Tiny House Design

I’ve written about this Simple Solar Homestead before but LaMar has made some improvements to his website including the addition of videos and photos of cabins built from the plans in his book. His book is called Simple Solar Homesteading and its 196 pages and costs $19.95. He also sells a $5 ebook called Off-Grid Solar Power.

The  structure of the 14′ by 14′ cabin below can be built for about $2,000 in materials. His book is packed with all sorts of ways to live off-the-grid on a low budget. Back in 2008 I bought an earlier version of this book (as an ebook) and was amazed with all the information inside. It’s exciting to see LaMar expanding his online content and offering and update to his already amazing book.

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Photo credit to LaMar Alexander.

Update: The day after I posted this LaMar posted this great little video slide show of how this little cabin was built.

I recently published the second edition of my ebook Tiny Prefab. It now has 90 pages and includes instructions for a 16-foot wide building with an 8/12 pitched roof  (pictured below). The idea behind Tiny Prefab is that owner-builder can make all the parts one at a time and then transport them to the building site for final assembly. This prefab approach allows a lot of flexibility in design while keeping the actual construction effort easier for a part-time builder.

While I’ve sold many copies of Tiny Prefab at the previous price of $27.00 I decided recently to bring the price down to make it more accessible to more people. $19.99 just seems to be a better price point for this kind of house plan ebook. I’d also much rather see more homes built than make more money per sale.

For all the folks that have already bought the ebook I’ve already refunded the difference to their PayPal accounts because it just seemed like the right thing to do and I’d much rather have happy readers.

Also… when you buy this ebook you are entitled to free updates. So when I publish a new edition I send out the new version to all those people that already bought the ebook.

PDF format – 90 pages – $19.99
Includes complete plans and free ebook updates
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First I want to thank everyone that entered the Free Drawing for the Tiny Prefab ebook. There were tons of great tiny house ideas and dreams in those 39 comments… definitely worth a read if you’re curious to see what’s cooking in other people’s imaginations.

To select a completely random winner I used a simple service called random.org and it picked Jan’s comment! Congratulations Jan!

A total of 90 pages and two new additions in the 2nd Edition of Tiny Prefab:

1. The interior wall sheathing can now be removed after the prefab structure has been built thanks to a suggestion from Malcolm. Thanks again Malcolm!
2. The prefab system now supports a 16-foot wide building with an 8/12 Gable Roof.

Continue to see some illustrations from the new version. I’ve also sent out a free update to everyone who has already bought the ebook. When you buy Tiny Prefab you are entitled to free updates so as I add more pages to the book and features to the design you’ll get updated automatically without paying more than the original $19.99.

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Update: Comments are closed a winner has been randomly selected!

I’ve been working on an update to my ebook, Tiny Prefab, and will have it complete by Monday, November 23, 2009. I thought it would be fun to give away a free copy to one lucky winner in a free drawing. To enter the drawing all you have to do is post a comment on this post describing the type of tiny (or small) house you’d like to build someday.

At midnight (Pacific Standard Time) on Sunday, November 22 23, 2009 I’ll close the comments on this post and randomly select a winner. Be sure to use a working email address so I can contact you if you are selected as the winner and send you a link to download your free copy of Tiny Prefab.

For the folks that have already bought a copy of Tiny Prefab I’ll be sending you a link to the updated version on Monday as well. You see when you buy my ebook you are entitled to free updates. If you decide to buy the book now AND you are randomly selected as the winner I’ll refund your money.

I’m extremely respectful of your privacy and do not share email addresses with anyone. Read my privacy policy for more info. Webmasters and bloggers might want to consider signing up as an affiliate. If the randomly selected winner does not reply to my email withing 36 hours I’ll select another winner. No purchase necessary to win.

Post a comment to enter!

Last night I put the finishing touches on a 65 page house plan ebook. It’s called Tiny Prefab, A Do-It-Yourself Prefab Building System and contains the plans and instructions for creating tiny prefab structures that are easy to build from common building materials. The book is a bit of a hybrid between a set of plans and instructions for building and assembling a panelized prefab tiny house. A wide variety of sizes of buildings can be built but the roof plans in the ebook are designed for an 8-foot deep tiny house. The smallest size building is 8’ by 8’.  If more space is desired it’s length can be increased by increments of 4 feet so if you want a structure that us 8′ by 20′ this DIY prefab system will work fine. Below are small screen shots of all the pages in the ebook so you can get a good idea of what is included before you buy. Just click the thumbnails to see more.

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