This is The Reality of #VanLife – Full Documentary Movie – 2018.
A movie That follows an ex van dwellers journey as he seeks to dispel the myths about living in a van that social media shows. A look into the Hashtag that claims to represent vanlife.
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This is the story of Tyler who is an engineering grad and the tiny house that he built for only $15,000 USD thanks to the help of friends, family, and recycled materials. Isn’t it pretty cool that tiny houses on trailers can be an inexpensive and mobile housing option?
Update: Of course, it’s 2021 now, and today, this tiny house would probably cost much more to build because of the rise in lumber prices and other building materials.
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This is a raised roof school bus conversion that’s built like a residential home.
Jim & Debbie retired about 2 years ago to get their skoolie up and ready for full time travel.
I think you’ll really like this bus conversion and the owners have done a great job of explaining how they did it in the video below. Enjoy!
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This is the story of Austin Smith and his 1953 GMC Fire Truck Tiny House.
He’s a pro snowboarder who turned the fire truck into a house truck! His brother originally got on eBay for $5,000 but wasn’t doing anything with it. So naturally, this is what happened. Enjoy!
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This is the story of a family who turned a 16×52 shed into their very own affordable and mortgage-free tiny home on a foundation.
We bought this 16×52 premier portable buildings about one year ago and have been finishing it out since. We chose to increase the standard height as well as extend the loft across the whole building.
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This is the story of a solo mother and her teenage daughter who built their own beautiful tiny house on wheels.
Constructing the tiny house herself, mostly from reclaimed and seconds grade materials, she was able to build her small home for a unbelievably low price, meaning she now owns her own home debt free.
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This is a 360 sq ft tiny house on wheels located in Goldsboro, NC. Which was right in the path of the latest hurricane, Florence. The owner, Tanya, shares a few tips on how she prepared for it.
By the way, you may remember seeing Tanya’s tiny house on House Hunters. Below you can get a full tour of the home along with helpful tips in case of a hurricane.
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This is Asha Mevlana’s tiny cabin and THOW music studio. It’s a tiny cabin on a foundation joined by a deck with a separate tiny house on wheels that functions as her music studio.
Asha Mevlana is an electric violinist with the Trans Siberian Orchestra who is used to life on tour but wanted a solid place to call home. This incredible tiny house is constructed on foundations but is joined by a mobile music studio on wheels, which also doubles as a practice space as well as performance venue.1
So what do you think of Asha’s tiny home? How well would it work for you? What would you change about it to make it perfect for you?
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This is an old park model community that has been revamped into a modernized tiny home community in Palm Springs, California. It’s called the Palm Canyon Mobile Club. What do you think? Would you consider living tiny/small in a community like this? Let’s talk about it in the comments.
“The biggest challenge with tiny homes is where are you going to put them? So that’s why it created a really great opportunity for us to do this.”1
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