The trailer is the foundation of a Tiny House, so it's important to get the design right! In this video, we talk to our custom trailer manufacturer Ian, from Munford Industries about building a Tiny House trailer in New Zealand.
Shaye and Tom's Tiny House is nothing short of spectacular. Nestled amongst the bush in West Auckland, New Zealand it fits perfectly into it's landscape, and feels light, spacious and warm. It's obviously a house that has been built with love.
At 15 Square meters and completely off-grid, Brett Sutherland has constructed a true, tiny house treasure. Packed with unique, space saving design elements, Brett has created a fantastic space to both live and work. Perhaps best of all, this was all achieved on a budget of NZ$21,000. The Tiny House was constructed on his parents property, and will soon be moved to a friends property in Bethells Beach in Auckland. This modern tiny house is filled with treasures obtained over a lifetime of adventure, and may just be the ultimate bachelor pad.
EarthSong Eco-Neighbourhood has long been at the cutting edge of sustainable design and urban permaculture. It's for that very reason that it should be no surprise to discover that EarthSong is also now home to one of New Zealand's first Tiny Houses.
A lot of people ask us about where to park a tiny house. In this video we tour the amazing property where Brett has placed his off-the-grid Tiny House and find out how he came to park it here.
Let's take a tour of Cedric, the Tiny House! Cedric is a charming Tiny House who in a previous life was actually a house truck. The space has been wonderfully converted into a very functional living area with kitchen, bathroom and a lovely lounge. Impressively, Cedric boasts two sleeping lofts, meaning that the house can very comfortably sleep two couples or could even be suitable for a family.
This week we tour an amazing DIY tree house! Hidden in a wonderful old Kauri Forest, this Tree House is an absolute delight. The whole house is made from three small rooms that are each individually suspended in the trees. Although these are still under construction, the care and attention that is going into this build is evident and it is easy to imagine just how stunning they will be when completed. The builder of these tree houses has been chipping away at their construction in his spare time over the last few years. They are a true DIY marvel.
This week we take a tour of the tiny earth houses of Solscape. These beautiful natural buildings are each less than 10 square meters, and sit overlooking the ocean, amongst the beautiful hills of Raglan, New Zealand. The Earth Domes were built using a technique called earth-bag construction, where sturdy sacks are filled with material such as rock, sand and clay and then compacted down. The buildings each have a ferrocement roof and are finished off with a lime plaster. Together, these domes cost less than NZ$10,000.00 to build. A remarkably low-cost, but stunningly beautiful build. Although they are currently used as accommodation at Solscape Eco Retreat, it's easy to see how easily these could be turned into spectacular, permanent tiny and ultra affordable earth houses with mezzanine sleeping loft, kitchen, bathroom and lounge areas.
In this tiny house tour, we visit the mobile house truck of Wayne and Anita. This wonderful couple made the brave decision 6 months ago to downsize their lives and fulfil their dream of living a more simple life on the road. We were lucky enough to tour their beautiful tiny house truck, and learn more about what drives them to simplify their life and live closer to both nature, and each other.
After watching the film Garbage Warrior, kiwi couple Nathan Rushton and Jess Fitzgerald were so inspired by Earthship architecture that they actually travelled to New Mexico to study Earthship Biotecture with pioneering architect Michael Reynolds. After returning to New Zealand and finding an ideal location, the couple then began the process of designing and building a downsized version of an Earthship at their property in Raglan.
At 20 square meters (215 square feet) Student Tiny House builder Stefan Cook really has created a very big Tiny House. Constructed largely from salvaged materials from homes in Christchurch that were demolished after the earthquakes, Stefan Tiny House has a very clever open plan design that makes the entire house feel very spacious.
In this video we show you step-by-step how to install a tongue and groove floor directly onto a Tiny House trailer. We're incredibly lucky to have master builder Alan Drayton and his team from Bio Build Ltd (http://www.biobuild.co.nz) helping us on our build and giving us their expert advice.
This off-the-grid shipping container house is one that you have to see to believe! Converted from a 20ft (6 meter) shipping container, this tiny house has everything that you need and is an exceptional example of functional, space-saving design.
We found that steel framing was most suitable for our Tiny House build. There are a lot of benefits to framing with steel, most important to the construction of a house on wheels of course is the fact it is very light weight. The team at FRAMECAD have been brilliant and have helped us every step of the way with the framing. They have taken our drawings, worked out all the framing detail and also the engineering to make sure that it’s a safe and stable structure. In this video we talk to Kyle from FRAMECAD about the benefits of steel framing, get a tour of their production factory and also take a look at the framing CAD file for our Tiny House.
It's time for the steel frame of our Tiny House to be erected and attached to the trailer! In this video, the amazing team at FRAMECAD show us just how efficient steel framing can be, as we watch the whole house frame go up in a matter of hours.
Securing the Tiny House to the trailer is one of the most vital elements to get right. In this video we show how our tiny house is secured to the trailer and also take a look at the various screws and connections that FRAMECAD have used to make sure our Tiny House is ready for whatever the road and the elements will throw at it!
It's time to move the Tiny House! The team at FRAMECAD have done an incredible job with steel framing the Tiny House. We have got the tick of approval from the engineer and that means it's time to hit the road and move the house to the build site to begin roofing and cladding.
This is a house truck that you have to see to believe. Completely road legal, this off-the-grid house truck folds out and transforms into a fantasy castle. This is one Tiny House tour you don't want to miss!
Purlins are horizontal support members that sit on top of the rafters. The roofing material is then fixed onto the purlins. In this video, Alan from Bio Build Ltd shows us the process behind fastening the purlins to the steel rafters of our Tiny House.
In this episode, we take a look at how to install building wrap and cavity battens to the steel frame of our tiny house.
It's time to start putting the roof on the Tiny House! In this video expert builder Alan Drayton from BioBuild Ltd shows us how to install a corrugate roof. The roofing material we are using is .55mm marine grade colour steel form Dimond Roofing.
It's been a year since we last caught up with Shaye and Tom in their tiny house and since that time a lot has changed! Their tiny abode has transformed into a wonderful home for their growing family, which now includes newborn daughter Hazel.
Windows and doors make up a very important part in the design of any house. They also have a very large effect on the thermal performance of a home. In this video we talk to the team at Windowmakers Ltd about how aluminium joinery is made, and find out more about the options on the market. We also get to watch some of the construction of the windows that will be going into our Tiny House.
This week our house moves one step closer to being completely enclosed as our windows are installed! In this video, Alan from BioBuild Ltd shows us how to install the window flashings, sill support bar and the windows themselves.
Our solar system is being installed on the Tiny House! In this video, we meet the team from Solar Group (http://www.solargroup.co.nz) and watch the first part of our solar install.
This little pop-top camper might not look like much from the outside, but for 22 year old Lily Kemp it's home. For her it means freedom and provides an escape from the rent trap. With prices in Auckland City (New Zealand) going through the roof Lily spent just $1500 to buy and do up an old pop-top camper that she now lives in for a fraction of her previous rent. Best of all, she still gets to enjoy all the benefits of central city living.
Natural builder Alan from BioBuild (http://www.biobuild.co.nz) talks us through the process of installing our weatherboards for the Tiny House.
In an ideal situation, you'll be able to find weatherboards that are able to span the length of your house which means you don't need to worry about joining them. In most cases though, that's not possible. Our weatherboards come in lengths of 4.5 meters, which means we will be needing joins in our longer sections.
Once all of your weatherboards have been installed, it's time to look finishing off the corners nicely. There are a number of ways of doing this, but in our case we are using corner boxes. Abodo (www.abodo.co.nz) do supply ready made corner boxes, but as we have 45° corners, we need to make those ourselves. To keep all the boxes uniform, it means we have to make all of our own corners.
We're almost totally enclosed in our tiny house and will soon be moving onto the internal fit-out. We thought this was a great opportunity to show you around the house so far and what we have planned for the inside!
This week we visit Underhill, and incredible hobbit-home like, eco-cave house built into a hillside. The off-the-grid house is cleverly constructed to resemble a cave. With no electricity in the house, the stone, wood and rustic features truly make you feel like you’re stepping back in time.
Have you ever dreamed of living in a belle tent or a yurt but were a bit unsure of how to build a platform for it? In this video, we show you how it's done.
With the platforms for both the Lotus Belle tent and the Bathroom Hut built, a rope bridge was the obvious choice for joining the two. Here's how we did it!
This super simple, DIY kitchenette was actually converted from an old sideboard, making the build incredibly simple and very cost effective. If you're looking to build a kitchenette for a small space such as a tiny house, a motorhome, caravan or sleep-out, then this is a fantastic option. In our case, we are constructing this kitchenette to be installed in our Lotus Belle tent, which we will be living in while we complete the Tiny House build.
Earthships can be built to create fantastic survival shelters. This simple shelter is being constructed in Te Puke (New Zealand) as part of a training program aimed at teaching survivors of Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu how to construct these robust buildings for their communities.
If you've ever dreamed of living in a luxury tent in the forest, then this may just be the set-up for you! Over the last couple of months we have been flat out finishing the project and getting everything ready for me to move in. The Lotus will be my home while I finish building the Tiny House. Watch the update on this set-up here: https://youtu.be/MamjU0RqZTM
Peak Oil, economic collapse, global warming. There is little question that if humanity remains on the path we are on now, then there is little hope for a sustained existence on the planet. We need to change our thinking and adopt a more harmonious stance to our relationship with the biosphere. The principles of permaculture teach us how it is possible to thrive on the earth and actually have a positive impact on the environment around us and together with the tiny house movement they provide a hopeful model for the future.
This student built her own Tiny House on wheels and now lives in her amazing home mortgage free!
Constructed almost entirely from recycled materials, this spectacular Tiny House on wheels was constructed for only US$10,000 and is packed full on clever design ideas.
Molly and Al lived an incredible life together on the road in their House Truck before finding their own idillic piece of land to set up a small homestead in the South Island of New Zealand. Their story shows an evolution from living in a house truck, to finding a more permanent solution for their retirement, that still allows them the freedom to hit the road when they desire.
This incredible off-the-grid Tiny Home, constructed by boat builder and cabinet maker Jeff Hobbs really has taken Tiny House construction to the next level. It's packed with clever design features, high quality materials and sustainable technologies.
By carving out rocky hillside next to his Tiny House, Grant Lilly truly has created a man-cave paradise on top of an idillic hill, overlooking the ocean.
This off-the-grid Tiny House is truly exceptional and now that Briar has moved in, it's been transformed into a real home. When we first saw this house it was still at the workshop of boat builder Jeff Hobbs (https://youtu.be/CELFsKLkKbI). Since then it has journeyed to it's new spot where it sits beautifully amongst the natural setting of this small section.
Imagine a home in the clouds with spectacular 360° views which can be completely controlled by voice and your smart phone. The Skysphere is fully solar powered and packed with features you won't believe. Read More: http://www.livingbiginatinyhouse.com/
The Lotus really has been a spectacular home and get-away for me and life there has at times been nothing short of enchanting. It hasn't always been easy though and with my time in the Lotus now coming to an end, I would like to share with you my experience of living in a belle tent and look at some of the pros and cons of tent living.
This 40ft Shipping Container home is packed with clever space-saving features. It's solar powered, collects rain-water and can even sleep up to 7 people!
Brett's incredible off-the-grid modern Tiny House is a truly unique design that totally broke the mold. Two years later, I'm now visiting Brett again to see how he is finding life in his Tiny Home.
This van is a wonderful example of great small space design! It's a comfortable space for living, but still can be taken to the most adventurous of locations!
Take a moment to step inside the magical world of Frenchy. A wonderful, artistic young woman who built and lives in her own Gypsy Caravan.
It's been a long time since I have given an update on my own Tiny House project and lots of people have been asking for one! In this video I talk about what has been going on, some of the cool new features that I'm adding to the house, and where the project is heading now.
Originally designed and built by an architecture student, who wanted to experiment with creating super-affordable housing using reclaimed materials, this forest den has served as a comfortable home for David Gell for the past 5 years!
From the very beginning of this project, it was essential for me that my Tiny House be powered entirely though clean, renewable energy. Solar power is the cornerstone of this philosophy and so having the solar panels installed on the Tiny House feels like an incredible milestone.
A 20ft Shipping Container can be a challenging space to work with when constructing a home. Thankfully, with years of experience building super-yachts and racing boats, shipwright Evans is no stranger to working in small spaces and when it came to building his own home he has done a truly spectacular job of, quite literally, thinking inside the box.
Annelies is a young furniture maker in Christchurch (New Zealand), who has turned her skills towards crafting her own Tiny House on wheels. Many of the materials in her house have been reclaimed from homes damaged in the terrible earthquake of 2011.
This small home on wheels is smart, modern, incorporates passive house principles and was even designed to withstand earthquakes! For those who love the idea of getting into an affordable home but are afraid that a Tiny House on wheels would be too small, this may be the ideal solution. Read More: http://www.livingbiginatinyhouse.com/...
Oli and Holly are a couple who aren't afraid to break the norms. When they made the decision to build a Tiny House on wheels, this couple constructed a home that would truly suit them and their personalities and is filled with quirky, unique features and clever spatial design.
Many people would be really apprehensive when it comes to the idea of moving into a tiny house with a young family. Josh, Naomi and Kilaian took the plunge, selling their three bedroom home in order to purchase a house truck where they now all live together full time.
Made from a 20ft Shipping Container, this tiny home is packed with brilliant design features. Special pods have been attached to the sides of the container to increase the available living space. If you're thinking of building a container home, this is one you've got to see!
Antje's spectacular tiny house on wheels is modern, spacious and filled with character and charm. Made from SIPs (structurally insulated panels) and off-the-grid ready, there's certainly no compromise here in terms of space, or design.
Ness and Jess are two incredible ladies. After moving to New Zealand, they decided to begin their new life in a strange country by building a Tiny House on wheels. With minimal building experience but lots of passion, this dynamic duo have designed and constructed a true tiny masterpiece.
Just a quick video for you this week! I'm traveling at the moment but wanted to make sure I still had a video up for you. Japan is world famous for it's pioneering architecture and fantastic spatial design. Over the next few weeks, I will be exploring the country and seeking out examples of the best downsized spaces. Last night I had my first experience of a midtown Tokyo apartment and so I wanted to share it with you.
This is an incredible camper van conversion that you need to see! What started as an ex-ambulance has turned into a stunning home on wheels, with room for the surf-boards and even a small herb garden in the dashboard.
2016 has been an incredible year. I've thoroughly enjoyed bringing you tours of all the amazing tiny houses I've discovered on my travels this year. Here is a list of my favourite 5! See below for links to each individual tour featured in this video.
Adrienne and Dave are no ordinary couple and they have come up with a truly unique plan for their retirement. After selling the family home to their son, the couple built a Tiny House on wheels where they plan to spend their golden years in style!
This super tiny Tokyo apartment may just be one of the smallest places we have seen so far, yet at 8 m2 (82 ft2) it still provides a perfect space to allow Emma (originally from Australia) to live a big life in Japan.
It’s possible that this is one of the smallest homes that we have visited on the show so far and yet without doubt it is one of the most spectacular in it’s design. Japan is a country already world-famous for it’s small space designs, and so it should come as no surprise that when Japanese master-craftsman Tagami Haruhiko turned his attention towards the tiny house movement, amazing things would happen.
Hidden in the forest amongst the mountains of rural Japan is this spectacular off-the-grid cabin. It's the perfect blend of Japanese architectural concepts and European-style design. The home is simple, yet functional and serves as a perfect place to escape the modern world.
This week we are trying something a bit different! While in Yudanaka, Japan we had the chance to visit and photograph the Snow Monkeys. This was such an incredible experience for me and I hope you enjoy the video. Let me know if you would like to see more travel content on the channel in the future!
Imagine having the opportunity to renovate a wonderfully unique building and turn it into your dream home. When Daigo came across an abandoned small home in rural Japan which previously had been used to grow silk worms, that's exactly what he did. The home takes full advantage of the original traditional Japanese construction materials, yet is styled with an minimalist, modern edge.
Turn on Closed Captions! Built by Japanese master craftsman Tagami Haruhiko this tiny house on wheels is a true work of art. Originally, this design was intended as a micro camper, made from natural materials. Since this original project though, the tiny house movement has been growing in Japan and now people are starting to live full time in his designs.
People don't often associate Japan with life on a sail boat but the country is rich with incredible places to explore via the great ocean. Daniel Springett and his family of 5 (plus a dog) have been traveling the world on their stunning 55ft James Warram designed Catamaran but for the last couple of years have called the Inland Sea of Japan home.
Surrounded by apes at the Gibbon Conservation Center in Santa Clarita, California, this tiny house on wheels is perhaps in one of the most spectacular locations we have ever visited.
This tiny house is a craftsman's dream. There is such a high level of work that has gone into constructing every detail of this home. The construction is also completely sustainable with all items of the build being locally and sustainably sourced.
Ryan O’Donnell is a builder with a difference. He is constructing tiny houses on wheels out of a mobile, solar-powered tiny house workshop that enables him to travel and build all over the United States.
Situated amongst the vast beauty of the Mojave Desert, the Peacock tiny house looks right at home. Built by Rob Millar, the house is filled with unique design features including an impressive roof-top balcony!
When natural builder Corwin Mandel received an eviction notice, he knew it was the perfect time to get started on building his own tiny house. With limited finance though, he set about using reclaimed materials to turn an old caravan he had purchased into an artistic and cosy small home on wheels. Amazingly, he was able to carry out the whole renovation project for only $1000!
In towns across America, growing rent prices are encouraging greater numbers of young people to search for alternative dwellings. Amongst those alternatives are Tiny Homes. This week we meet Jackie Kemp who lives in a beautiful country-style small home along with her tiny hound Darla and her horses.
This family is hitting the road and doing it in style! They have converted a simple school bus into an unbelievably comfortable home. The entire bus is designed to be off-the-gird giving them perfect freedom to roam wherever they choose.
While checking out the tiny house street festival in North Carolina we found this amazing home on wheels. At 40ft, it's hard to call it tiny! This home is packed full of really great features and is designed for those who are looking for a simple, small home on wheels, with ease of access to all of it's features.
Beautiful to behold, this spectacular tiny house cafe is a remarkable specimen of skilled labour and artistic vision. Chantal and Mike are a truly dynamic duo, one with a dream of starting a boutique coffee shop and the other with a zeal for eco-tiny house building. When these unique passions were combined to create Le Bon cafe, a wonderful and rare work of functional art was the result.
Built for only US$17,000 this young couple's incredible tiny house is packed with unique and interesting design elements. The entire build was carried out as a DIY project using mainly reclaimed materials, as the couple saved up for each new phase of the construction.
If you don't like the idea of climbing into a loft to go to bed, this may be the tiny house design for you. At only 24ft, it's amazing what this family have managed to fit into this home. One of the most unique features about this home is the bedrooms, with two available loft areas, this home also has a master bedroom which is located downstairs.
This inspirational young woman has taken the plunge into van life by converting an old Chevy Astro into a beautiful tiny home on wheels. With a dream of one day living on a sail boat, 21 year old Milla chose to live in her van as a way of both saving money and transitioning into downsized living.
This spectacular cabin is like nothing you have seen before. Hidden amongst the towering trees of the Olympic rainforest, this enchanting and whimsical cabin is guaranteed to take your breath away. Built by Jacob Witzling (Instagram: @jacobwitzling), this cabin is not only a home, it's also a work of art. Sustainably constructed from reclaimed and salvaged materials, this tiny house fits in perfectly to its forest surroundings, almost as if it's come to life directly from a storybook.
Alban "Snoopy" Pfisterer is still perhaps most well known as the drummer for the rock-band 'Love' who rose to fame in the late 60's. After leaving the group though, Alban's life took a very different turn, leading him away from life in the public eye and into a remote and beautiful cabin in the forests of Olympia, Washington.
Made from 100% salvaged materials this incredible forest cabin project was realised for only $800! In a previous episode, we met cabin builder Jacob Witzling (Instagram: @jacobwitzling), who has been constructing enchanting cabins in the Pacific Northwest. Today, we go back in time to where it all began to visit his very first cabin project, where he lived for 3 years while attending Collage.
Who wouldn't want to live in an amazing home in the trees? The Treehouse Masters have risen to international fame for their incredible homes nestled amongst the trees. In this episode, we travel to Seattle, Washington to meet Nelson Treehouse and Supply, and visit one of their outstanding treehouse creations.
This inspiring Canadian couple have constructed a truly beautiful, eco tiny house on wheels to escape high rent prices and get into their own home.
This tiny house is filled with super clever design elements, including some amazing ways of powering the house! From a bicycle generator to an old-fashioned water wheel, builder Phil has not been afraid to try out some unique ideas.
This small fantasy cottage by the ocean is one that you have to see to believe. Located directly on the shoreline of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, this fairytale tiny home is built from natural materials using old-fashioned techniques to deliver a home which looks as though it has fallen from the pages of a storybook.
Ten tiny houses are about to go head-to-head with a giant proposed oil pipeline. In what some area already dubbing the next 'Standing Rock', Kanahus Manuel, an activist of the Secwepemc Nation is spearheading a team of builders and volunteers from all over North America to construct tiny homes with the aim of halting the expansion of the Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline which would run through 518 kilometres of Secwepemc Territory.
This young couple are living their dream. Both world travellers, they originally met in Australia before venturing around the globe together and eventually settling in North America. Their beautiful tiny house on wheels now sits amongst the lush wilderness of the British Columbian forest in the heart of a small, sustainable community.
This is the ultimate tiny house off grid paradise. Situated on 380 acres of spectacular lake-front property with private hot-springs and abundant wildlife, the land will eventually be home to a fully functioning off-the-grid, solar powered community of tiny homes which will be placed amongst a network of geodesic dome greenhouses growing organic food.
Despite getting off to a rough start with a builder who didn't deliver on what was promised, the end result of this tiny house is nothing short of spectacular. Live edge walnut kitchen bench tops and lots of clever design elements have made this into a quirky and brilliant home on wheels. The couple have found a wonderful parking spot for their home and are now looking forward to a bright future in their tiny house.
For very tall people the idea of building a tiny house may be quite daunting. When designed well though, it's amazing just how comfortable a tiny house can be for us giants!
If you're a young family who want to move into a tiny house, this could be the perfect design for you! Built with the modern family in mind, this home is constructed to be completely non-toxic, using natural materials and has been designed to include a separate room for the kids as well as a private home office space.
Imagine living costs so low that you can actually watch your bank account grow just from your government pension. That's just one of the benefits that Peter Matheson discovered when he built and moved into his off-the-grid, super tiny house on wheels in Grand Forks, British Columbia.
Earthship design is all about experimentation and innoation and that's exactly the case with this incredible tiny house on wheels. Firefighter Steve was inspired to build a tiny house incorporating Earthship principles after completing a course on Earthship Biotecture design and building in New Mexico.
This family's motto is to Be Bold and Seek Adventure! That's exactly what they are doing in their incredible school bus which has been converted into a spectacular off-the-grid tiny house which also operates as their mobile photography studio.
Built by friends Whit and Cody, this home on wheels has lots of space saving design features, clever transforming furniture and even a giant hammock which spans the two sleeping lofts!
When this young family weighed up their housing options, they wanted something which was non-toxic, environmentally friendly and affordable. A tiny home on wheels was the perfect solution. Teaming up with builder Ben Garratt of Healthy Tiny Homes, their home on wheels was actually constructed as part of a tiny house building work-shop in Vancouver, bringing a sense of community into the project.
This tiny house is beautiful. It's cleverly designed, skilfully built, warm, well insulated and cosy. What truly makes it a home though is the story of it's DIY construction and how a loving and supportive family and community came together to make this young woman's dream possible.
If your a fan of old fashioned railway trains and tiny houses, then this next home is sure to delight! Located right in the heart of Portland, Arthur is a 16' (5m) train-caboose inspired tiny house that you can stay in as part of the Tiny Digs hotel.
This beautiful tiny house is constructed with a whole lot of heart and some wonderful sustainable materials. When Isabelle Nagel-Brice decided to build a tiny home for herself, she realised that for the cost of two years rent in Colorado she would be able to pay for the materials to build her own tiny home on wheels.
This dynamic young family were seeking a life of adventure where they would be able to explore North America and all of it's wonders. What better way than to live on the road in a converted Blue Bird school bus!
Student life can be challenging enough without worrying about how to pay for expensive rent. For Bradley, a college student from Jacksonville, Florida, a tiny house was the perfect solution to his accomodation dilemma.
The Gypsy Mermaid is undoubtably one of the most creative and artistic tiny house builds that we have visited to date. There are features in this home that I didn't believe to be possible in a tiny house such as a fully functional feature pizza oven right in the middle of the home which provides both ample warmth and amazing pizza!
Tiny House Expedition is the world's most traveled tiny house. Since filming this story in Vancouver, this intrepid family have put many thousands more miles behind them and now have travelled over 40,000 (64,000km) miles in their 20' (6m) tiny house on wheels.
This stunning tiny house is designed to be on the move and will be traveling all over North America! Our visit to the USA has been incredible. We have formed incredible friendships and made memories that will last a life-time. North America feels like a second home to us and so to help us travel more in the future, together with the team from Tiny House Chattanooga (http://www.tinyhousechattanooga.com) we have built a Tiny House on wheels!!!
Building our tiny house on wheels together with the team from Tiny House Chattanooga in Tennessee was an amazing experience.
It's never easy being the first to do something, especially when that something is building a tiny house on wheels! In this weeks episode we travel to Yerrinbool in New South Wales, Australia to visit the first tiny home ever to be built in Australia.
Located on a spectacular permaculture farm outside of Melbourne, Australia is the Unity Wagon. Constructed by artist Steve Areen, this caravan-style tiny home on wheels is completely unique and absolutely beautiful.
For this young family, life in a tiny house is largely centred around a desire to live with a lighter footprint and do something good for the environment.
The stunning Zen Tiny Home in Byron Bay, Australia has it all. It's spacious and beautifully designed with influence borrowed from both Japanese and Scandinavian architecture to form a wonderfully functional house on wheels.
This tiny house has an incredible story to tell. At only 10m2 (or 108 ft2) this home on wheels has been constructed almost entirely from salvaged materials. Despite it's micro footprint, it's a fully functional home for a family of three.
Hemp is a building material like no other. It has incredible thermal properties, is environmentally friendly, rat and insect proof, fire and earthquake resistant and is an affordable way to build. Plus, the end result looks amazing!
John Paul is living the life, splitting time between his tiny house in the Blue Mountains of Australia and his stealth camping van, which doubles as a rent-free central Sydney apartment during the work week.
The Liminal Caravan is a school bus conversion quite unlike anything you've seen before. This incredible and artistic couple have renovated an old school bus using all reclaimed, salvaged and recycled materials to create a wonderful family home, filled with ornate and interesting treasures.
In this episode, we return to Murray's tiny house on wheels in the Yarra Valley, Victoria, Australia, where he has set up a clever grey water treatment system for his home based on permaculture principles.
This tiny house is ready for anything! Completely off the grid, this tiny home on wheels generates it's own solar power, collects rain water, uses solar water heating and even generates it's own bio gas for cooking.
This couple are living life to the fullest traveling all across Australia in an amazing converted van. The incredible continent has so much to explore, and this pair are seeing it all.
Adam and Sian have built an amazing off-the-grid tiny house on the back of a beautiful old Bedford truck. Their home is powered by solar, and is constructed almost entirely from salvaged materials.
Taking to the road and living the van life in a beautifully renovated VW Kombi Westfalia, this couple are exploring Australia and working to earn their parking spots as volunteers at sustainable communities and farms all over the continent.
This spectacular tiny house is ultra small and designed to travel, but when it's owner found the perfect parking spot he added on an incredible toilet and luxurious bath-house made from recycled windows.
Combining the alluring freedom of both tiny house living and life on the water, this tiny floating house boat is an incredible alternative living solution.
This amazing small home has been built using two 40ft high cube shipping containers, slightly of-set from one another to create a stunning, off-the-grid family home.
This stunning tiny home has used natural building techniques to give it an earthen cottage look, making it a unique hybrid between tiny house on wheels and a small natural home.
Francois and Sarah-lee live in a stunning, modern tiny house together with their 3 children. At only 21 m2 (226 ft2) fitting a family of 5 into the home was no easy task. Thankfully, Francois, a tiny house designer and builder was up to the challenge!
This stunning small home has been constructed using tiny house design principles as part of a new suburban subdivision in Wanaka New Zealand. At 33 square meters (355 square feet) it's a very compact home and is filled with super clever tiny house and small space design ideas.
In this episode we revisit Dave and Adrienne in their stunning tiny house on wheels which they built to live big in their retirement, only this time, it's a different tiny house!
These two derelict old railway carriages have been converted into an absolutely stunning off the grid home. Packed full of character and history from their time on the railway, these carriages are now a wonderful place to call home.
Hidden amongst the spectacular mountain ranges of the Kahurangi National park of New Zealand, this beautiful off-the-grid cabin sits in paradise.
As an architect, Doug is traditionally used to designing large homes, but when it came to his own house, he decided to go for something different and instead designed and built his own tiny house on wheels.
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. That's how the story goes, but this tiny house is no fairytale. Constructed from ferrocement, this spectacular home has been crafted as a whimsical yet functional retreat space which is shaped like a boot.
For a dedicated surfer, few things in life are more important than chasing the perfect waves. For Johnny this meant converting a van into an amazing tiny house on wheels which allows him to live and work full time, while traveling all over New Zealand in search of the best surf spots.
Mark has lived a very unusual life. As a professional mime and clown he has travelled the world as a performing artist and brought smiles to the faces of thousands. Now, he has retired and is living in a spectacular house boat on an island in New Zealand which brings a smile to his face each and every day.
When this family grew tired of life in the city, they decided to sell up and start a new life together in the country, purchasing land in rural New Zealand and building the ultimate city escape, a tiny floating cabin which was constructed on pontoons.
In a way Purple is like a modern wizard, transforming old trash into useful treasures for his off the grid homestead. After being gifted an old Bedford bus by a friend, he has been restoring it over the years and it's now a wonderful off the grid tiny house in an upcycled homestead.
Doug and Stacy are living the pioneer lifestyle in the 21st century! Living in a beautifully constructed DIY pioneer style cabin and homesteading their land in Missouri, this adventurous couple have left behind the trappings of the modern world.
Jayme is a yoga teacher who has built an amazing and beautiful tiny house which is designed to encourage body movement. While still being a stunning and functional home, this tiny house on wheels has lots of things to climb on and hang off, helping to support Jayme in her health and fitness goals.
This modern tiny house is truly a musicians dream home. Asha Mevlana is an electric violinist with the Trans Siberian Orchestra who is used to life on tour but wanted a solid place to call home. This incredible tiny house is constructed on foundations but is joined by a mobile music studio on wheels, which also doubles as a practice space as well as performance venue.
SB and Matt are a young couple who made a big decision to build a tiny house after getting married. Moving to Colorado from Oklahoma meant a big jump in rent prices, so building the tiny house on wheels was a great option to save money and invest in their future.
This young family are doing things a bit differently! They gave up their city lives in Southern California to live a debt free and simple life, close to nature in a beautiful tiny house tent in New Mexico!
This off-the-grid tiny house on wheels has been beautifully handcrafted using sustainably sourced materials. Designed to stand the test of time, it's one to be passed down to future generations.
This treehouse is one you need to see to believe. Shaped like a pinecone and suspended from a circle of towering redwood trees, this geometric masterpiece hangs suspended like an otherworldly temple amongst the canopy.
This week we visit the amazing home of an inspiring solo mother, who built an amazing tiny house on wheels where she now lives together with her teenage daughter.
Our tiny house on wheels is designed for life on the move! At only 16 x 8ft (5 x 2.5m) it's super compact, lightweight and designed for life on the road!
In this weeks episode we travel into the High Sierra region of California to visit a dynamic young family who are living big in a yurt home on their 30 acre homestead / permaculture property.
Jay Shafer is a man who many know as the Godfather of the modern tiny house movement. It was 20 years ago now that he build his original tiny house on wheels and that moment has since inspired thousands of people all over the world (me included) to construct their own tiny homes.
Ryan was fortunate. With his last 28ft tiny house on wheels he managed to pull it just out of the way of the wildfires which swept through California in 2017. That experience really got him thinking about the design of his home though and he decided to build something more compact which was more easily moved.
This week we give you a full tour of our ambulance camper (we call it our campulance) which we use travel and camp all over North America!
This spectacular off-the-grid tiny home on wheels in Australia is a true beauty! Constructed as a do-it-yourself build, the house is designed to be open and spacious.
After graduating from university, this entrepreneurial young couple kick started their next phase of life by building an incredible eco tiny house together!
This off-the-grid home in Adelaide, Australia is something completely different! An Earthship is a radically sustainable and self-sufficient building which uses a combination of modern off-grid technology, super clever passive solar design techniques and a whole lot of recycled materials (including trash) all mixed with earth building techniques to create an incredible, high performance home.
It’s that time of year again! In this weeks episode, things get Christmasy at the tiny house as the elves set about decorating our tiny home on wheels.
In this video, we explore our top five living big tiny house tour videos of 2018. This year, we have visited so many incredible tiny homes and it was certainly tough to choose a top 5.
Growing older is a gift. Unfortunately that gift also comes with it’s own burdens, often meaning a lack of mobility and thus a loss of independence. This spectacular tiny house design has helped to give mobility and independence back to one very special lady though, through some very clever small space design to create an elderly, disability and mobility friendly tiny house on wheels.
Building a tiny home using salvaged or reclaimed materials can be an amazing way of keeping the cost down. If you’re prepared to put in some extra work, it’s incredible how some old materials which would otherwise be finding their way to the dump can be transformed into a wonderful home.
Dolly’s tiny house on wheels is the perfect example of what can happen when you specifically design a home to your needs. She has really taken advantage of her height and designed a home where she can stand in her loft and create an additional room downstairs which gives her plenty of space for a walk-in wardrobe, a true tiny house luxury!
This incredible tiny house on wheels has been specially engineered to help make it resistant to forest fires.
I’m always amazed at how people can turn shipping containers, hard, cold metal boxes, into some of the most beautiful, warm and welcoming homes. That’s exactly what this young couple from Victoria have done, transforming 3 20ft shipping containers into a wonderful, functional house.
When a designer and architect couple team up to create their own tiny home, amazing things happen!
While for some, tiny houses are temporary stepping stones, this young woman’s incredible tiny house on wheels has been built as a dream tiny forever home. Within the walls of this house, owner Helen has absolutely everything she needs and has compromised on nothing.
In this revisited episode, we are back with Evans and his incredible 20ft shipping container home. It’s hard to believe that it’s already been more than two years since we first visited Evans and his brilliantly designed 20ft shipping container home. As a retired boat builder, the level of craftsmanship and creativity in his home was truly impressive and now we are excited to be catching up with him again to see how it’s all working out years on.
If you’re a fan of movies and tv, this could very well be the ideal tiny house for you! Dynamic young couple Erin and Jake set about designing and building their dream tiny house on wheels which is jam packed with super clever design features, including a huge loft theatre for watching movies.
This dynamic young couple are used to working hard and bringing their dreams to life, one of those dreams was to construct their own tiny house on wheels. Eve and Chris decided to make the move to Raglan, New Zealand for a better quality of life, but the rental market didn’t make that easy - so the couple decided to get creative and put their skills to the test to build a tiny home.
After spending its life on the open ocean, this shipping container landed on the shores of New Zealand where it was transformed into a spectacular home for a dynamic young couple. After living in the container home for three years, a new addition to the family inspired a renovation project which saw the tiny house transform into a family home.
It’s now been more than a year since Paul and Annett moved into their amazing off-the-grid tiny house on wheels in Byron Bay, New South Wales. This couple was on a mission to set up their home to run entirely off of renewable energies, utilising solar power, rain water collection, solar water heating and even a bio gas generator.
This tiny house on wheels is something very special. Designed for a family of three, this home was designed with a very clever transforming function. When moved on the roads, it perfectly meets the legal height requirements but once parked up, the roof of the home pops up to create standing room in the sleeping loft.
This ultra modern tiny house on wheels is truly something to behold. With it's jet black exterior, super clever design and incredibly high quality of craftsmanship, this tiny home is sure to blow your mind.
Hidden in the back yard of a bustling suburban neighbourhood is a remarkable small family home. A sanctuary and haven designed to give the family a better quality of life, and yes, the swimming pool is larger than their house.
Sitting proudly on a hilltop overlooking the forests of Southern NSW is an enchanting tiny house. Filled with art, and artful design, this home on wheels was designed using sacred geometry to ensure the proportions of the home were all in balance.
In this video, we tour the incredible 28sqm (301sqft) apartment of architect Douglas Wan. The Melbourne apartment was originally constructed in the 1950's as housing for nurses. It’s now been completely reimagined for modern times and transformed into a clever small studio.
With the drastic increase in house prices in Australia, many have been encouraged to explore alternative living arrangements. Multigenerational living, where families come together to share resources is becoming more popular and we are seeing tiny houses, and small accessory dwelling units starting to become common place.
If you’ve ever worried that you wouldn’t be able to produce enough power when off the grid in a tiny house on wheels, this house may be the one to reassure you! I never thought that we would see a tiny house which has quite so many solar panels on the roof. Amazingly, this tiny house has a 4kw solar array with 36kw of lead acid battery storage, allowing the family to power not just their home (including all the modern appliances) but also a tiny house building workshop!
In this weeks episode, we explore this lovely family home which has been constructed using shipping containers. Named the South Coast Container House, this home has been sustainably constructed using four shipping containers and has also been extended to enclose communal spaces. At 95 square meters (1000 square feet) this home is capable of sleeping 10 people and has been divided into a main 85 square meter home, with an additional 15 square meter sleep-out made from a single 20ft shipping container.
After so many years in the works, I’m so excited to finally be able to share a tour of our very own tiny house on wheels in New Zealand. I started this project almost 5 years ago now, and it’s wonderful to now be able to share the finished home with you. For those of you who have been following my journey since the very beginning, you’ve been waiting a long time for this one!
Situated on a stunning property on the outskirts of Vancouver, Canada, one of the world’s most expensive real estate markets, is a beautiful tiny house on wheels which has given a hard working couple financial freedom, the opportunity to escape the trappings of the crazy housing market and the ability to look forward to an early retirement.
This week, we are in Vancouver, British Columbia where the city has opened up accessory dwelling unit living to help create urban infill in the form of Laneway Homes. Vancouver is one of the world’s most expensive cities to live in and Laneway home’s are one of the cities attempts at creating more alternative housing options.
Packed full of some ultra clever design ideas, this small apartment design is sure to impress! Right in the heart of Vancouver, in a grungy part of town a 100 year old building was transformed into apartment blocks. 10 years ago, one of those apartments was completely renovated to create an exceptional small home.
This off-the-grid tiny home on wheels is absolutely stunning. Designed to resemble a heritage style home, it’s been beautifully crafted and is packed full of clever design features. Built by husband and wife duo Cera and Oliver, this home has given the couple a brand new lease on life.
Jessica is all about getting back to nature, and her stunning tiny house parked up in the British Columbian wilderness is testament to that. After growing up on a sustainable farm, Jess has always had a deep connection to nature and wanted the place where she lived to be a strong reflection of that.
Making the decision to start a new life can be a difficult thing. Selling up your home and possessions, downsizing into a tiny house and driving that tiny house from one side of the country to another to settle in a new province can be incredibly scary, and yet that’s exactly what this inspiring mother and daughter duo did.
In todays hectic, modern world, it’s more important than ever to have a sanctuary space to retreat to, a home where the troubles of the world can be left behind and where you are free to dream and pursue a life of your choosing. For Derek and Jeffrey that sanctuary came in the form of a stunning, modern tiny house on wheels.
After moving from Toronto to Victoria, Natasha and her daughter were looking for a fresh start and a new lifestyle. A desire to simplify life, create more free time and live closer to nature lead them to the decision to build a tiny house on wheels where it is now situated on a beautiful rural property in the Cowichan Valley.
This stunning shipping container home was built for an astounding budget of under $15,000! After a series of tragic events encouraged Lance to move back to his home province of British Columbia, he needed to find a place to call home, somewhere that would be affordable and that would allow him to begin living life on his terms. Inspiration struck and he decided build a simple, yet very beautiful tiny house by converting a 20ft shipping container.
This dream tiny house is one that you have to see. This amazing small home is a unique combination of industrial and whimsical styles and is largely made from reclaimed and recycled materials, resulting in an incredibly spacious and luxurious home. Even more incredible is the story of this home's construction and its builder.
Designed to perfectly meet the needs of a family of four, this fantastic farmhouse-style tiny home on wheels is packed full of great design ideas! It's everything that a young family could hope for.
This beautiful modern Japanese inspired small home is a real architectural marvel! Everywhere you look, the home is filled with unique and interesting design aspects which make it as visually interesting as it is functional.
When we first met Phil, he was living in a beautiful and whimsical, off-the-gird tiny house which he he had constructed for him and his wife in Tofino, BC. To view the full original tour of their tiny house, click here: https://youtu.be/UUHsQPsU8Qk
In this weeks video we explore a beautiful, cottage-style tiny house in Oklahoma which has given a young family an amazing start to life! This home is filled with clever design and storage ideas which help make family life in such a small space possible.
This beautiful tiny home, nestled into the forest of the British Columbian Gulf Islands begs for time to slow down and for life to be simple. It’s warm timber construction and earthen walls connect the home to nature and all the things truly important in life.
This couple’s amazing tiny house is sure to impress. Beautifully constructed with a modern edge the small home is packed full of some really big features, including a built-in Sauna in the bathroom!
This incredible small home is a completely contemporary, modern take on the traditional yurt. With a diameter of 30ft (9meters), this beautiful home has it all and is packed full of some wonderfully unique design features.
Nicholas and Francesca made the decision to quit their old jobs and life in Chicago in order to dive full time into school bus living after being inspired by watching a documentary of another couple’s skoolie adventures.
After working on various hit television shows as an interior designer, Kim together with her husband, film-maker Joey have had a chance to create their very own unique and beautiful home in the form of two tiny houses which have cleverly been joined together.
This fantastic tiny house is built for life on the road! Trysh and Saul are two traveling therapists who are used to living life on the move and wanted to be able to craft a home which can easily be taken with them. A tiny house on wheels was the perfect solution.
After leaving their home in Southern California, this adventurous family ventured to live off-the-grid and debt free in a beautiful tiny tent house in New Mexico. In this re-visited episode, we catch up with them after a year to see how life in the tiny house tent is working out!
This amazing, modern tiny house is sure to impress! The entire home is luxury through and through, but best of all, this is a home which allows its owners, Bela and Spencer, to live a life of their choosing, enabling them to travel the world together with their young daughter, Escher.
Biophilic design is a term which refers to the connection between our built environment and the living world around us. It speaks to our innate love of nature, our biosphere and connection with living systems. This tiny home has been designed to incorporate elements of biophilic design and natural building to create a home on wheels which is beautiful, natural and healthy to live in, proving that a tiny house can truly be capable of having a big positive impact.
This amazing tiny natural home is completely off the grid and has been constructed using a variety of earthen building techniques, including cob, wattle and daub and earth bag construction. It's DIY construction from natural materials makes this a long lasting and affordable housing solution.
This modern architecturally designed tiny house on wheels is sure to impress. In this video tour we explore the home's clever design and some extremely unique features such as a raising bed and an amazing hidden shower!
Of all the caravans, there are few more iconic than the Airstream. In this weeks episode, we explore an incredible renovation project where a retro 1960’s caravan has been beautifully restored into a modern, stylish tiny house on wheels designed for full time living and travel.
This World War 2 railway train carriage has been transformed into an absolutely amazing tiny home. Just wait until you see inside this masterpiece conversion which is packed full of artistic character and some truly great design ideas including a bathroom which is out of this world!
This amazing shipping container home is guaranteed to impress! Constructed from one 20ft and one 40ft shipping container, this compact container home has it all!
This Christmas we wanted to do something really special and show how tiny house families all over the world are getting ready to celebrate the season. In this video, we’ve asked people who were featured on the channel this year to send in a video with a Christmas message and showing how their own tiny homes have been decorated for the season.
In this weeks video, we take a look back over the past year on the show and explore some of the very best tiny house designs of 2019. There's no question that 2019 has been a really big year for tiny houses and I'm constantly amazed at the creativity and ingenuity that we see in these small home designs. I hope you enjoy this years highlight video!
The tiny house movement in England is starting to really gain momentum, as house prices drive people towards alternative living. Tom is a pioneer in the movement, being one of the first in the country to build a tiny home.
This amazing Lord of the Rings inspired van conversion is sure to impress! After his divorce, retired police officer turned wood-carver Glen wanted to do something different and follow his dream of converting a van into a wonderful tiny home on wheels. If you enjoy our videos, please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/livingbig
This young woman has turned her love of wood-working into the ultimate accomplishment, building her very own home! After falling in love with the idea of a tiny house on wheels, and staying in several during her travels, upon returning to England, Florence was inspired into action and started crafting her very own tiny house.
This weeks episode takes us to the wild woods of Wales, where a remarkable woman has chosen to live close to nature in a £1000 tiny earthen home, with no running water, electricity, or internet.
This French couple have built their dream tiny house. Located in an idyllic rural garden on the outskirts of Nantes, France, Celia and Damien’s home may be tiny, but it’s filled with some really big design ideas. Their tiny home is beautifully constructed, with cedar and metal construction on the exterior creating a striking architectural look while the interior has been kept wonderfully open, spacious and minimalist in its design.
In this weeks episode we meet Jonathan and Yunaë, an inspiring couple who are traveling the world in their amazing DIY built tiny house on wheels. Their home is beautifully constructed and has been designed to meet the challenges of global travel and life on the road.
This mind blowing tiny house on wheels has it all! Completely off the grid and sized at just 10m2 (107 f2) including the loft, this ultra compact home is packed full of clever design ideas. Ingenious construction techniques and lightweight, eco-friendly materials make this tiny house perfect for full time living and travel on European roads.
This professional online gamer and YouTuber has built an amazing tiny house for herself with an epic computer and live-streaming set-up! For all those tiny house loving gamers out there, this is definitely a home that will make you swoon!
This amazing 40ft shipping container home in Northland, New Zealand is designed to be completely off the grid and has a huge solar system which provides enough power to even charge an electric car!
Stylish, modern and ultra minimal, this beautiful, architecturally designed tiny house is sure to impress. From is all-black metal exterior to it's minimalist plywood interior, this solar-powered home is one you are definitely going to want to check out!
This beautiful tiny house on wheels has become a dream first home, allowing one young woman to escape the rent and mortgage traps and get her start on the housing ladder!
How are people who live in tiny houses dealing with self-isolation?! In this video, we reached out to people who we have featured on the show in the past to catch up and see how they are coping with life in lockdown in their tiny homes.
This intrepid family sold up their home and began a life of adventure by building a tiny house on wheels which they use to travel New Zealand full time. CJ, Amy-Lee loved to travel but realised they hadn’t seen a lot of their own country. A tiny house on wheels was the perfect way to travel, while keeping a solid place to call home for the family.
Finding an affordable place to live in a city like Auckland, New Zealand is no easy task! When the average cost of a home sits at around $1 million, young people especially can have a really difficult time getting their foot on the housing ladder. Cam and Amanda found their way out of the rent trap and into their first home by building a tiny house on wheels.
Mariëlle and Chris wanted to build a tiny house as it was an affordable housing option that would allow them to also try their hands and building something themselves. As the couple are both from different countries, they were reluctant to put all their eggs in one basket and wanted to keep the option to be able to move and travel easily. A tiny house on wheels seemed like the perfect solution.
Beautifully built and filled with great small space design ideas, this modern tiny house in Queensland, Australia is definitely one you're going to want to see!
This zen-inspired tiny house is a spectacular blend of Japanese and Scandinavian design. Packed full of super clever ideas, creative storage solutions and beautifully built, this home is one you will definitely want to check out!
This beautiful Hampton-style inspired home in Queensland, Australia is absolutely packed full of super clever small space design and storage ideas. At 12 meters in length (39ft) one is big as far a tiny homes go and each and every inch of this tiny house has been ingeniously utilised to create a stunning and functional home.
In this weeks episode, we venture to the beautiful sub-tropical Northern Rivers region of New South Wales to visit a spectacular off-the-grid tiny house on wheels, situated amongst stunning syntropic, regenerative, food forest gardens. For anyone who has dreamed of going off-the-grid and escaping to paradise to grow food and live simply, this is a video tour you will want to check out!
In this pilot episode of our Tiny Homes Of The Ancient World series, we travel 2000 years back in time to the Celtic iron-age fort and roundhouses 0f Castell Henllys. So far on Living Big in a Tiny House, we have explored tiny homes and downsized architecture from all over the world. In this new series, we aim to reach far back into our historic and prehistoric past to explore the tiny homes of the ancient world.
In good tiny house design, it's essential that you have enough space for all your things and in this video we explore some super clever storage ideas that we have seen on the show so far. To check out the full tour of any of these homes, you can find links below.
In this weeks episode we visit Gina, a tiny house builder in the Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand, who shows us around her own stunning, modern tiny house on wheels. This home is packed full of great storage and design ideas and even has a brilliant library loft with a net for a floor!
This stunning tiny house is packed full of amazing, game changing design! From the ultra clever, future-proofed layout and space-saving furniture to the incredible green-wall, exquisite reclaimed timbers and green-roof features, this truly is a dream tiny house.
In this weeks episode, we meet Kyron and Natalia who live in a stunning urban industrial styled tiny house in Auckland, New Zealand. The couple refer to their home on wheels as a tiny mansion, and they are right! This tiny house is packed full of luxurious and clever design features which make living in this home a dream.
Many of us dream of leaving the modern world behind and escaping to an idyllic off-the-grid cabin where we can relax, enjoy quiet time and be with nature. In this weeks episode, we meet an inspiring couple who did exactly that, building an amazing cabin by the river.
Working for 15 years as an architect in Hong Kong, Bobbie is no stranger to small space design. After returning home to New Zealand and going through a separation, she decided to put her design and build skills to the test to create a wonderful tiny house for her and her two children.
Tanglewood is an incredible eco sanctuary and retreat space, located in Auckland, New Zealand. Situated on an amazing regenerating property, it’s home to some wonderfully experimental tiny homes. From an old sailing ship which has been hoisted into the trees to become a pirate ship themed treehouse, to a stunning small cob cottage and idilic cabin, this eco retreat is a haven for sustainable, experimental architecture.
This week we explore a stunning small modern home which has been constructed using 3 x 20ft shipping containers. Situated near Lake Taupo, New Zealand, this home is built on a beautiful elevated section with commanding views over the lake and to the mountains beyond.
In this weeks episode we meet Michelle, an inspirational solo mother who has constructed a beautiful tiny home in order to gain financial freedom now that her children have left home.
One of the major advantages of shipping container homes is that they can be constructed off site and transported to remote locations. That's exactly what has happened with this spectacular home which has been built using a 40ft shipping container.
In this weeks episode we visit an incredible tiny home which has been constructed out of an old grain silo and transformed into a whimsical yellow submarine themed dwelling. For those who love ultra creative projects, this is a must see video!
In this weeks video we explore a wonderful colonial cottage style tiny house which has amazingly been built for only NZ$8000 (US $5000). This creative tiny house has been constructed almost entirely out of reclaimed and recycled materials and the end result is a tiny home with some big style!
In this weeks episode, we visit a wonderful young family who have built their dream off-the-grid tiny house on wheels. There are so many advantages to DIY building a tiny house beyond just the cost. You get to put your heart, soul and character into a house to truly make it your own and that's exactly what's happened with this home.
This weeks episode showcases a dynamic young couple and their amazing first tiny home. This home is modern, stylish and was an affordable way for them to get into their very own house in a city where most young people have been priced out of the housing market.
This week, we meet an inspiring Dutch woman who has built a charming and beautiful tiny home for her and her three dogs in New Zealand. Every now and then you find a home which has been perfectly crafted to meet someones needs and this is one of those places. Matilda’s tiny house on wheels is wonderfully constructed using mainly reclaimed materials and is filled with wonderful artwork and creative flair.
So many of us aspire to own a home close to the water, and it doesn’t get any closer than this! Inspired by the incredible float homes of British Columbia, this house boat in Auckland, New Zealand is sure to impress.
If you're a fan of ultra modern and minimalist design, then no doubt you're going to fall in love with this tiny house! The all black, trapezoidal exterior is absolutely striking, and the interior is spacious, well laid out and wonderfully designed to make a comfortable home.
This tiny house is as unique as it is stunning! When building a tiny house, the more time that you can spend in the design phase, the more likely you are to create a home that will truly meet your needs and that’s exactly the case with this incredible tiny house on wheels which has some absolutely unique, never before seen features!
One of the most frequent questions we get asked is, 'what happens if people want to start a family in a tiny house?' In this weeks episode, we take a look at some family tiny houses and the clever ways that people have made their homes child friendly.
If you like a modern home mixed with a whole lot of rustic charm, then this tiny house could be the one for you. Beautifully designed and situated on a suburban property just outside of Auckland, New Zealand this compact house is a dream home for it’s owner / builder Lisa.
In this weeks episode we travel to the winterless North of New Zealand to visit an inspiring couple who have built an out-of-this-world tiny house with a parking spot that you won't believe!
In this weeks episode we visit Nicola and Arron, a dynamic young couple who have some big dreams for the future, that have been made possible thanks to a tiny house.
We are constantly amazed at the weird and wonderful features that people build into their tiny houses. From beer dispensers hidden in the sofa to full sized pizza ovens built into living rooms, tiny houses are an opportunity to create something truly special and unique. This video highlights some of our favourite tiny house features from homes that we have visited over the years.
There’s nothing quite like a handcrafted home. A place where people have poured all their love and hard work into creating a unique and beautiful house that’s totally their own. This exquisitely built tiny house is just one of those homes.
This incredible off-the-grid tiny house truck has been perfectly designed to be a comfortable home on the move! Solar-powered and mounted on the back of a brand new truck, this home is ready to go anywhere!
In this weeks episode we visit Donna who has turned an idyllic corner of her New Zealand farm into a stunning glamping retreat. Designed as a glamorous getaway for couples, this picturesque corner is now a dream escape!
It’s hard to believe that it’s already Christmas time again! In this years Living Big in a Tiny House Christmas special, we celebrate the season with heart-warming messages from our tiny house family around the globe.
In this episode we take a look back over 2020 and some of the very best tiny house design we have seen on the show this year. 2020 has been a crazy year, filled with challenges and it's so exciting to see human creativity and ingenuity shining through.
In this weeks episode we meet a beautiful young family who chose to sell their conventional home in the city, move to the country and build a tiny house, downsizing their home, but upsizing their quality of life!
In this weeks episode we meet Mike and Alison, an inspiring couple who have transformed their tiny house into a stunning Airbnb property, which has enabled them to keep their own family home.
This spectacular tiny house situated on a multi generational family farm is absolutely breathtaking. Ruby grew up on this farm. The family has a deep connection to this land, and it's where Ruby wanted to deepen her roots by building her own home.
In this weeks episode we meet Jason and Summer who live in an absolutely stunning, modern, off-the-grid tiny house on wheels. This home is packed full of clever design features, wonderful art, and an impressive solar system which keeps their home powered.
One of the best parts of living in a tiny house isn't just the house itself, but also all of the things that the home enables you to do in life once you're living with a smaller footprint and less debt. For Matt, the decision to build himself a tiny house has enabled him to look forward to some huge life adventures!
This spectacular high-spec tiny house is designed to be totally off-the-grid and is absolutely packed full of brilliant design features. Built by owner Mark, this DIY, handcrafted home has been incredibly well designed and constructed using top quality materials.
This family have created a stunning off-the-grid tiny home for themselves! Adam and Michelle are a build dream team. One a builder and the other an interior designer, between them they have created a spectacular home, perfectly designed for family living and with a beautiful modern-country aesthetic.
One thing that everyone loves about great small home design is the ability for spaces to transform and perform different functions. This week we explore some of the best examples of transforming spaces and multifunctional tiny house furniture we’ve seen over the years.
One of the things that I've always loved about tiny houses is the wide variety of people who call them home. In this weeks episode we meet Lauren, a young doctor who has built a stunning tiny house on wheels to give her a cosy place to live while she travels New Zealand gaining experience working at various hospitals around the country.
Together with his wife Trish, old-school surfer Kevin has constructed two incredible tiny house Airbnb's on a spectacular section overlooking a surf beach on the wild west coast of New Zealand.
In this weeks video we meet Hilde and Michel, an intrepid couple who have constructed a stunning DIY tiny house on wheels in order to help facilitate a life of travel and adventure.
The old Bedford house trucks are like New Zealand's tiny home's of yesteryear. Fortunately, this old truck has been given a brand new life and has been stunningly renovated into a beautiful tiny home.
In this weeks episode we meet Garry, who has constructed a spectacular, architecturally designed cabin in Twizel, New Zealand. This cabin was designed in collaboration between Garry and his architect, Barry Connor.
One of the main reasons that so many people are choosing to downsize and move into tiny homes is to find a greater sense of freedom. With a secure roof over your head and less debt on your shoulders, it's easier to find more time and free up resources for the things that are important to you.
If you're a fan of shipping container homes, then this is a video tour you won't want to miss! In this weeks episode we meet Rosie, who has constructed an incredible off-the-grid home out of five 20ft shipping containers.
We are absolutely in love with this spectacular DIY crafted tiny house on wheels. The construction of this stunning home is a monumental achievement for owner / builders Ryan and Ziski who built this entire tiny home themselves with no prior experience.
This week we have a really special episode. To celebrate the incredible milestone that is 4 million subscribers, I thought it would be really fun to turn the camera around onto Rasa, so we could also celebrate the incredible powerhouse that is the woman behind the scenes of Living Big in a Tiny House.
This week, we visit a stunning tiny house Airbnb which has been lovingly designed as a dream couples escape and also as a place where people can experience tiny house living for themselves.
In this weeks episode, we meet a family who are mastering the art of tiny house living. Originally Brad and Ruby were planning on moving into the tiny house with just their 9 year old son, however plans quickly changed when they discovered they were pregnant with another child!
In this weeks episode we meet an inspiring couple who purchased a stunning property by the beach with panoramic ocean views and turned an old house bus into both an amazing family home and a dream Airbnb get-away.
In this weeks episode we meet a charming young couple who have built their dream tiny home on wheels. Joel and Deborah had their tiny house constructed to lock-up by their builder but set about doing all of the interior themselves. The result is a beautiful tiny home which is absolutely packed with their own charm and character.
This week, we turn our heads towards the forest canopy and an incredible Treehouse Airbnb. Situated 14 meters (45 feet) above the ground, this treehouse is beautifully constructed and perfectly situated to take full advantage of the captivating forest vista. This treehouse is an absolute design marvel!
This amazing single level modern tiny house has given this couple their dream home! From it’s striking all-black exterior, to the beautiful and cleverly designed interior, this home is nothing short of spectacular. This is an episode you won’t want to miss!
This week we are super excited to invite you back into our own tiny house for an updated tour. It's been a while since we last toured our tiny home and it's certainly come a long way! We also have some very exciting news to share with you all!
Many people have been asking what happened to our Campulance and Tiny House in the USA, so in this episode we give you the full story.
When it comes to tiny houses, one of the most frequent questions that we are asked is how to find a parking spot for your tiny home! In this weeks episode, we explore this topic, including case studies from people around the world who have found some wonderful places to park their homes!
Shipping container homes continue to explode in popularity and for really good reason! In this episode we explore some of the best container houses that we have visited from all over the world and highlight some of our favourite features.
Right from the very beginning of our tiny house project, it was always important for us to be off-the-grid. For us, going off-the-grid is all about creating synergy with the elements, lowering expenses, reducing our ecological footprint, working with the seasons and getting to geek-out over some seriously cool technology.
In this years Christmas special we show you how some of our friends are celebrating Christmas in their tiny homes all over the world!
2021 has been a big year for tiny homes and we are excited to look back on some of our favourite tiny houses that we have visited this year. You can find links to the full tours of the homes featured in this video here:
In this weeks episode we meet Bérangère, an inspiring young woman who amazingly built her very own tiny house during lockdown in France. Her spectacular home is named ‘La Belle Idée, which translates to the beautiful idea.
This incredible, modern, fully-off-the-grid, DIY tiny house is the stuff that dreams are made of. Inspired by permaculture principles, this stunning tiny house is filled with the special kinds of features you only ever find in do-it-yourself builds.
This military family have built an incredible tiny house to call home! One of the challenges of being in the military is the probability of being relocated. Needing to pack up all of your belongings and find a new home in a new city can be a challenge, but what if you could just take your home with you?
If you’ve ever dreamed of escaping the city, buying land in the wilderness, moving into a beautiful tiny house, working less and creating a magical home for your family, then this episode is for you!
This dream tiny house is perfect for family life! After spending years saving for a conventional home but constantly falling short of a housing market out of control, Lloyd and Kylee took the bold step to build an unconventional home for their family and have never looked back!
In this weeks episode we meet Agathe and Anton, a talented couple who set about building their dream tiny house. Constructed using natural materials and with bioclimatic concepts in mind, this tiny house has truly been a life-changing project.
In this episode we meet a can-do DIY couple who have built themselves an amazing tiny house on wheels! The tiny home is almost entirely constructed using reclaimed materials and the result is a pinterest ready dream home!
If you would love to live a self-sufficient life in a tiny house, then this episode is for you! Marie is an inspiring young DIY builder who, with no previous building experience, has constructed a beautiful tiny house.
These yoga teachers have done an amazing bus conversion and created not only a beautiful home for themselves but also a mobile yoga studio which will allow them to travel the country while teaching yoga.
Surrounded by beautiful regenerating forest, abundant organic gardens and with a private walking track down to a swimming beach, this incredible tiny house on wheels is really taking the downsizing dream to the next level!
If you're looking for a super spacious tiny house design, then this is one you'll really want to see! Modern, open, off-the-grid and with two sleeping lofts that even I'm able to stand up in, this tiny house could have been built for giants.
As children, so many of us dream of building tree houses. There's something about being high up amongst the trees which can feel both safe and adventurous and this week we meet a remarkable man who has build a dream home in the trees as an ambitious retirement project.
This couple are living the downsizing dream! After selling their four bedroom home, Amelia and Dan have moved into a spectacular tiny house in the country with a beautiful river and forest on their doorstep.
In this weeks episode we are excited to invite you into this beautiful tiny home created by two inspired New York artists. Packed full of character, design flare and wonderfully unique features, this home is definitely one you’ll want to check out!
This incredible small home, located in a mountain ski town in New Zealand is like nothing we have ever seen before! Constructed out of structural straw and rendered in lime, this home looks as though it has been carved out of stone.
This ultra spacious tiny house has it all! It’s modern, beautifully designed and has one of the most incredible kitchens we have seen in a tiny house! If you’re someone who loves to cook, this is definitely a design you’ll want to check out.
If you’ve ever watched Lord of the Rings and found yourself dreaming of what life might be like as a hobbit, this is definitely an episode you won’t want to miss! Tiny house couple Anna and Stoph have built an incredible tiny home as part of their ultimate hobbit core life.
This is a tiny house that has it all! It’s open, modern, spacious and packed full of great design features that make living in this home a dream. Parked up in Queenstown, it also boasts some dazzling views of the surrounding mountains.
This spectacular tiny home is a true DIY dream. Constructed almost entirely from found and reclaimed materials, every inch of this home has been beautifully hand crafted.
Now this home is absolutely spectacular! Inspired by a Scandinavian longhouse, this beautiful small house is only 65m2, but packs a huge punch for such a compact space!
Shaped like a UFO, the incredible Futuro House is absolutely spectacular. Originally designed in 1968 by architect Matti Suuronen this amazing creation is like looking into the future from the past.
In a world where the cost of living, food and house prices are skyrocketing out of control, it’s inspiring to find people who have really hacked the system and found ways of freeing themselves. In this weeks episode, we meet Brent and Greer who started with a $2,000 house truck, and ended up building an off-grid, self sufficient paradise.
This weeks episode takes us to beautiful Spain to visit an amazing tiny home and gardens that has been set up as a wonderful sanctuary space.
This woman's wonderful dual tiny house home and studio setup creates quality of life and freedom in both the home and the workspace. Thanks Sharesies for sponsoring this video! Download the Sharesies app and use promo code PINEAPPLE for a $10 kickstart. T&Cs apply.
This tiny house in France is a musicians dream and amazingly contains a full music studio within the small footprint of the home.
Situated on a dream family farm overlooking the ocean, this young woman has created a beautiful tiny house to call home.
This weeks video combines three of my favourite things. A cabin, a tiny house and a shipping container. Put together in this instance they create a fantastic 5 bedroom home designed to be perfect for extended family.
A tiny house can be both beautifully simple and luxurious at the same time and this enchanting tiny home located in the stunning Queensland forest is a fantastic example of just that.
After losing her home and everything she owned in the Christchurch Earthquake of 2011, Vicki packed her bags and traveled to Australia where she built a whole new life for herself, including an amazing tiny house on wheels!
This week we travel to the Noosa Hinterland in Queensland, Australia to visit an inspiring family who have constructed an amazing place to call home. Situated on 32 acres and with plenty of space for gardens and animals, this family is living the tiny house homestead dream!
Crafted for an unbelievably low budget from a 20ft shipping container and using reclaimed materials this is a shipping container home like no other.
In this weeks episode we meet an inspiring young woman who started with only $3000 and built an incredible tiny house for herself. You never know what you can accomplish until you try and that’s exactly what Sophie discovered when she set out to construct her dream DIY tiny house.
This new tiny house will be our home on the road as we travel New Zealand. Completely off the grid and solar powered, our home is designed to be on the move and function anywhere. It’s a true travel model tiny house designed with digital nomads like us in mind!
This tiny house breaks all the rules in the most brilliant ways. Absolutely filled with tiny house taboos, this home is nothing short of spectacular.
This beautiful and ultra affordable tiny house is light, simple, spacious and has been stunningly styled like a beach house. Jye constructed this home together with his father who is a carpenter and the end result is simply amazing!
In many ways, building a home is like crafting a new member of your family. It’s something that has it’s own personality and supports you through the challenges of life. That’s exactly the remarkable design approach that Sarah and Clay took with their stunning Tiny House on wheels.
Today, we revisit their tiny house to see what’s changed and how the couple are finding life in their stunning home. Since we last visited, there have been some exciting additions including a massive renovation of their outdoor living area and the addition of a huge new solar system that even charges an electric vehicle!
This tiny house is a masterpiece. Packed full of ultra clever design and craftsmanship, there is a lot to love about this home. It’s ultra tall, with a pop-top roof which gives the home lots of room in the loft and has other amazing features such as a brilliantly designed duel home office which hides away into the lounge area. Multifunctional design genius!
It's time for the 2022 Living Big in a Tiny House Christmas Special! Christmas is one of our favourite times of the year and for our Xmas special we love revisiting the new members of our tiny house family to see how they are celebrating the season in their tiny homes!
It's been another huge year for tiny houses and as 2022 now comes to an end, it's time to look back on the year that was and some of our top tiny house tours! You can see the full tours of these homes via the links below.
The Nook On The Hill isn’t your average house. Far from it. It’s small in size, but huge in heart. There’s love built into the walls of this home. Memory of friends and family. For its builders and owners, Benj and Holly, it’s a place of sanctuary and healing.
These tiny houses are unlike any you’ve seen before. From the amazing polycarbonate walls which fill the interior with filtered light, to the genius windows design providing inbuilt seasonal shading, some seriously clever idea’s have been poured into these homes.
Brenda and Peter sold up their big home and downsized into a brilliantly designed tiny house to free up capital and live big in their retirement! Their home is super low maintenance and gives them the freedom to focus on the things in live that really matter to them, spending quality time with their family and travel!
