It might be the number one comment here at tiny house talk: “I want a small space, but I don’t want a loft. I’m looking for a single story design.”
Friend of Tiny House Talk and designer Dan Louche has created a fantastic tiny house without a loft and it is available on his website. Alex has spoken to Dan about the tiny house he built for his mother, which is the same design. I wanted to ask him a few additional questions about designing and building a single story home on wheels.
What was your reason for designing a single story tiny house?
The first house I ever built was our single story Tiny Retirement model(affiliate). It was for my mom. She had been living in a mobile home that had started to deteriorate and so she needed to move. I loved many of the tiny houses that were available but I knew a loft wouldn’t be an option for my mom. So I worked out a design without one that could still accommodate her lifestyle.
It’s Thursday plans day again. Today’s tiny house plans are from Dan Louche of Tiny Home Builders.
For those of you who don’t know Dan this is second tiny house design named Tiny Living.
Tiny Living Tiny House Plans
Tiny Living is one of Tiny Home Builders latest designs after Dan created Tiny Retirement for his mother.
Not long ago I took a trip up to North Florida to check out the latest progress on his build. I’ll show you the pictures I took in a minute.
Dan Louche and Tiny Home Builders
Dan has been designing and building his own tiny houses for the last couple of years. Since then he has put together a wonderful resource for those who want to do the same.
If you wanted to purchase any of those plans he packages them together with his Tiny House Construction Guide that you can alternatively buy separately for just $34.99.
Tiny Living
Let’s take a closer look at Dan’s new house which he recently took a video tour of.
The house is 20′ long with a width of 8′ 6″ on the outside.
This time he created a new set of plans that he’s using for the home and you’ll see how awesome it’s turning out in the video we created while I was there.
Fun with sugar sand
When I got there I was greeted by a friendly dirt road and I thought “oh no problem”.
But a few blocks down it got worse.
This is what I was facing
Again… I had gone too far. So I turned around and you’ll have to watch the video to see what happened next.
The little house on a trailer
I was really impressed with the house and how fast they have been putting it together. Currently, they’re waiting on windows so that’s what’s holding them back.
Here’s a shot of the progress while I was there on Monday.
Video length: 12:11
Enjoy…
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Now, he’s planning to do it again down here in Florida. When it’s all finished you might have the chance to purchase it if he doesn’t use it as a vacation home.
During the process Dan’s going to create a new set of plans which you’ll eventually be able to purchase as well. The options are great!
Sleeping loft this time around
I love the idea of a sleeping loft just because it creates a lot more room for the house. So Dan’s going to do that this time around which I think is awesome.
So he’s already bought the following and is well on his way towards building his tiny house on a trailer (version 2).
Photo Courtesy of Dan Louche
