When Bill Southworth of Hybrid Propulsion began traveling with his Rottweiler he was unhappy with where he had to end up staying. That’s why he ended up creating the 80 sq. ft. transforming cargo trailer stealth tiny house I’m showing you right now.
His options before designing and building this unique little cabin on wheels was to stay at motels that were rather unpleasant or high end dog-friendly hotels that were way too expensive. After looking at most of the travel trailer options out there, he was also unhappy with how large, ugly, inefficient, and awfully constructed they were.
Inspired by Graham Hill’s transforming apartment in NYC, he set his mind on creating a way to build his own hotel on wheels. And that’s how this beautiful 16′ Haulmark cargo trailer turned modern micro cabin on wheels was born.
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Man Builds Dog-friendly Stealth Cargo Trailer Tiny Home
Images © Bill Southworth
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This tiny cottage built for $11k is a guest post by Dominique Poulin
We recently built this tiny cottage with help from family and friends in Saint-Andre- Avellin, Quebec, Canada for 11k. We were lucky to have a neighbor mill all the exterior wood from our very own trees! The interior is not quite finished but we are getting there.
We plan to remain off-grid and install solar in the coming year as well as build a well. We have about 60 acres of land, and are planning to build more tiny cottages.
Tiny Cabin Shell Built for $11k on 60 Acres of Land
Images © Dominique Poulin
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This 185 sq. ft. off-grid solar tiny house design was submitted as part of LaMar’s off grid tiny house design contest where you can win up to $500 if you submit a design before 6/30/14.
Jonathan Marcoux’s squared eco house is 12’3″ x 12’3″. It has a water harvesting system, solar heating, solar panels, aquaponics farming system, and more.
Construction will be primarily 2″x4″. Heating will be provided mainly by firewood but a propane system can be integrated as a back up. Water heating in the summer is taken care of by a solar roof water heater. In the winter the wood stove can be used to heat water. And a propane instant hot water heater can also be installed.
DIY Off Grid Solar Tiny House for Only $10K?
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A while back I told you about a tiny house community dedicated to homeless people in Olympia, WA called Quixote Village.
As a part of LaMar Alexander’s Off Grid Tiny House Design Contest for 2014 a contestant submitted a design inspired by the affordable tiny homes at Quixote Village.
The village consists of 30 tiny cottages. And it all started out as a tent camp for the homeless.
Today there’s a vegetable garden and community building with showers, laundry facilities, communal kitchen, dining space, and more.
200 Sq. Ft. Solar Quixote Cottage Cabin Design
I encourage you to enjoy the rest of the tour of this simple DIY 10′ x 20′ tiny cottage below:
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This 280 sq. ft. solar tiny cabin design is part of LaMar’s tiny house design contest.
It’s designed by Adam who has plans of building his own 14’x14′ cabin to live in.
It will use solar panels to power the lighting inside.
And propane for cooking, heat and heating water.
Adam’s 280 Sq. Ft. Off Grid Cabin Design
Go ahead and enjoy the full 3D tour below:
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A chest solar refrigerator or freezer might be a great way for you to save space (and energy) in your tiny house kitchen.
This type of fridge is great for tiny homes on wheels. (It’s already been proven on sailboats, hasn’t it?)
A small chest style fridge can save you space because it’s a it opens upward (see below).
This means you can design it so it can be installed right into your kitchen counter.
And you can also run them on a 12 volt battery system.
I almost forgot to mention that they’re VERY energy efficient and can even run on a solar panel!
I encourage you to enjoy the video tour then discuss using this type of refrigerator in tiny houses in the comments below:
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If you like tiny homes on foundations then the SOLETA might interest you.
It’s a zero energy tiny house created by Catalin Butmalai of the Justin Capra Foundation for Invention in Romania.
The house is on display at the United States Embassy in Bucharest.
Not only does it power itself thanks to solar and wind, but it can also be managed with your smartphone.
It’s 48 square meters downstairs and 9 square meters up in the loft.
That translates to 516 square feet downstairs and 96 square feet upstairs.
So 612 square feet in total living space without including the outside deck space.
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Solar & Wind Powered Tiny House with Smart Ventilation System
Images: Soleta.ro
I encourage you to enjoy the complete tour (including video!) below:
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I thought you would also enjoy this tiny house poem video by Carla Schwartz.
It’s a simple collection of photo memories in Claude von Roesgen’s tiny solar houseboat that you can see in this post.
The little houseboat is named TinySol, “the wake with the solar tiny houseboat!”
And it earns the name with its unique solar roof panels (check them out here).
Photo Credit Carla Schwartz via YouTube
I encourage you to enjoy the video poem below then share your favorite line from it in the comments when you’re done:
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I’m so excited to show you this solar powered modified Tumbleweed Epu tiny house on wheels.
As you can tell it’s been slightly modified. First with the barn style roof, different sized windows, larger front door and open porch.
If you study the Epu plans real quick you’ll notice that the interior was left almost the same. They just changed a few things a little here and there but the layout is basically the same.
Photo Credit Solar Living Institute via Tumbleweed Houses
I encourage you to get the rest of the tour below:
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