The San Jose Conservation Corps & Charter School had a problem. One in three of their members – 18-27 year old opportunity youth – did not have stable housing. Many others were on the bubble, working two or three jobs to afford the ever escalating housing prices of Silicon Valley. … Read more
Tiny houses as mobile billboards have been used for everything from paint and building supplies to donuts. Now a tiny house has been built to showcase Allswell, a mattress and bedding brand created by Walmart. While many diehard tiny housers will see this as only a marketing ploy, you have … Read more
Two years ago, Oregon tiny house advocates were embroiled in a fight with the Oregon Building Codes Division (BCD). The BCD director was actively working to stymie the governor’s directive to create a building code for tiny houses that would draw from the International Residential Code (IRC) Appendix Q. What’s … Read more
Saturday, February 9, 2019 11:00 a.m. Ceremony 10:00 a.m. Media Hour with City Officials and Future Residents 206 Gotcher Avenue, Lake Dallas Parking: 212 Main Street (Lake Dallas City Hall) (Please – no parking on Gotcher Avenue or at Gotcher businesses) The long-awaited groundbreaking for the Lake Dallas Tiny Home … Read more
Are you considering heating your tiny house with wood? My guest today is Nick Peterson from TinyWoodStove.com. We’ll talk about what the common installation mistakes Nick sees with tiny house wood stoves, how do you handle keeping your house warm when the stove goes out, installation tips, and more. When … Read more
While advertisers would have you believe that we all want bigger, better, and more, more, more, there is a growing segment of the population that’s more interested in downsizing. These people live by one philosophy: Less is more! There’s another trend — one that’s been trending upward much longer than … Read more
Ocala, Florida in central Florida (home of Silver Springs State Park) is now offering a simple life for tiny housers and those looking for slightly more room than the average THOW. A new development is officially underway in the Wildwood area by the same team that created Simple Life in … Read more
While looking out on the beautiful but stark landscape of the Joshua Tree, California area, most people would not feel the need to put down roots in such an inhospitable area. With summer temperatures over 100 degrees F and cold winter winds, the area looks almost unlivable. However, there are … Read more
On our late fall tiny house road trip through southern New Mexico, it felt like spring. Warm, sunny days and cool nights. We discovered an enchanting free boondocking site on the outskirts of Las Cruces. For four days, our backyard was the rugged Organ Mountains. Specifically, we were parked in … Read more
Want to rent tiny houses on Airbnb but you don’t own land? Today’s episode will show you that it’s still possible! n this episode, MJ shares the nitty gritty of how she set up her tiny house airbnb mini empire (3 rentals, 5 houses total), including how she found the … Read more
What’s up you guys. I’m Steven Harrell, Tiny House Listings, and today I’m out here in my off-grid property in eastern North Carolina, staying at my one of my four cabins here on the property and think this one’s gonna be my favorite. Been out here working for awhile, but … Read more
Compost toilets are a good solution for when Tiny Homeowners don’t have access to the septic tank. It’s a common solution, yet mysterious part for new tiny home owners. We get a lot of questions on them at ShopTinyHouses and here are some of the most common questions we get … Read more