Tiny House Design

The Tumbleweed Tiny House Company has given away a lot of Popomo plans this week, available with the purchase of the Small House Book.  I’m curious to hear what people thought about the quality and value of these tiny house plans. So, if you bought the book and got the free plans, please tell us all what you thought. Just add a comment on this post. Thanks!

(If this is news to you, learn more about this free house plans offer at the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company.)

Except for a few minor details Jonathan’s tiny house, a Tumbleweed Fencl, is complete and has left Flint, Michigan. His new temporary home is a well-kept wooded campground on a lake. The only drawback seems to be the tours… yep… tours. His tiny house has rapidly become quite an attraction and his new neighbors are just itching to take a peek inside his tiny home. Some have even warned him that they’re bringing back friends for a look.

Jonathan did a great job documenting the entire construction process on his blog and it’s loaded with great stuff any future tiny house owner-builder would want to know.

Congratulations Jonathan… definitely a major milestone!

A tiny house on a trailer could cost less than the permits for a normal house. This recent post on building permits by Karl Ulrich shows exactly what permits and fees will cost him to build a normal house in his neck of the woods. Karl is also a tiny house owner-builder himself and has a small cabin that borders the Green Mountain National Forest in Vermont.

His Vermont cabin was built within the definition of a shed and cost less than $10,000 in materials. His normal house project will cost over $26,000 in permits and fees. Generally speaking the cost for permits ranges wildly from community to community and can vary even more widely depending on the size and type of structure. But you can see why a tiny house is an attractive option for many people when it is designed to preclude the need for permits.

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