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Yoga Teacher Building his own Tiny Home – A guest post by John Cole

Hey Alex,

I love your website! It’s helped me dive deeper into the tiny house community and expand my knowledge so much to help with my own build. Here’s a little about me and my story:

I’m 24 years old and teach yoga at the Mt. Washington Resort in the beautiful White Mountains of New Hampshire. My apartment lease ran out at the end of August so I’ve been camping in the beautiful fall foliage while I work four days out of the week and the other three days I drive 2 hours down to Dover where I’m building the house.

I first heard of tiny houses about a year and a half ago. I really fell in love with them when I was in the middle of a cleanse and at a loss of what to do with myself, so I started researching them; the seed had been planted. From there my passion grew more and more gathering all the info I could about plans, layouts, building practices, etc… I started teaching myself how to use sketch up and design everything. I would scour craigslist every day looking for a suitable trailer until one-day last summer I finally found the one. Its about 7.5′ x 20′. I got it for $400 from a guy in Maine. My friend Seth helped tow it to my parent’s house where I proceeded to spend the summer greasing the bearings, rewiring brakes/lights, and the labor-intensive process of grinding all the rust off. I covered the trailer in POR and Seth welded reinforcements all over.

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Images © John Cole

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Right now I’m excited to show you a 144 sq. ft. tiny cabin on wheels by Yahini Homes.

It’s 8′ x 18′ with a side entrance and small covered porch designed for when the cabin’s parked for living.

Inside you’ll find an open kitchen, bed, bathroom, and storage. It’s a one level design so there’s no sleeping loft.

Related: 144 Sq. Ft. Butterfly Cabin on Wheels by Yahini Homes

144 Sq. Ft. Yahini Tiny Cabin on Wheels with a Porch

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Images © Yahini Homes

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Right now I wanted to let you know about Paul’s tiny house for sale. (SOLD) It’s a Wildflower tiny cabin on wheels that he bought a few years back from Tiny Green Cabins (Update: Page no longer found) and has been living in it for the last two years or so.

He doesn’t really want to sell it but the situation is that his parents are getting elderly so he’ll be assuming the mortgage of his parents home and moving to Seattle after many years in Boston.

And there’s no room for the tiny house on the small city lot where his parents are. Since he has nowhere to park it or keep it, he’s selling it and using the money for the move.

It’s built using welded steel instead of wood framing. The price also includes a Dickinson marine fireplace, two 30lb propane tanks, one 20lb propane tank, a metal tank cabinet, and more (see below).

Paul’s Tiny House For Sale Near Boston

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Images © Paul Monaci

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I bought a 14′ trailer, but because of poor construction, had to build a 10′ long house instead which meant really changing the plans, but now that I have it, I absolutely love it.

It is built mostly from scraps, bargains, and recycled materials including old 100 year old stable boards from which I pulled a gallon bucket full of old rusty nails.

The boards were used for the outside and inside of the home and add a very warm rustic feel against which I put a lot of white trim and furniture. There is a composting toilet.

I worked on the house for 2 years and I lived in it for 6 months and sold it so I could build one that I’d be able to pull with my car (The Nest Tiny House). I even built an off grid solar generator for some power, so now I sleep with a fan pulling in wonderful cool air through the windows. It’s great!

My Darling Tiny House on Wheels

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Images © Marsha Cowan

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Alex, I love you’re Newsletter and was hoping you could feature my tiny house for sale.

It was just built featuring all new materials and is located in Austin Texas.

I am asking $36,400. I’ve included some pictures and a spec sheet.

Please let me know if there is anything else you need.

Warm Regards,

J. Anderson

The Oasis II: Rustic Modern 196 Sq. Ft. Tiny House For Sale

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Images © J. Anderson

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In this post I’m introducing you to Jay Austin and his ‘Matchbox’ tiny home on wheels in Washington, D.C.’s Boneyard Studios.

According to the video, more than 1000 people decide to move into the area every single month therefore driving the cost of housing up and increasing construction in the area.

And even though they’re building as fast as they can, they still can’t keep up with the demand for housing in the area. So where do tiny houses stand?

Meet Jay Austin and His 140 Sq. Ft. Tiny Home

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Images: YouTube/ReasonTV

Enjoy the rest of the story (in video) below:

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This is the story of a man who built his first tiny cottage on wheels. It has dormers and a covered front porch. It’s really nice, especially for his first build, don’t you think? I ran into this originally over at Reddit where the man’s son posts, “My dad’s first attempt at a tiny house, he’s pretty darn proud of it!”

So I wanted to share this creative tiny home on wheels with you here thinking it might inspire you and maybe even cause you to reconsider your future tiny/small house design? Who knows, right? I really like the dormers and the front porch on this house. This man must be a pretty good carpenter because I see a lot of attention to detail which gives the home a lot of character, don’t you think?

Tiny Cottage on Wheels with Dormers & Front Porch

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Images: OurTinyOne

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This Cargo Trailer Converted to Homey, Cozy, Off-Grid RV is a guest post by Elizabeth Kelch

One trend in the tiny living movement is converted cargo trailers. The advantages to this are;

  • they’re lighter weight,
  • more easily mobile,
  • and can often be used for free by ‘stealth camping’.

I recently got the guts to take the leap and I bought a 7×12 insulated cargo trailer and converted it to an off-grid micro RV. My tiny RV is designed for one person, maybe a couple, because I wanted to keep it very simple and lightweight but there’s no reason I couldn’t apply the same principles to an 8×20 trailer.

To explore more amazing tiny homes like this, join our Tiny House Newsletter. It’s free and you’ll be glad you did! We even give you free downloadable tiny house plans just for joining!

Woman Converts Cargo Trailer into Off-Grid RV for $7k

Woman Converts Cargo Trailer into Off-Grid RV for $7k

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I encourage you to read the rest of my story (including how much this cost me) and tour the rest of my DIY cargo trailer micro camper below:
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If you like the idea of living in a tiny house but would rather have a hot tub tiny cabin on a trailer… Then you probably won’t be able to get this tiny house company out of your head because it has just that (see below).

Unfortunately, this is not available in the United States right now because they’re still just a small company in Warwickshire, England. And they specialize in designing and building these tiny cabin units for the growing glamping market. What do you think? Would you ever consider building something like this for yourself?

Don’t miss other fun articles like this – join our FREE Tiny House Newsletter for more!

Tiny Cabin on Trailer with Outdoor Hot Tub Built-In

See the rest and be amazed below:

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