Just like the rest of Europe, Ireland is also seeing a fast rising cost in housing. The average cost of a house is around €261,000 or $288,000. Dónal Byrne, the owner of The Big Red Barn Company in County Mayo is hoping to remedy some of the cost with his … Read more
Contemporary styling and high quality details, materials and appliances go small in these smart-sized homes by Pocket House. Designed and built in Alberta, Canada, these homes start at 538 square feet and go up to about 1,100 square feet. Pocket House offers park models and modular homes starting at 538 … Read more
Are tiny home communities the next big thing? The movement has gone from obscure to a hot housing trend. It has even made it into the marketing big-leagues; see Andrew Odom’s recent post, Big Business for the Tiny House. Last year I sat down with Jay Shafer, who built his … Read more
Hemp is not only showing up in clothing, bedding and food but now it’s being used to build homes. Ryan Chadwick and his wife, Emily Franz, own StayKondo, a manufacturing company with a new design for a hemp-based modular house. StayKondo manufactures modular tiny homes out of industrial hemp. … Read more
IronTown Homes, based in Spanish Fork, Utah, has been building modular homes for over 25 years. Their first foray into the tiny house market is with the brand new SLEDhaus. The SLEDhaus is having its debut at the Utah Valley Parade of Homes. SLEDhaus is still in the initial phase, but this … Read more
To people who are unfamiliar with the new home industry (including tiny homes), the word “prefab” has a negative, bargain-basement connotation. Modular, prefabricated homes have come a long way in the last decade and author Sheri Koones’ new book shows the best of “prefabulous” small homes. Prefabulous Small Houses is … Read more