Yardpods
Another new small prefab builder is now up and running and offering their steel-framed wood-clad, buildings for sale. The price of a complete unit installed is about $16,500, but do-it-yourselfers should check into the kits which cost much less. Yardpods is located in San Rafael, CA.
Little House on a Trailer
The folks at Fair Companies recently featured Stephen Marshal’s business called Little House on a Trailer. Stephen builds tiny houses in Petaluma, California to Park Model RV standards. He and I were also featured on a talk-radio show a few weeks back.
A New Room of Your Own
Stephen Marshall has some very nice new design treatments for his tiny houses. Pictured here is the new Room of Your Own which is 9′ by 13’4″ long. The other new model is called The BIG Little House and is about 300 square feet. Stephen builds his tiny homes in Petaluma, California and regularly has tiny houses on display.
A New Room of Your Own
IC Green
Marganne posted a link to a story about IC Green on the Low Cost Community Housing Google group. IC Green is located in California and builds a wide range of structures from shipping containers. Great link Marganne!
Urban Rancher – Insulated
After a tough start to 2010 the Urban Rancher is back at work on his tiny house in the mountains outside Los Angeles. The cabin is now insulated and the unfinished, albeit closed-in, cabin made it through the rough winter just fine.
Bill’s Tiny House
Bill is building a tiny house based on one of my tiny house designs. You can download the free house plans at Tiny House Design. He’s building the 8×16 Solar House.
He posted a bunch of photos of the interior work recently on Facebook and it’s looking great. Eventually Bill plans to move his tiny house up to Alaska (from California) and spend some time chilling out.
Bill’s Progress Photos on Facebook
(To see the Facebook photos a free Facebook membership is required. So I’ve posted a few of Bill’s photos here in case you can access them on Facebook.)
A Room of One’s Own
Stephen at Little House on the Trailer has redesigned their website (using my open source WordPress theme!) and made it easier to learn about their tiny houses. They have an open house every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Petaluma, California.
Stephen makes several different house models including the Sonoma Shanty but there has been a lot of interest around this little 10′ by 12′ tiny house that is intended to serve as a garden office/studio.
Ryo’s $600 Hut
Here’s a modern day homesteading story of a man buying 60-acres in northern California and building himself a simple $600 tiny house. He’s just getting started and recording his adventure and life on his blog, Laptop and a Rifle. I first spotted this story on Tiny House Blog.
Urban Rancher Update
I’ve been really impressed with the progress the Urban Rancher has been making in the mountains outside Los Angeles. His simple design and good choice of materials is going to give him and great little remote cabin. His most recent update was to add galvalume roofing.
Tiny Solar House
Bill Brooks is making great progress on his tiny solar house built from the free house plans I offer on Tiny House Design. It’s especially exciting for me to see one of my designs come together. When Bill is done with this house he plans to take it on an extended trip up to Alaska. Follow Bill on Twitter
