Small Home Oregon
Over the holiday weekend, I visited Portland and the tiny house of Walt Quade of Small Home Oregon. Walt builds and ships lovely 325 square foot homes anywhere within the state of Oregon. Walt has been a residential designer/builder since 1992 and is dedicated to building smaller homes. This tiny house is built on a foundation in his backyard.
“With a small home, you have to take the extra effort to create an efficient space,” he said.
His tiny house feels a lot larger than 325 square feet and contains all the amenities of a larger home including a full bath and bedroom. I was impressed with the architectural details of the curved ceiling, the beautiful lighting and the use of a Murphy-style bed in the bedroom. The small home can be built with a loft or just a ceiling storage area.
Walt has built two tiny houses for other people who use them as recreation homes. He offers five floorplans and several configurations, and he can customize the space to whatever the buyer wants. Each house can also be placed on any type of foundation, has a 55 lb snow load and can withstand 110 mile an hour winds.
“You can put them on the beach or in the desert. Basically, they can go anywhere.” he said.
Walt is an advocate for off-the-grid living as well, and encourages buyers of his homes and plans that they look into several off-grid options for power, sewer, water and heat. His tiny house now is heated by small wall heaters, but he said that they can be built to use radiant heat.
The buildings come with a 1 year warranty and have been inspected and approved by the state of Oregon. Right now, Walt is only shipping within Oregon. Each tiny house costs around $40,000 and will cost around $4,000 to ship. Plans cost $265 per set. Walt also builds custom teardrop trailers if you feel the need to travel away from your tiny house.
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In all my searching for the ideal tiny house, I keep coming back to this beautiful design by Walt. I have designed, redesigned, dreamed and shaped a lot of possibilities but none fit my ideal better than the Small Home Oregon design. Exquisite detail and shaped perfectly for the lot I wish to purchase…
Thank you for posting this design.
Nicely done, I really like that, especially the little library!
This is a practical and beautiful design. I believe my favorite so far. Thank you for the post.
Beautiful! So very special and cozy. Thanks for the interior shots, a perfect cozy house.
I am so in love with this house! I linked it on my blog. Thanks for posting all the cool places you do.
~Judy
what is the demensions and what does the floor plan for it look like with measurements ime trying to design a tiny bathroom any help thanks mm225490@yahoo.com