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Tag Archives: Tiny Home


A Guide to Sustainable Housing

An architect, a builder and an energy rater walked into the Home Show to discuss sustainable housing. In this rare talk, Monica Vandenberg from tiny house enterprise, Nestd, picked the brains of three pre-fab professionals. Nestd is the charity giving 100% profits to Kids Under Cover. [caption id="attachment_8820" align="aligncenter" width="500"]...

5 Tiny Homes Without Wheels

Social enterprise Nestd is reinventing the tiny house without the wheel. Remember the remarkable Peak tiny home launched at the Melbourne Home Show? This architecturally designed home (below) raised the bar for passive technology, smart storage and pristine angles. Nestd is the charity giving 100% profits to Kids Under Cover....

7 Questions for a Tiny House Builder

Ric Butler is a straight-talking, veteran tiny house builder who shared his experiences with the Home Show crowd. Our tiny tale begins with four mates who banded together to start Tinyhouse2go. Built by a builder, designer, cabinet maker and a businessman, their homes start at $80,000. The bespoke builds take...

Keeping up with the New Joneses

The New Joneses showcased their tiny home at the Home Show to champion their lifestyle ‘big life, little footprint'. The story begins with Tamara DiMattina, a powerful PR and communications magnate for fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG). Blunt and to the point, she said, "My job was to get people to...

The Granny Flat Boom Is Not Slowing Down

100 granny flats a week are being constructed in Sydney (up 300% in five years) as homeowners see a growing opportunity to earn up to $420 per week in rental income or accommodate their elderly family. ‘Granny flat’, ‘grannexe’ or ‘fonzie flat’; there are many names but the concept is...

The Tiny Home Giving 100% Profits to Charity

Enter The Peak, an architecturally designed 32.5m2 fully integrated home equipped with all the latest in passive design technology starting at just $110,000, all profits go towards a charity keeping kids off the street. Sydney is the tenth most costly city in the world, so it’s no wonder millennials are...

Tiny Machines for Tiny Homes

Gone are the days of giant 1,000m2 squares of real estate with oversized gardens. The pioneers of modern living seek out apartments in the CBD, fully equipped caravans and tiny homes at an incredible value. Now, we have little appliances for the little cubby holes. Minimalism, the idea that less...

From Tiny House to Tiny Home; The Process

Young entrepreneur sisters Kylie and Tamika founded Wagonhaus Co. back in 2016, quickly realising the potential of Tiny Homes. Their hard work and commitment to imaginative excellence has lead to the success of their locally owned, family business that proves a clean, green and comfortable future is within reach for...

Tiny Homes are a Big Deal

So you’ve no doubt heard the hype of the Tiny House movement, but what makes these teeny weeny homes so enticing to the everyday Aussie? Why go Tiny? Self-sufficiency. Produce your own electricity and heating, compost your waste and even consider alternative waste water systems to cut costs significantly whilst...