Exciting news for the tiny house community! On January 14, 2025, The Nevada County Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance on January 14, 2025, allowing Tiny Homes on Wheels (THOWs) as permanent residences. This progressive move aims to provide affordable housing options and address the housing crisis in the county. (Nevada County) The ordinance allows Nevada County Tiny Homes on … Read More
This Newlywed Couple Built a Timber Framed Tiny House With No Prior Building Experience
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
The Tiny House Expo, Oct 11-13, 2019 in San Luis Obispo, Ca
Tiny House Basics was 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 were excited to take part in this special event. many joined us and visited our booth where we were excited … 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
Buying A Tiny House Trailer
Who Is Tiny House Basics? We are Joshua and Shelley and we are Tiny House People with a extensive background in Tiny House Trailers and Tiny Houses. We design and sell the #1 Tiny House Trailers Available from Manufacturers that Have Been Building High Quality Trailers for over 30 Years. As Tiny House People ourselves our number one goal is … Read More
Tiny House Basics’ Tour Now On RelaxShacks’ YouTube Channel
Before Shelley and I left on our 6 week cross country road trip we finally filmed a informal tiny house tour of our very own Entertaining Abode for our good friends at RelaxShacks.com and now its finally live on their YouTube Channel. Check it out and let us know what you think! Joshua and Shelley of Tiny House Basics … Read More
Setting Up And Leveling Out
Whether you travel with your Tiny House or keep it parked for long periods of time there will always be a little bit of a setup process when you get to your new parking spot. Of course unpacking the inside is important but in this article we are are going to focus on setting up on the outside by leveling the tiny house using tools and … Read More