Meet Edwin and Clara, Their Tiny house build started in June of 2018 on a 24ft x 97.5in 14k Tiny House Basic’s Trailer with Drop Axles but the journey truly began in 2015. Living in San Diego at the time, both of them separately began daydreaming about tiny home living. Edwin was pursuing an Environmental Engineering degree from UCSD and Clara … Read More
Join Us At The Tiny House Expo, Oct 11-13, 2019 in San Luis Obispo, Ca
Tiny House Basics is proud to be a Platinum Sponsor of the First Annual Tiny House Expo in San Luis Obispo! As the #1 source for Tiny House Trailers with over 450 custom tiny house trailers built each year we are excited to take part in this special event. Come join us and visit our booth where we will be … Read More
#1 Amazon Bestselling Tiny House Book!
Our Highly Anticipated Tiny House Book: “Tiny House Basics, Living the Good Life in Small Spaces” was just released on May 16th 2017 and we have already hit #1 Amazon Bestseller in over 4 Categories (Small Homes & Cottages, House Plans, Design & Construction, Green Housekeeping) Pick up your copy today to start your tiny house research off on the right … Read More
A Look Inside a Award Winning Tiny House
This month Santa Clara University’s Tiny House got a big celebration at Santa Clara University where hundreds of students, faculty and staff, stopped by to congratulate the team for winning the SMUD Tiny House Competition, a new competition challenging collegiate teams to design and build net- zero, tiny solar houses. SCU beat out 8 other California universities and colleges, taking home the win for … Read More
Using a Composting Toilet: A Woman’s Perspective
The #1 question I have been asked as a woman living in a tiny house is; How is using the composting toilet? followed by: Is it easy to use? Does it smell? How easy is cleaning and changing it? What kind do you have? Well I shall address all of the pros and cons of a composting toilet in my experience. This will … Read More
Tiny House Living: Water Usage
How Much Water Does a Tiny House Actually Use? For this post we are going to take a deeper look into our Tiny House Water Usage. When we moved into our Tiny House In December 2014 we brought our old habits with us. Not to say these habits were bad but we were already adapting to living in a smaller space. … Read More