This luxury tiny home was built by Newhouse Micro Homes and spent several years earning its keep as an Airbnb in East Kootenay, British Columbia — which is the most useful thing about it. A home that has run as a vacation rental has been stress-tested by strangers, and the design choices that survived that are the ones worth copying.
The U-shaped kitchen is the centerpiece, wrapping three walls in counter and cabinet space so two people can work without collisions. The bathroom carries a proper tub with a tiled shower surround, a residential toilet and vanity, and a washer/dryer unit. A thin electric fireplace sits under the wall-mounted TV, the couch converts to a second bed, and the loft bedroom is ringed with windows.
Editor’s note: this home was listed at $80K (land not included) in 2023 and is no longer available. We’ve kept the tour up as a reference on rental-proven tiny house design. Current listings are below.
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Inside a Rental-Proven Luxury Tiny House in British Columbia
Images via Newhouse Micro Homes
Here’s the Airbnb in it’s current location.
Images via Newhouse Micro Homes
The interior is very modern.
Images via Newhouse Micro Homes
There’s a thin electric fireplace under the TV.
Images via Newhouse Micro Homes
I love the u-shaped kitchen.
Images via Newhouse Micro Homes
Another look at the fireplace.
Images via Newhouse Micro Homes
The couch becomes another bed.
Images via Newhouse Micro Homes
There’s a large fridge and a washer/dryer unit.
Images via Newhouse Micro Homes
A nice tub and tiled shower surround.
Images via Newhouse Micro Homes
Residential toilet and vanity.
Images via Newhouse Micro Homes
Here’s the loft bedroom with lots of windows.
Images via Newhouse Micro Homes
Here’s the floor plan/layout.
Images via Newhouse Micro Homes
Design Details
- Modern design
- New heavy duty trailer
- Lots of windows for natural light
- Super-insulated and sealed for energy efficiency
- Timber frame ceiling beams
- Low maintenance siding
- Heated tile floors
- Sunken Greek soaking tub with shower
- Double S/S kitchen sink
- Oscillating ceiling fan for cooling
- Built in Murphy bed with built in couch on the main floor
- Large loft
- Lots of storage in custom alder cabinets
- Silestone solid surface countertops
- Gas fireplace, The Torch – by Napoleon
- Appliances
- 11.8 cf fridge and freezer
- 4 burner gas range stove
- Microwave / hood fan combination
- All-in-one washer/dryer
- Gas tankless hot water heater (94% efficient!)
- 32” flat screen TV on swivel wall mount
What Running as an Airbnb Teaches You
- A U-shaped kitchen is the small-space upgrade guests notice. Wrapping three walls maximizes counter and storage per square foot and lets two people cook at once.
- A real tub is a booking driver. Tubs are among the first things cut from tiny builds and among the most searched-for amenities in nightly rentals.
- A convertible couch quietly doubles occupancy. Sleeping four instead of two widens both your rental audience and your resale pool at almost no cost in floor space.
- Residential fixtures survive guests. A standard toilet and vanity are easier to service and replace than RV-spec parts — which matters once strangers are using them.
About the Builder
This home was built by Newhouse Micro Homes of British Columbia. The company’s website is no longer online, so we’ve preserved the full tour and specifications here as a record of the build.
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