Partnering with Tumbleweed

We do receive requests to partner with Tumbleweed. In particular, people wish to:

  • Represent our homes
  • Have a showroom of our homes
  • Build our homes
  • Use their products in our homes
  • Build a village of homes

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    Currently we are a very small company and choosing to grow our company at a comfortable pace. We don’t want to grow for the sake of being a bigger company. Until 2007, Tumbleweed was a one person do-it-yourself business. We are still in our infancy and still building our foundation for growth.

    In the long term picture, we plan to do all the things mentioned above, but we still are not at a point where we are ready to do so. Please understand that our time is very limited, and we have a business plan that we are adhering to. Everything in due time.

    As we grow and look for partners, we will announce such events in our email newsletter. As to the requests above, here are some basic answers.

    Represent our homes / Have a showroom of our homes

    Perhaps this is the request we get most. When the time comes, we will look for people who have the required business licenses to represent our homes. We expect to begin this in late 2010 or 2011.

    Build Tumbleweed Homes

    Currently, we are redesigning our homes and coming up with new models. Our homes are being redone to meet standards that will allow for financing. We also want to have a national financing company in place before introducing new models.

    Using your products in our homes

    Whether it be solar panels, SIP’s, logs, steel studs, or something else, we received many requests like these. Jay does look at them. Some are implemented. Most are not. Please understand it’s not that you don’t have great products, however many of them would require a complete redesign of our entire product line.

    Build a village of Tumbleweed homes

    We’d love to see this happen. It is our dream too. Even if it’s just 3 houses. We do plan to partner with people in the future to build villages of any size. In the current real estate market, it’s very difficult to get the financing. It’s also hard to build a house for the cost you can buy a comparable house. It has definitely put a damper on the plans we’ve begun, and we are waiting for the real estate market to turn around before putting more energy into this avenue.

    If you do want to work with us, I recommend connecting with me on LinkedIn. I will make announcements on LinkedIn and in our Newsletter.

    Thanks,
    Steve Weissmann
    President
    Tumbleweed Tiny House Company