Sold!

Bill Kastrinos of Tortoise Shell Home is selling his 8′ x 24′ prototype. Bill is selling a partially completed prototype at a reduced price until January 27. The house though unfinished includes a separate bedroom, living area, kitchen and a bathroom with a built in shower. It is fully insulated and has dual pane windows. It just needs your own special touch to complete it and to make it you own.

Bill is asking an incredibly low price of just $5,800 but you need to jump on it quickly as it is only available through January 27 at this low price. Give Bill a call at 707-486-4320 and let him know you heard about it on the Tiny House blog.

by Scott Stewart

This tiny house was a custom build and is a mix of our original Annemarie unit along with some inspiration from another design on the internet as well as many custom ideas from the buyer. It is an 8 ft. wide and 24 ft. long unit built permanently on a steel trailer with axles and bumper hitch.

The porch is 6 ft. long leaving 18 ft. of space inside the house, as you enter the house the fridge is immediately on your left and is a bottom mount freezer that has been lifted some for easy access, it is set into its own little area as it is seperated from the kitchen counter by a thin wall, counter top is solid maple butcher block with under mount small granite double basin sink and custom faucet all sitting on solid oak base cabinets running 7 ft. in length, at the end of the cabinets and just in front of the bathroom is an 18 in. wide set of book shelves/pantry with a custom ladder that fits in front of the shelves with rungs matching each shelf so it almost disappears when in place, ladder is easily removed with one hand and quickly set in place to reach either of the units two lofts.

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Steven over at Tiny House Listings notified me that he was in contact with someone who has Jay Shafer of Tumbleweed Tiny House Company original Tumbleweed home and that it is now listed for sale on his site. According to the owner this is the actual Tumbleweed house that started it all. Jay Shafer built this house and lived in it when he lived in Iowa and is Tumbleweed house number one.

Since then it has been a crafting shop and guest house on the new owners property in Boston. It is in excellent condition and you can get the complete details at Tiny House Listings. This is your chance to own a piece of history.

Sing Honeycomb is offering readers of the Tiny House Blog a special Autumn Sale.

$125/panel to build tiny house (reg price: $256.00/panel) In addition to our sale prices we are offering your blog fans the opportunity to put their Tiny House dreams on a Lay-Away Plan: Our patented Sing Honeycomb Panels are the strongest, lightweight, insulated & eco-friendly panels in the world.  Other applications such as: insulated flooring, moveable partition walls, loft floors, table top substrate, counter top substrate and so much more.  Visit www.singcore.com

TINY HOUSE LAY-AWAY OFFER: We are also offering a lay-away plan for Tiny House Panels (ONLY) on an 8’ x 14’ tiny house for $2,500.00 (includes: floor, wall & roof panels: each panel measurement = 47” x 95” x 1 ¾”) 10% DOWN ($250.00)and monthly payments of only $93.75/month for 24 months with NO INTEREST
30% off our Sing Logs if they wish to build a tiny house or standard house using our Sing Premium Logs
30% off our Sing Furniture

This offer is good from October 7 to December 21, 2011
Customers wanting to take advantage of this offer must email us at [email protected] and put in the subject line:

• Tiny House Blog Fans: Tiny House 50% off offer
• Tiny House Blog Fans: Sing Logs 30% off offer
• Tiny House Blog Fans: Sing Furniture 30% off offer

For Sale 1976 – 25′ Airstream Tradewind

“Sold” The airstream could use refurbishing and some cosmetic work.  All systems operable. It is road worthy and can be taken on the road anywhere. The trailer is located 20 miles west of San Antonio, Texas in a small community of Boerne.

The owners are asking  $8,000. If interested please contact me at tinyhouseblog(at)gmail.com and I will pass on your email and contact info to them.

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This Slabtown Customs creation is based on the popular French Cube with some modifications, the biggest being the size. This unit is a 12′ cube, 12×12 footprint and 12′ tall with a very roomy second level for sleeping quarters and storage/closet space, with stair access to upper level

The attached pictures were taken before total completion of the unit so there are some things yet to be done such as a little trim, bathroom door, as well as some kitchen items I mention below.

The house is constructed on wooden skids, it has 2×8 floor joists, 16″ on center with steel hurricane ties on each end of every joist, 3/4″ thick floor decking, standard site built house framing, metal roof, 36″ entry door with window. The house has two 3×3 windows as well as a 2×2 plus the window in the door on the lower level and two 3×3 plus one 2×3 window in the upper level filling the house with lots of natural light. The house is fully insulated with fiberglass in the floor, walls and ceiling, it is wired and plumbed like a site built home but set up with rv type hook-ups including a 50 amp 110v electric service.
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A quaint 400 square foot studio cottage that packs a big punch. What a joy it has been to have resided in this wonderful cottage the last year and a half. It has all the comforts and conveniences of a large home with the benefit of low cost of living. We had the cottage built especially with the needs of chemically senisitive individuals, thus the materials and finish products are no/low VOC’s. Couple that with excellent outdoor air quality, the wonders of coastal living such as fishing, clamming, boating the canals, lakes and the short walk to the ocean and it feels near to paradise.

This home is in a small community of four cottages and sits comfortably next to a greenbelt. It is
available for sale with an asking price of $109,000. For further information, please contact us by email at: [email protected]

I believe this is one of the Belmar Cottages which I featured about a year ago.