Hello, what crazy times we are living in! With our personal experience designing and building a tiny house on wheels and living in an RV while building our off-grid homestead, we have been getting more and more inquiries from those of you interested in downsizing and hitting the road or buying land and building your dream home with lots of interest in community living. We are ready and excited to help you get going on that path whether you are going to do it all yourself or may want to hire a contractor. We will be creating a series of posts to help you figure out how to get started on this journey so feel free to follow along and ask questions!
Today I wanted to share an article about How to Buy a Tiny House that Lexi of Redfin wrote and thought would be helpful in learning about financing, selecting property and buying or building a tiny home.
Here are a few things we would add based on our experience.
If you want to find a small home on land, search for tiny homes on Redfin up to 1,000 square feet as homes under 500 square feet may not yield many search results.
Vacant land may or may not have any utility improvements such as power, water, sewer or septic. Talk to local utility companies, well drillers, etc. to estimate what these might cost to install. For our property, a well and utility power connection are estimated at $25,000 EACH! You can haul in a lot of water and buy a whole solar energy system for that cost.
Many people use personal savings to finance their tiny home.