This is a 5′ x9′ Tiny Travel Trailer guest post by Kay Beam – share yours!
I built a 5′ x 9′ tiny travel trailer. I wanted something to camp in with hard sides so that I could bring my granddaughters with me. I made the walls 5′ high with a dropped floor so that I could stand up in it. At the dropped floor the inside height is 5’8″; I’m 5″6″, so there’s 2 inches to spare.
The floor and walls are made of ¾ inch plywood, and the roof has luan placed on spars. The walls and roof are skinned with aluminum. I ordered manufactured windows and a door.
It weighs just under 1,000 pounds, and tows very easily. It has an inside kitchen and a place to shower. There is a shower pan with a drain in the floor, and a shower curtain that hangs from the walls. The shower pan stores under the bed and I bring it out and place over the floor drain when I need to use it.
There are electrical and water hookups, and I’ll be installing a water heater. It took me about 180 hours to build and cost around $5,000.
I ordered a custom made trailer chassis and built on top of it. The trailer is very comfortable and convenient. I’m very happy with how it turned out. It was a fun project!
Below is a breakdown of the building costs. Please enjoy and re-share. Thank you!
This is the 30′ ESCAPE Traveler XL tiny house on wheels. In a previous post we showed you the standard ESCAPE Traveler but this one has even more space.
It’s a new design that’s RVIA certified and it gives you that extra space that you might be looking for in a relatively easy to tow tiny home on a trailer. Looking for something even bigger? Look at their ultra spacious and luxurious ESCAPE Park Model.
It can still be pulled with most of today’s full sized pick up trucks. The first model is currently under construction but the company is taking orders right now for any customers interested in the new 30′ design that starts at $72,800 USD. Please enjoy the preview and re-share below. Thank you!
According to their blog post, it’s their most elegant and complex project to date.
It’s a 26′ long, 8’6″ wide, and 13’6″ tall tiny house on wheels designed and built for a family of four who are living tiny in Indiana. Please enjoy, learn more, and re-share below. Thank you!
This issue contains 74 pages of information on tiny houses (articles, photos, and video) to enjoy on any of any of your digital devices.
The magazine is delivered in PDF format so you can load it on your smart phone, tablet, computer or you can print it out on paper.
Either way, if you’re like me and you can’t get enough of the tiny house movement you’ll love this issue of Kent’s Tiny House Magazine because it’s filled with useful ideas from smart tiny housers.
This is the Slipstream micro camper that’s designed for compact cars and motorcycles to easily tow for traveling.
It’s great if you’re a minimalist traveler because this unit ways only 200 lbs, it quick to set up, and it has about 38 cubic feet of extra cargo space too.
If something like a teardrop camper is too big for you but you still want the benefits of being able to tow a trailer for a quicker set up time and so you also have the ability to carry more cargo this might be a great option. It starts at $2,895. What do you think?
So how do two adults and two children fit their entire lives in less than 700 sq. ft.? This family did it by completely rebuilding their apartment with the help of a local carpenter.
They intentionally decided to downsize so they can live in the city after experiencing living outside of Copenhagen beforehand. They sold many of their belongings, downsized some more, and started to rebuild the apartment. Thanks to their hard work and thoughtful downsizing process, today they get to live a wonderful simple life in the heart of the city. Please enjoy and re-share below. Thank you!
The Y:Cube is a Lego-style prefabricated tiny housing solution designed to alleviate the affordable housing shortage in London after a report by the English Housing Survey revealed that most renters throughout England are spending 47 percent of their entire after-tax income on rent.
And according to this article from Russia Times, people in London are spending even more with an average of 73 percent of their pre-tax income being spent on rent. In response to this housing crisis, the London South West YMCA has come up with a solution called the Y:Cube.
The units are 26m2 (or 280 square feet) and are designed by Rogers Stirk Habour + Partners, an award-winning architecture firm in London. When you go inside one of the units you’ll find everything you need! A bathroom, kitchen, living area, desk, and a cozy place to sleep. But best of all, the price is affordable. According to the Russia Times, the units cost about €30,000 British Pounds which converts to about $47,000 in United States Dollars.
This 638 sq. ft. cottage for sale is a guest post by Laura Hatfield – share yours!
Hi Alex,
I have lived in this charming 638 square foot home for 8 years. It is located in Woodland Park, CO. Ideal small house living in the heart of the town, 1 block from 2 brew pubs, the library, beautiful park and the main music venue for summer concerts.
It is located on a large lot with a privacy area out the back door with a chimina to enjoy the cool mountain evenings. The front porch is ideal for morning coffee and an amazing view of Pikes Peak. It is being offered for $170,000 the pictures are from my real estate agent and I have permission for them to be published on your site.
Thank you,
Cordially,
Laura Hatfield
638 Sq. Ft. Cottage For Sale in Colorado Mountain Town
This is a $400 camper bike built by artist, Kevin Cyr. What started out only as a art project soon turned into an actually structural project.
Kevin had been traveling in Beijing, China and noticed how so many Chinese people carried just about everything on their bikes. The only thing he had not seen was a house on a bike. This sparked his imagination and he soon had the drawing in hand and decided to bring it to life.
The bike weights approximately 200 kilograms so it’s a bit heavy for traveling. In an interview with Mads Phikamphon of Ice Bike.org, Kevin says, “the camper is based on a 1977 Apache pop-up my parents owned.”
Although he has only taken naps in the camper it could possibly be fit for full time living. Kevin says, “It’s actually very scary to sleep in because the camper is so tall, 9 feet, and the bed is way up top. It sways and rock when you climb up the bunk.”
Do you think this could be an alternative housing solution or is it just too extreme? Either way, it’s fascinating, isn’t it? Please enjoy and re-share below. Thank you!
