Bob Hepburn sent me a neat picture of his cabin to use in the Tiny House in a Landscape feature. Here is a little information about it from Bob.
Called “My Father’s Cabin” in Casco, Maine. It’s a 12 x 16 x 15 foot affair with a nice spacious loft and is still a joyous work in progress. Almost done with the insulation — next up is doing the interior paneling and finishing the up the floor. An oil-filled electric radiator keeps the place surprisingly toasty!
Very nice cabin. So refreshing to see something like this not mounted on a trailer. This is an excellent example of a tiny house.
Pretty generic looking. This is the main problem I have with all tiny houses so far. Nobody is really being artistic with their home on the exterior, just more of the same ol’….
Maybe that will come later, after the structure is completed. Not all exterior artistic effort happens right along with the build, as I’ve seen with many quaint homes where I live. Just as it takes time for the landscape to develop, so it can take time for the ‘personality’ of a tiny home to develop.
I noticed that someone had said that they had not seen any Tiny House thus far that did anything substantial that stood out to them. I have to recommend checking out Tiny Quality Homes. This guy, who plans to build more Tiny Homes in the future, has a beautiful Tiny House in the making. He has created one of the most elaborate finished exteriors that I have seen yet. I can only hope that when I finally build mine in the future that it can look as stunning. I have seen some other quite beautiful exterior finishes, though, just by putting Tiny House into Google and searching images – try it! I do believe that they are out there, because I have seen some very spectacular ones with my own eyes. Not every Tiny Home is built to boldly stand out, though. A lot of Tiny Home builders are minimalists and create simple homes, because that is what they wish for. That is the beauty of Tiny Homes – each is created uniquely for what the builder had in mind for what was needed in a home. I love every unique Tiny Home that I have seen! This is yet another unique Tiny Home, and it is very simple and very beautiful.
I’d like more details on the foundations. They’ve got to be more than just cinderblocks on dirt.
Tom, I imagine that he has concrete piers under the block, but if you look at the center pier you’ll notice one of the blocks is turned on its side which is not allowed in any situation.The block has no strength whatsoever when turned on its side. l am guessing from the height of the doorsill,that he used 2×6 floor joists which are way undersized for the distance they are spanning,(hopefully there is a center pier) and dont allow for much in the way of r-value when insulating.
Concrete blocks still have strength on their sides. It’s reduced to 1/2 or 1/3 based on the cross sectional area of the webs. I suspect it was done to level that pier.
In some jurisdictions, you can skirt needing a building permit if the structure doesn’t have a permanent foundation.
Hey that’s my town! love the tiny homes.
Nice,
Do you have any more interior pictures ? What type of heating system do you use?
NVM, just re-read the article. But, what about more interior pictures?
Wow! It changes color from summer to winter. 😉
I’d be interested in knowing how you obtained the land in Maine and what was the cost of bringing in that electric pole? Thanks, Helen