Escape Vista Boho showing long horizontal windows and cedar-stained siding

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Rainwater Catchment Added by the Owner

The owner added new gutters that feed a rainwater catchment system. It has a first-flush diverter that dumps the dirtiest early runoff off the roof, plus a rain barrel, and the listing says all of it is included. Other recent upgrades: a new mini-split in October 2025, a new on-demand water heater in July 2026, a heated water hose, a 30A-to-50A adapter and a generator.

Escape Vista Boho with gutters feeding orange rain barrels and a first flush diverter

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A Built-In Bed and a Fold-Flat Couch

The bed is built into the far end of the house, under windows on three sides. Next to it runs a long couch that folds flat, so the room works as a living room by day or a wider sleeping space when you have company. There are drawers built into the platforms under both.

Built-in bed under windows beside a gray fold-flat couch with storage drawers below

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Here’s the same room as a home, from the 2022 tour. The long, low windows are the reason this layout works. They run at eye level when you’re sitting or lying down, so you see trees instead of walls.

Lived-in Escape Vista Boho with colorful bedding, art on the walls and wraparound windows

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A ductless mini-split sits high on the end wall for heating and cooling. It was replaced in 2025.

Mini-split heat pump above the windows in the Escape Vista Boho living area

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The Kitchen

The kitchen runs along one wall with upgraded white stone counters, a deep stainless sink, an induction cooktop with a vented hood and a tall refrigerator. Open shelves up high hold dishes and mugs. Escape also includes two butcher-block tables that fold down from the wall.

Escape Vista Boho kitchen with white stone counters, deep sink, toaster oven and tall refrigerator

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From the living area you look down the galley to the bathroom door at the other end. Hooks by the entry hold coats and bags.

Galley kitchen looking toward the frosted bathroom door with coat hooks by the entry

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A Fold-Down Shelf for the Oven

This is the kind of fix you only think of after living in a tiny house for a while. Under the range hood, a hinged wooden panel folds down into a shelf.

Hinged wooden panel under the range hood folded down to form a shelf above the induction cooktop

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Folded down, the shelf holds a countertop air-fryer oven, right under the hood where the heat and smoke can vent. That keeps the counter free for prep work. When you don’t need it, the shelf folds back up against the wall.

Countertop air fryer oven sitting on the fold-down shelf under the kitchen range hood

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The Bathroom

The bathroom has a frosted door, a 36-inch shower, a wall-mounted sink, a Nature’s Head composting toilet, an exhaust fan and a storage cabinet. In the 2022 tour, the owner was using the window ledge as a little indoor greenhouse.

Escape Vista Boho bathroom with a wall-mounted sink, composting toilet and plants on the window ledge

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A Full-Light Front Door

The front door is a full glass panel, so it adds light too. The owner added an awning over it to keep rain off.

Full-light glass entry door with a curved awning on the stained siding of the tiny house

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Design Details

  • Model: Escape Vista Boho, built December 2020 (listed as 2021)
  • Size: 187 sq ft; 21′ L (27′ with hitch) x 8’6″ W x 10′ H; about 8,500 lbs
  • Layout: Single level, no loft. Built-in bed, fold-flat couch, two fold-down butcher-block tables
  • Kitchen: White stone counters, deep stainless sink, induction cooktop and hood, tall refrigerator
  • Bathroom: 36″ shower, sink, Nature’s Head composting toilet, exhaust fan
  • Systems: Mini-split heat pump (new October 2025), on-demand propane water heater (new July 2026), 30A/120V power center, two 20-gallon propane tanks
  • Shell: 2×4 walls, EcoRoll insulation, Low-E windows that all open, pine tongue-and-groove interior, Marmoleum floors, metal roof with 40-year warranty
  • Included extras (per the seller): Gutters, rainwater catchment with first-flush diverter and rain barrel, heated water hose, 30A-to-50A adapter, generator
  • Certification: Listed as RV certified
  • Location: Saxapahaw, North Carolina. Home only, no land
  • Price: $44,000 OBO (about $235 per sq ft); seller estimates about $75,000 new

What Makes This One Worth a Look

  • No stairs or ladders. Everything is on one level, which matters if you’re thinking about aging in place or bad knees.
  • Legal road width. At 8’6″ wide and about 8,500 lbs, it’s far easier to move than wide park models.
  • Recently replaced systems. The mini-split and water heater are the two things most likely to need replacing in a five-year-old tiny house, and both are new.
  • A known history. You can watch the 2022 video tour and see how it was lived in.
  • Room to negotiate. It’s listed OBO and has been on the marketplace for a while.

Questions to Ask the Seller

  • Ask for the RV certification label or certificate. It affects financing, insurance and which parks will accept the house.
  • Ask which listed options (like the battery backup on Escape’s spec sheet) are actually installed, and confirm exactly what’s included.
  • Where will it go? No land comes with it, so line up a place to park it and a hauler before you buy.

Video Tour

Here’s the 2022 Tiny House Expedition tour, filmed while the owner was living in it:

See the Listing

The full listing is on Tiny Home Builders, with more photos and a way to contact the seller. Always confirm price and availability directly with the seller. We don’t control the listing, and marketplace listings change without notice. Buying from a private seller? Read how to spot a fake tiny house listing first.

If you’d rather buy new, Escape still builds the Vista Boho. For a place to park, browse our tiny house communities directory, or see the Tiny House Expedition channel for more lived-in tours.

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Highlights

  • 2021 Escape Vista Boho, 187 sq ft, near Saxapahaw, North Carolina, $44,000 OBO
  • The same house featured in our 2022 video tour
  • Single level with a built-in bed, fold-flat couch and wraparound windows
  • White stone kitchen with induction cooktop, tall fridge and a clever fold-down oven shelf
  • Nature’s Head composting toilet and 36″ shower
  • New mini-split (2025) and on-demand water heater (2026)
  • Rainwater catchment, heated hose and generator included, per the seller
  • 8’6″ wide, about 8,500 lbs, listed as RV certified

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Alex Pino is the founder of Tiny House Talk, a leading resource on tiny homes and simple living since 2009. He helps readers discover unique homes, connect with builders, and explore alternative living.

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