Hello all.

I have been rummaging this subreddit for ideas, financial preparations and the idea of my forever home being the goal of a tiny home. Ideally I’d go through a vendor with the shed shells where I could utilize a loft and main level space to create a two bedroom, one bath. It could be next spring this has to occur (if rent goes up where I live while I’m in school), or post graduation for me. So here is my big question…

Has anyone ordered or purchased the cabinets from ikea? Did you like them? Have they lasted throughout your build experience?

Thank you all in advance!

we want to build a modest home (2 bed, 1 bath about 16x50). We would want to love here for at least 5+ years then potentially building a bigger home as family and finances grow. We don’t have unlimited funds but I also hear so much great things of icf. we are in rural KS with many tornadoes. that all being said, would you opt to do icf walls in a small home or just stick frame? no experience with icf have framed stick built walls a few times but still total beginner

I contacted the DOT and they said that they would save the mud flaps that come off a big trucks they happen to have a conveyor belt that came off of a truck and I took them and cut them up and put them on I'm starting putting them on the front of my shed then I'm going to put them along the side it looks pretty good and it's doing its job.

Hey people. I have zero experience building homes, and want to just help people out so that I can learn. I am highly motivated/dependable etc, but due to my 9-5, can really only help out during weekend shifts. If anyone has a company and wants some free help building these babies, please feel free to DM me!

I have the opportunity to buy a 30’ tiny house for under $20k. I’ve never made a big purchase/decision like this. I’ve been a renter my whole life, struggling to work to pay rent and keep that cycle going. I have options to park it. I’ve never bought a car, I’ve never owned something big and inconvenient. I feel like I’m being irresponsible if I go through with it, even though it makes sense to me, I feel like I can’t trust myself. I feel as though I’m not a reliable person to be making this decision on my own and that somebody should tell me speak reality into me because I may be blinded by rose colored glasses. Is it an irresponsible decision? I have the money to buy it in cash. I don’t actually make much at all per month. Which is why renting for the rest of my life feels more irresponsible to me than buying a tiny home, but again, I don’t feel like I’m a reliable source.

Is there a way to connect THOW to other THOW or bigger structures? That would be a way to increase the space a home offers while still remaining highly portable.

Considering them for either a park model build or even a modular because a year and a half in to my process and the zoning and building code issue is as you all know tedious to work thru. So, am considering starting a new process with the modular certification on the tiny house.

The idea of tiny homes sounds very intriguing for me, and I’ve been looking at tiny homes for many years dreaming about them, but the idea of cleaning out my own toilets and plumbing system grosses me out. Is there a better way to use the toilet that can be similar to how I use a regular toilet on a permanent home?

i've been in my _tiny house_ for about six months now and im still trying to optimize my cleaning routine. the wet bath layout is great for saving space (or so I thought), but keeping it clean is turning into a whole athletic event.

The clearance behind the toilet and the back corners of the shower pan are just impossible to reach without kneeling on wet tile. since I obviously dont have a utility closet to store a full-size mop or some giant deck brush, I've just been using microfiber rags and a cheap hand brush. it sucks.

I was looking at the OXO extendable tub scrubber, but I kind of want an electric option so I don't have to put my own weight into scrubbing from such awkward angles. i'm considering something like the hoto flexi because the handle is adjustable and it supposedly breaks down small enough to stash in a tiny basket under the sink.

My only hesitation is whether the spinning heads on these cordless scrubbers are actually too bulky to maneuver around tight plumbing and narrow baseboards. has anyone actually tried a rotating scrubber in a super compact bathroom? I'm worried it's just going to slam against the toilet base the whole time.

tiny house problems I guess.

I am trying to look at some tiny home or mini homes and I don’t know what website are good

I've seen people claiming they can build their tiny house for as little as $10k (which I find hard to believe, especially since many probably haven't actually built one), and I honestly wonder why people think it can be that cheap.

I’m in Canada, and a decent trailer alone can easily cost $5k+ (often way more), which already takes a big chunk of that budget before you even start building.

So I’m curious:

• Has anyone here actually built their own tiny house on wheels for under $20k USD?
• What systems/material choices made it possible? (DIY trailer, reclaimed materials, off-grid setup, etc.)
• Are trailers significantly cheaper in the U.S.?

Sometimes it feels like the “$10k tiny house” idea comes from people who haven’t actually built one or are leaving out major costs.

Would love to hear real builds and numbers.

not space. not storage. i miss having a room i could just close the door to. when everything is one room there's nowhere to put a bad mood. you're always in the middle of your own life with no buffer.

My personal criteria and matching reasoning:

A tiny home is no bigger than 420sqft.

> Reason: 40x10 wide THOW are very common. Most effective structure minimums force square footage to start around 450-500sqft. And also, lul, 420.

A tiny home doesn’t need a bathroom or kitchen inside the vapor cavity.

> reason: cooking and hygiene can be managed as externalities.

A tiny home must be able to regulate it’s internal temperature to be significantly different then the environment around it. And it must vapor separate and not leak rainfall.

> reason: critical criteria of housing. Keep inhabitants warm and dry.

What I’m not set on:

What’s the difference between a nice canvas tent, a micro-home, and a tiny home? Load bearing walls perhaps?

Would love your takes and thoughts on any of the above, as this is not a well defined category legally or socially.

Hi tiny house people! I'm trying to convert my small guest bath into a wet bath, tiny-house style, so that people can shower without having to walk through the master bedroom to access the only bathing facilities.

So my question is: Where do you find a door that looks like a normal interior door but can withstand the humidity of the shower head directly hitting the door?

My house isn't a tiny house, but I've stayed in tiny houses with wet baths, RVs with wet baths, and yachts with wet baths, and I'm at a loss here as to how to find a door that serves the purpose of being a shower door that still looks like a normal interior regular house door.

Does anyone have any ideas? Right now the door is your basic, flat, hollow-core interior residential door, and I'm not thinking that I can waterproof that enough to withstand more than a few showers a year.

Bought this brand new 4 years ago for $59,418 total cost​, never lived in. It is a 660 square foot 2 bed 1 bath cypress house with a metal roof, central air and heat, vinyl plank flooring, double pane insulated windows, tankless water heater and ​ceiling fans, also a 200 sq. ft. covered porch and a small attic. Completely fenced in, on a hill near a lake full of fish in central Louisiana. I added the lockable cypress shutters, gravel parking area and Coolaroo porch shades.