$50,000 – $90,000 for Your Tiny Home

What does $50,000 tiny home give you?  Let's put the cost of a tiny home to perspective... $50,000 is the price for a luxury car or SUV bought brand new.   For that same price you can have your very own tiny home designed, built with your custom finishings.   Not too bad considering the average price of a single family house in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland being $500,000. $80,000 is the same amount as a 25% down payment on a $450,000 home that offers 1800 square feet. &nb...
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Common Excuses and Misconceptions about Going Tiny

It is important to realize that going tiny means that you would probably be able to work much less while living and having fun more!  That's life changing in itself right?  Working significantly less could mean not having to work in corporate slavery for 8 hours a day for 5-6 days a week in addition to that 1 hour commute each way.  What will you do with so much spare time?  How about living in the moment and making those precious memories with your loved ones? Perhaps you will need to ha...
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No Compromises in the Tiny Home

So you have decided to build your tiny home - you are pretty much committed.  The conceptual design is on it's 4th version, with multiple revisions on the intricate details.  Now you may have a NO COMPROMISES list of features and functions in your home that you just cannot do without. It's important to know what items can be compromised, tweaked or removed into remain within the desired budget. That said, it is just as important to know what features are MUST HAVES as the fact that you...
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Building Strategically for your Day-to-Day Needs

The initial reaction to going tiny for most modern families in western society is "I can't go tiny" or "I need at least 800 square feet minimum just for myself".  Of course when compared to the usual 2000 square feet that one is used to, it's hard to imagine how you could even begin to fit yourself yet alone your life plus your possessions into less than 500 square feet.  Here's news for you, well it most definitely can, and it just takes some careful strategic thinking about your lifestyle: ...
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Conceptual Design of your Tiny Home

Conceptual Design allows you to Visualize the Finished Product In order to decide on the specific details of Costs/Budget, Desired Timing of Completion, Size Class, Materials Needed and Quality Finishing of the Build - it is important to design the concept on paper, using floor plans, elevation plans, blue prints, electrical/light/water structural layouts, computer simulation software and visually rendered schematics of the tiny home build project. Since most of us are visual, the need to ...
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