Energy-saving ideas to help you save money While tiny home living by default is a great energy saver, there are several ways in which you can reduce your energy consumption further. It is estimated that a tiny home uses just 7% of the energy of an average-sized traditional home. And,...
Tiny Home living offers many environmental benefits With the growth of social consciousness, the tiny home movement is grounded in a collective attempt to reduce our carbon footprint and lessen our unfavourable environmental impact. Countless advocates underline the many environmental benefits of living in a tiny house compared to a traditional property....
Damn Good Advice It’s no secret that the tiny home movement is seeing exponential growth around the world. More and more people – both young and old – are embracing the simplicity and nomadic lifestyles that tiny homes afford. This trend extends to Australia too, and in...
One of the benefits of tiny home living is that enthusiasts can significantly reduce their energy consumption. However, if you are like a vast majority of people, that doesn’t mean you will want to go without power altogether. What are the best power options for...
Tiny home living – especially off the grid - will require you to consider what to do with your waste-water. There are 2 types of waste-water - black water and grey water. Firstly, black water is a term for sewage water from your toilet. Some tiny homes, caravans or...
One of the most significant tiny home decisions you are likely to make is in regards to the kind of toilet you will have. In a traditional home, there is one option, and as such, not a lot of thought goes into the type of...
The most common question we get asked is “how much does a tiny house cost to build?” Just like a traditional build, a tiny house can vary significantly depending on many factors. To answer this question, you need to determine how you intend to use your tiny home and take...
There is a growing movement of people choosing to live in tiny homes around the world – including Australia. The trend is being driven by people for multiple reasons and could be explained by the many benefits of going tiny. It seems people resonate with the notion of...
Not having ample space is an obvious downside to travelling in a tiny home; Therefore, tiny home adventurers need to be extra vigilant when packing to ensure that only the most critical things hit the open road with them Knowing exactly what to pack for your tiny home...
Tiny homes are as described. Once considered to be extremely small, today, there is no set definition of what constitutes are a tiny home. Tiny homes on display By DanDavidCook - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=64072087 In retrospective, the tiny home counter-culture appears to have...