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The Enesti is our largest home. It can be built as a 2 bedroom or 3 bedroom house. The 3rd bedroom is an optional add-on bedroom that is on the first floor level. The top floor houses two additional bedrooms. When you purchase the plans, you receive the floor plans for the additional bedroom.The Enesti is designed as a stationary house only, permanently affixed to a foundation. This is not a modular home, and therefore can not be built and shipped to you. We offer the plans so that you may build it. We suggest talking to local contractors about building costs in your area. Under most circumstances, building costs for a home affixed to a permanent foundation range from $100-$200 per square foot. |
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I love the old timey look of the Enesti but how can you fit a bath up stairs? How can you stand up near the walls? From the look of the photo it is more like a cape cod. Can you give me the demensions for the second story rooms including celing height? Thanks Jeannette
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Steve reply on May 26, 2008 1:28 am:
I’ve added a picture of the side of the house so you can see the dormers over the bathtub and the stairwell. At the sides, the walls are 3 feet tall and move upward at a 45 degree angle. Most of the 2nd floor is 7′ 6″ tall.
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I like your tiny houses very much but none have clothes washers or dryers. Why is that?
Angela
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Jay Shafer reply on May 27, 2008 7:35 pm:
All of the houses over 400 square feet have washer/dryer combos designed into a spot beneath the kitchen counter.
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Kris Garcia-Siddall reply on June 22, 2008 4:32 pm:
NO!! The washer dryer combo never works!! I love the small houses but the lack of a washer dryer place is a deal breaker. I have a husband and 2 small boys and I do 2 loads of laundry a day! (assuming no night time accidents). Do you have any idea how impractical the combo washer dryer machine is?? Please fix this!! I need a proper laundry nook/ space. Clearly you have no idea how dirty playing active children can get or you don’t understand how laundry dominates family life when you have small kids. Put in a Laundry area!
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Steve with Tumbleweed reply on June 24, 2008 11:03 am:
Why not put it in the garage? You can also put in a stacking washer/dryer instead of an under the counter model. Really it’s up to you. We suggest an undercounter washer/dryer combo as an option.
Michael, WA reply on July 7, 2008 7:34 am:
We have a 4.2cu ft combo unit that works FANTASTIC. Maybe you had a faulty unit.
Either way, a dedicated laundry space eats square footage. You can get ‘apartment’ sized or RV size appliances, including W/D units.
Trip Darling reply on August 28, 2008 12:18 am:
You could also add a basement and it would only have to be the size you would need for a laundry room. When you have children no matter where you live you are allwhays running out of extra spaces to store all your odds and ends and a basement of any size is a great idea.
Rachael reply on June 27, 2008 6:07 pm:
As a mother of three boys I agree that laundry is a big concideration. But I see a couple of solutions. 1. Stackable in a closet. 2. Turn the bath down stairs into a laundry. 3. Put in a regular under the counter washer and put the dryer elsewhere. Dryers do not have to be plumbed in, they only need to be vented, so it could go in any room with an outside wall. And if you don’t live in Seattle you can sometimes use a clothes line.
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Sharon reply on July 2, 2008 2:11 pm:
Those are all great solutions. Another if you’re really into living simply is to do away with a dryer altogether. You can line-dry most clothes year-round depending on where you live. If that’s possible, you can get a small washing machine with the same dimensions as the combo but almost double the load capacity.
Michael, WA reply on July 7, 2008 7:37 am:
Just to clarify, a 4.2 cu ft unit is HUGE. It takes basically 2 of those plastic baskets to load/unload it. Bigger than the ‘RV” or apartment sized ones, but the extra few inches is worth it! You can wash ALOT
Haier makes a combination washer and dryer (all in one machine) for apartments, RVs, etc., which I’m sure could be squeezed in there or put in shed or garage?!?!?
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Debra reply on June 9, 2008 8:35 pm:
We have one of the Haier washer/dryer combos that came with out condo; it’s awful! It doesn’t hold more than maybe 2-3 shirts, and with that it takes them 2-3 hours to dry. AT that rate, it’s easier to go to a laundrymat or have a fluff & fold service!
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i love the houses and i love the concept. i de like to see actual green houseing projects just for small mobile(tumbleweed type homes) and small stationary homes…in my opinion, homes like this are the only answer when you talk about afordable housing. with the lack of quality jobs and the weak dollar many of us could never afford to live in anything else. there’s some people that do not want to be a slave to their house, or a slave to the system by creating a pile of debt that your grand children may never pay off.
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What are the dimensions of the optional downstairs bedroom add on? On another part of this site I read that the ceiling height can be easily raised without a lot of redesign - if the downstairs ceiling was raised to 8 feet, would you have to raise the upper floor height to maintain a good outer proportion or would it look alright as is at 7′6″? Would it save any significant amount of money to do that? How steep is the stairwell?
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I rent a 50 year old 2 bedroom by HUD and I’m sorry but I can fill 3 Enestis with one person’s stuff and I don’t even own a car. If you are into hostelling be my guest.
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liam wright reply on June 30, 2008 3:49 pm:
you may want to google “the 100 item challenge”. its worth entertaining the thought of taking on the challenge. I’m down to owning 1/2 the items I used to own.
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Kathy McCormick reply on July 1, 2008 6:10 pm:
I use to think and live that way, but I’ve learned. I had enough clothes for ten people, and I never wore most of them. My dad had one week’s worth of clothes and washed/dry cleaned on the weekends and he was an executive. Many people rewear pants if they aren’t dirty to even reduce washing. When you own too much stuff, it owns you and you really don’t know what you have or use it, but you pay to heat/cool and store it. Then, you have to keep it clean. I spent way too much of my life cleaning a large suburban house, the “American Dream” before I figured out that wasn’t my dream. I didn’t realize how much time it took to clean those extra floorboards, and so on, plus you throw money away in heating and landscaping.
I have so much more free time now, and I can hear my kids, which is great. There was one time my son got up in the middle of the night and went to the bathroom. He needed more toilet paper and sat there calling for me for a long time before I could just barely hear him enough to get up. Had this been a house fire or other disaster, we could have been in trouble. I much prefer the smaller life, and the loss of privacy is manageable. He values his toys more when there are fewer. Also, we aren’t as living so tight money wise and have started paying off debt instead of gaining more, which is a huge stress relief.
Parents still need something of a private room, but that can be handled with white noise and such. To each there own. If you want a big house with tons of stuff, that is fine by me.
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Fred H reply on August 26, 2008 5:51 pm:
My observation: I lived two years in an 74sqft bread van and now my wife and I live in a 2,700sqft house with a 1,400sqft basement, 1,000 sqft attic and 800sqft garage - guess what- it’s all full! Stuff has a way of finding formerly unoccupied space, the less space you have, the less you need.
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Jay Shafer reply on August 26, 2008 10:28 pm:
Right on, Fred!
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i love the enesti. enough for a small family. limitting material things allows you to focus on people and things that matter.
for those worried about a washer and drier, why not put it in a full basement? we always had full basements on our homes, and the storage and laundry was always there.
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Oh, I was so hoping to see the additional beedrom on the nice little plan photos you used to have! Are they no longer a part of your site? It was so nice to get an idea of the floorplan from those.
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Steve with Tumbleweed reply on June 11, 2008 4:38 pm:
There was a computer bug that has been fixed. Floorplans should be present again.
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I’ve been coming back to your website again and again over the last 2 years and am saving up to get a small lot and plans for a house in the 230-350 square foot range (though I may opt for smaller after the open house in Seattle). My current abode is approx. 500 square feet of living space, but I know your designs will FEEL more spacious than my current home. The more I have experimented with different layouts, the more I realize how little space I truly need and how much easier it is to maintain less! While the smaller footprint is certainly the main draw to your houses, I especially appreciate the quality and craftsmanship you have maintained (something I find completely lacking in most of the new construction in my area). Keep up the great work and I look forward to meeting you and seeing your home next month!
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We are REALLY interested in the Enesti now that you have the downstairs addition. In fact, this would make it feasible for us to build a little house now rather than waiting 10-20 years for our retirement–there would be room for our girls, who are still at home, and we’d have a downstairs bedroom (I have trouble with stairs). Will there ever be a rear elevation and some interior shots? I’d really love to see a completed interior. Thank you for doing what you do!
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Steve with Tumbleweed reply on June 13, 2008 3:34 pm:
Yes, an Enesti is being built. When it’s complete, we’ll have pictures. Please be patient, it could take more than 1 year for it to be complete.
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Julie reply on June 18, 2008 8:47 pm:
I’m so glad to hear you’ll have pictures of the interior of an Enesti! I’ll be patient. I love your floor plans and with the extra bedroom I think we could do the Enesti. My husband needs photos before he’ll begin to consider it.
Thanks!
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This house looks great. If I had the means I would buy one immediately.
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what is the foot print of this house?
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:) reply on June 21, 2008 3:00 pm:
681 & 774 square feet - click here for more dimensions
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I have been enjoying looking at your houses and dreaming of one day when . . . Now I am alone in a 4800′ square foot house with 10 ‘ ceilings and way more space than I need.
I’ve been looking at the Enesti for sometime now and want to know if the plans will support building on a poured concrete or concrete block basement, and can the house be built as a single story house with the extra room on the back? That would be plenty sufficient for me. Hook up some solar panels for heat and electrical, a septic tank or composting toilet and I’m ready to live simply.
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Steve with Tumbleweed reply on June 24, 2008 11:05 am:
The Enesti is designed with a concrete block foundation. An engineer can re-design the foundation to include a basement and fit your personal needs. This house is only designed as a 2 story house.
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Can a full or queen sized mattress get through the staircase up to the bedrooms or only a twin?
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Steve with Tumbleweed reply on June 24, 2008 10:56 am:
Yes, a queen mattress will make it up the stairs.
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Hello, Can the Enesti be make to be safe for a chemically sensitive person? That means all electric, safe zero voc paints, and no chemicals? I need to build a MCS safe home. Thanks.
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Steve with Tumbleweed reply on June 26, 2008 10:20 am:
Certainly. While it’s not something we specialize in, you can easily substitute any materials and appliances you need. The methods to build the Enesti are the same as building any other house.
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Mokihana Calizar reply on July 10, 2008 9:40 pm:
We are in the process of building an MCS safe “vardo” (a gypsy caravan-safe room, the tiniest of homes on wheels). We took Jay’s class last summer, have worked through ideas and after living in our Subaru Forrester for 6 mths. we are in Seattle doing what it takes (A VERY SPECIFIC AND INDIVIDUAL JOURNEY) to find, test, retest and put together an 8×12ft (includes a 2 ft porch-outside kitchen). Our life will be a collaborative one living with friends who are willing to let us hook-up; open to living fragrance and chemical free so we can share the laundry facilities. We have the trailer, have muscle tested woods — bought white oak (expensive by comparison to other woods but will be less tanin rich and difficult) and are about to test a sealant to cover the framing and inside wood walls.
We would love to keep in touch with other MCSers who are Tiny Home Ready.
Mokihana
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I’m from Australia and ever since I saw Jay on an episode of Oprah, I’ve been consumed with the idea of “living small” one day. I absolutely love your house designs, because we don’t have anything like these here, as most people want huge houses. I just wanted you guys to know that you’re even encouraging people on the other side of the world to “live small” and build in an environmentally friendly way. Keep up the good work and hopefully one day I’ll be building one of these gorgeous Enesti homes myself!
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I have fallen in love with the Ernesti. I would have to have hire a builder. Is the workshop highly recommended if I plan on hiring a contractor? In other words, is is possible to have this home built by simply buying the plans from you? Also, the stairs…how steep?
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I also meant to ask if it would be possible to have central heat and air or something very similar in this home.
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Is the estimate of $100-200/sf a do it yourself and a built by a contractor price?
Is the tiny woodstove from the other tiny houses included in the larger houses?
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Steve with Tumbleweed reply on July 10, 2008 9:14 pm:
DIY about $100, contractor could be $200 (however it could be more now as rates are increasing). Keep in mind these are veige estimates, and do not include cost of land or permits.
It may be possible to use the woodstove used in our other homes. It will depend on local codes and heating requirements. That small stove is not designed to keep a 600 square foot home properly heated through a cold winter.
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Hi, I love your houses! Any chance that you could come up with a kit for the largest house, so it could be still shipped sort of like a modular, but it wouldn’t be as much work for the owner to put together….please let me know if you’re going to do a kit! thanks
Elaine
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Mine’s not a comment as much as it is a request! My husband and I LOVE (yeah, I used caps that’s how much!) your homes and are very seriously considering purchasing some plans. We love the space of the Enesti, but we love the ‘Arts & Crafts’ aesthetic of the Loring. We hope you guys will consider creating an Enesti-sized Loring one day! HA! Other than that, we’ve visited your site for a couple of years now and are always eager to point people in your direction! Keep up the great work (we’re trying to work things out to see you in Asheville!).
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Steve with Tumbleweed reply on July 11, 2008 3:40 pm:
We have created the house you’re looking for. It’s called the B-53 and is released today in our new portfolio. We have many new designs, and I will be adding them to the website in time.
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Phil reply on July 14, 2008 3:56 pm:
I also love these designs. I will be going to grad school for community planning so that I can make tiny house communities a reality. With some free time I made a design of the same proportions as the Enesti but of a craftsman-like style of the Loring. It’s attached to this comment–I believe you can click on my name above to see it.
Steve, I saw the B-53 from the preview page of the updated portfolio–looks great!
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what happened to the b52? that was my favorite.
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Steve with Tumbleweed reply on July 14, 2008 12:22 am:
It has been upgraded to the B-53 which is featured in our Portfolio of Homes.
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I am confused about the square footage of the Enesti (and why is it called Enesti?)
Is the footprint 681 (or 774 with the optional third bedroom) or is that the total living space square footage?
Also could the optional third bedroom be designed with more windows along the back and left for a 4 -season porch type feel or would we need an architect to modify the plans for us?
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i want to see the pictures for this house
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I would love to have one of these when I retire. Bravo! What a great concept.
I really wish that I could see more interior photos, especially of the Enesti model. If anyone knows where I can see more interior photos, please pass the info along. Thanks!
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Whoops, never mind, I just read through this thread and saw that the photos will be forthcoming after this model is built. Thanks!
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I laugh at all these people trying to nag on these homes! If you looking at these homes then you should realize this isn’t going to be your everyday luxury home with extra space! This is just enough space for everything you got! But I bet if you want an extra room or extra space you could ask them to build it for you also before they start tell them you want the space in the shower bigger or a laundry room if you have any worries. Me on the other hand our so amaze what these houses come out to be and really thinking about going lot searching to find the right space to build. I only have one question that is I heard it cost around $40,000 to have it build for me, so does it matter on what size I want? Please reply to this question its a must… Thank you!
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Steve with Tumbleweed reply on July 18, 2008 8:59 pm:
We only build the homes less than 150 square feet. For the larger homes, we recommend hiring a contractor to build for you. We give some rough estimates on the cost above.
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Also It would be nice to see more pictures of this!
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Steve with Tumbleweed reply on July 18, 2008 8:57 pm:
Sorry, we don’t have any interior pictures yet.
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Hey I love it , and all the other houses too. Enesti is my favorite and I believe it would look great with an End around screen porch. Done in rustic wood look, maybe like a log cabin or with Cedar siding. Maybe even add another full floor as a second story, with an old fashioned two story fireplace. Would be great around a lake.
Steve do you ever come over into the southeast side of the
country ?
Buzza
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Just wondering whether it would be possible to fit a toilet and basin under the stairs as a powder room or not? Thanks.
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Jay Shafer reply on August 20, 2008 3:20 am:
Yes. Quite easily.
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Hi Steve, whats the difference between the Enesti and B-53? Thank you..
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Jay Shafer reply on August 19, 2008 8:33 pm:
The floor plans are similar, but the exterior of the Ensti is a front gable design, and the B-53 is a bungalow style.
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Good evening Jay, I recently received both of your books. I fell in love with the Enesti, but the orientation of Sebastarosa fits our small 100 x 100 ft lot better considering our setbacks. In the description of the Sebastarosa you include a dining nook but from the floorplan I do not see a dining nook. I was also wondering how the elevation of the bedroom addition would look on the Sebastarosa. Would it be located to the side of the kitchen? Finally, is the upstairs bathroom large enough to include a shower? I love the old fashioned quality of your designs! I’ve been searching for a long time for a small home with character.
Debra
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We currently live in a 1000 sq ft house with 4 kids. I enjoy living small but we only have one bathroom(this needs to change). I am amazed at how well these little things are lade out. I could live in 1000 sq ft even easier if it was designed as nice as these. Sometimes I feel like as a society we are so glutenous and for a change we should make the most of what we have instead of having the most.
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I like the idea of living small, and we are currently living in under 1,000 square feet (2 people, 4 dogs). Having four dogs is the reason I can’t see us living in such a small space. It’s pretty tough just with them in the space we have. Otherwise, I love the concept and the execution of your homes. Keep up the good work.
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