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Artist and Architect designed Tiny House - $68,000 (Underhill)
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It’s time for my beloved tiny house to be a home for someone else. I built this home at the beginning of the pandemic so that I could have a space of my own as I was trying to find my place in the world. The price reflects just about what I have in it in terms of materials and hired help. I didn’t include much of my own labor and the labor of friends that helped me through the build process.
It saw me through two Vermont winters and saw a young couple through this past winter too as they transitioned to the next phase of their lives.
It takes a certain type of person to live in a tiny house. There’s a beautiful simplicity and conscious connection to the land and seasons that comes with it. I’m sure that you have many questions and that there will be many conversations before the purchase of this Tiny Home on Wheels.
Here are a few specs:
26' trailer
Fits all specs to be road legal without any special permit (8.5’ wide, under 13.5’ tall)
2x4 Steel frame designed by Volsruckt
Closed cell spray foam insulation (including in ‘dead space’ around doorways)
50 amp 110V everything (I have a special 50amp 110v breaker for you too)
Every window can open for cross breeze. Skylight also opens
Designed for a 100# propane tank
Propane space heater is currently installed (easier and safer for young tenants than a woodstove), but I still have the Dickinson solid fuel (wood) space heater that helps with head and humidity reduction in the winter. You can choose which one works for you
New custom triple axle (21,000#) drop axle trailer with brakes
Plenty of head room in the loft for a 6’ person to stand on the landing
6’3” clearance in the kitchen
Banquette couches convert into a full (double) size bed
150’ of water line and heating cable can come with it for year round use. There is also a space in the loft designed to fit a water tank for possible off grid usage (or extra storage)
Many feet of wire and conduit to direct wire into a breaker panel can come with it, or you can wire it for a 50amp plug, but maybe this will take a little thinking with an electrician.
Walls are wired for speakers and a receiver under the first stair (talk about surround sound!)
$68000 or best offer
There will certainly be many logistics to figure out, which will require the price to be flexible. It’s definitely part of the conversation.
What else do you want to know? Email me and let’s chat sometime.
How much does it weigh?
The estimated gross weight is 14,000. My brother, who tows often and nerds out on truck forums, thought it was 14k after we talked about how I built it. The man who towed it from Brattleboro to Underhill also thought it was about 14k after towing it for about 3 hours. When researching whether to build or buy, I saw a tiny house for sale that looked great. It had two 10k axles and the owners said it weighed 20k lbs. That would make me nervous towing anywhere that close to capacity, so I wanted to make sure that my house would travel well. Weight was a consideration throughout the build. However, a one ton truck is ideal. My half ton F150 did tow it across the driveway and parked it where it is, but it was all flat and not far at all. It did maneuver just fine though.
How does the water work? Are there water storage tanks?
There are no tanks for potable or gray water. I did plan a spot in the loft above the washer dryer to be able to hold a domestic potable water tank though. I didn't know how plumbing in the winter would go and thought it would be prudent to have the capacity for contained water in case I needed it. It turns out a heating coil around the water line works pretty well. (I set it up on a timer, before I knew that they make ones that run by thermostat.)
Both the shower and sink are plumbed directly outside and could be connected to an existing leach field, septic tank, or other system up to the owner's choice. The toilet is a Nature's Head composting toilet. There are plenty of YouTube videos about them and the hype of "no smell" is darn accurate. While emptying the head didn’t fill me with joy, it really wasn't bad at all and it didn’t take long. I've had farm chores that were way worse.
The "hose" I used and that comes with the house is a custom made pex "hose". I didn't think it would be good to drink water that sits for any length of time in a garden hose. Pex I know is food grade.