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With wheels, traditional proportioning and archetypal form, these little structures are designed to be portable and can, essentially, be sited anywhere you can park a travel trailer.* They range from about 50 to 130 sq ft. Purchase yours ready-made or buy the plans to build it yourself. These homes are stationary designs built as a main house or guest house. Most of the plans have an optional extra bedroom in back. The house sizes range from 261 sq ft up to 874 sq ft. We do not build the Cottages. They are designed to be built on site with a local contractor of your choosing. Tumbleweed Tiny Houses Company Steve Weissmann steve@tumbleweedhouses.com
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San Francisco Considers Smaller Homes

New York, Boston and now San Francisco.

These cities are looking at their minimum size requirements and going smaller. So what does this even mean? Building code requires that houses and apartments meet certain minimum sizes for safety. That code is then adopted and added to at the local level. Most cities will place a minimum size on the "entire" unit or building that is higher than the original code requires. After decades of increasing home sizes, these 3 cities are looking to change their codes and reduce their minimum size.

San Francisco currently has a minimum size of 290 square feet. If the proposal is approved, that number will drop to 220. We're excited to see a move in this direction!

The Los Angeles Time has a nice article about it here.

Below is a clip from NBC with Brian Williams on the topic.

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Written by Steve Weissmann — September 26, 2012

Filed under: building codes   video  

Yahoo! Deek is everywhere!


That Deek sure is getting around, isn't he? This is a great video. Thankfully, we know plenty of women who are not afraid of a little old saw, right ladies? You can catch more Deek at his homebase. Get your own tiny house plans here.

Written by Brett Torrey Haynes — July 18, 2012

Filed under: cabin   Downsizing   In the News   off-grid   video  

Gina's Little House


There is nothing sweeter than a tiny house that finds a home. HT to Dee Williams for sharing.

Written by Brett Torrey Haynes — June 20, 2012

Filed under: house-to-go   See a tiny house   small house   video  

Powering our Tiny House, Off the Grid: The SolMan Portable Solar Generator

 

If this house looks familiar to you, it probably because you've seen "Tiny, The Movie", Christopher Smith wonderful tiny movie about his experience building a tiny house. Did you know that there house is powered by SolMan solar generator? Read more about it here. Find out why Christopher chose SolMan and why you might want to do so as well.

Written by Brett Torrey Haynes — June 08, 2012

Filed under: Build it yourself   In the News   solar home   video  

Thrifty Thursdays - Solar Cooking/Hot Water Heating


Here's a great tip from the endless well of information that is Deek Diedricksen. 

Written by Brett Torrey Haynes — June 07, 2012

Filed under: Build it yourself   general   house plan   Media   off-grid   solar home   video  

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