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A Tiny House for sale locally set me thinking, should I buy a Tiny Home?
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ARE TINY HOUSES FOR SALE LOCALLY A GOOD CHOICE FOR A FIRST HOME?

...Tiny living! Now you know more about buying a Tiny Home on wheels and why I decided not to live in a Tiny House    Find more pages about Tiny Houses and resilient green building techniques here :  See more photos of Tiny Houses & Laneway Homes  See Architect designed prefab Tiny Houses for sale How to sta...

Mobile tiny house
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Is Tiny House living in a cold climate good or bad for the planet?

...Tiny Houses Worth it? Are Tiny houses a good investment? That depends on your lifestyle and how well you build them. Here are some things to think about before you join the Tiny House Movement and commit to life in an extremely small space.  We have featured a number of tiny houses on our pages over the past few years,...

Tiny Tack House living room
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The tiny house movement: Tiny Tack House

...Tiny House blog or visit their blog, Tiny Tack House, where if you want to skirt the entire design process, you can purchase their building plans. The Tiny Tack House © Christopher Tack The Tiny Tack House © Christopher Tack Solar panels outside the Tiny Tack House © Christopher Tack ...

The Hemloft, Joel Allen's secret treehouse near Whistler, BC
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This Cool treehouse near Whistler, BC became a global sensation because it used recycled materials off Craigslist!

...Tiny House in BC inspires you, and you're interested in building a Tiny House or Tiny Home, then take a look at all these too! Especially the articles on building a Tiny House on a Tiny Budget... or this truly beautiful Tiny house Movement Tiny Home  But then a situation like this for the Hemloft also raises interestin...

The Fiction Factory Wikkelhouse tiny house made of carboard
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Wikkelhouse: A tiny house made of cardboard

...house with a woodstove to a firefighter.      The best part about tiny houses is that you need to be clever with space use, which leads to things like sliding walls and secret compartments, making them even more appealing. Not all the tiny houses we post here would work in this climate but they do bring the tiny house...

Vancouver's first laneway house
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Vancouver 's laneway house movement is increasing urban density

...House Program.   At that time, council asked staff to report back after the first 100 laneway house applications had been approved, or after 3 years, whichever came first. The 100th laneway house application was approved in July 2010.  Council has already mandated the expansion in both the Housing and Homelessness Stra...

A sustainably built, ultra modern and affordable tiny house
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NOMAD Micro Home fuelled by crowd funding, takes green building world by storm.

...Tiny House kit. Light enough to be shipped anywhere in the world, these flat-packed houses can be assembled with nothing more than a drill, a friend and "handyman" level carpentry skills.  This is very much a Tiny House for permanent siting, rather than a Tiny Home on Wheels for Sale From their old indiegogo site: "Wit...

The Otis mobile tiny house
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The Tiny House Movement may have gotten tinier with the arrival of Otis

...tiny house, a 96-square-foot structure with a sleeping loft “upstairs” and a 300-watt solar powered electrical system. This semester, his class went one better, constructing a 70 square-foot “living system” that can be towed on a standard 5 X 8-foot trailer. The pod-shaped tiny house includes indoor plumbing in the f...

Jenine Alexander's homemade mobile tiny house
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DIY Tiny House for less than $3,500

...Tiny House projects, be sure to check out her blog where she writes about small house building projects and low-impact living - and if thinking of buying a Tiny House on wheels for sale locally, read this first. Here she offers a tour of her Tiny House and shares some of her thoughts on how to live big in a tiny space....

Ottawa Coach Houses with prefab modern tiny house kit homes are available here
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Ottawa now allows backyard coach homes & high-end tiny house kits

...tiny house kit homes are available here that can be supplied prebuilt and finished, and delivered ready to connect up to services and use in a matter of weeks! Why build a tiny house or coach house? There are a myriad of reasons - in-law suites, rental properties, even getting your 30-something out of the house in a wa...

Tiny House living in cold climates - one of the best tiny homes on wheels
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Tiny Houses - Living in Cold Climates

...Tiny House construction video of Ben's first design, the 'Hobbit House'.     So that covers how to build a tiny home in a cold climate, see other Tiny house designs such as the Tiny Tack House, Built-in storage designs for small spaces, Coach houses, Laneway houses, and learn if Tiny Houses are Good for the Environmen...