By Emily Hartman, Founder & Lead Editor at Tiny Homes Nest. Tiny home owner since 2019. “Tiny homes are basically RVs, they lose value the second you drive off the lot.” You have probably heard some version of that claim. Like most sweeping statements about tiny living, it is true for some tiny homes and…
By Emily Hartman, Founder & Lead Editor at Tiny Homes Nest. Tiny home owner since 2019. A two bedroom floor plan sounds simple until you try to fit two actual bedrooms, code-compliant windows and a hallway into 400 square feet. Some builders solve this well. Others just slap a curtain across a loft and call…
By Emily Hartman, Founder & Lead Editor at Tiny Homes Nest. Tiny home owner since 2019. A tiny home and a luxury tiny home can sit on the exact same trailer footprint and cost $150,000 apart. The difference rarely shows up in the square footage. It shows up in materials, systems and design decisions that…
By Emily Hartman, Founder & Lead Editor at Tiny Homes Nest. Tiny home owner since 2019. “Tiny home” sounds like one thing. It is actually six very different products, each with its own building code, financing path and legal placement rules. Picking the wrong type before you understand the differences is how buyers end up…
By Emily Hartman, Founder & Lead Editor at Tiny Homes Nest. Tiny home owner since 2019. A $50,000 decision deserves a test run first. Most people would never buy a car without driving it. Yet plenty of buyers commit to a tiny home based on photos and a floor plan alone. The good news is…
By Emily Hartman, Founder & Lead Editor at Tiny Homes Nest. Tiny home owner since 2019. Most people picture two options when they think about buying a tiny home. You might drive to a builder’s lot or scroll listings online like a regular house hunt. Neither picture is complete. Tiny homes actually move through five…
By Emily Hartman, Founder & Lead Editor at Tiny Homes Nest. Tiny home owner since 2019. You have probably seen headlines promising a home for under $10,000. You have also seen builder websites listing tiny homes for $150,000 or more. Both numbers are real. Neither one tells you what you will actually pay. This guide…