How I Built my First Solo Tiny House in a Month for 10k$

English speakers : Turn the subtitles ON :) Here in my last episode of my travel Vlog through New Zealand (2017) I spent a month in Oamaru, the Steampunk capital !
And there I stayed with a cool cat named Sophia, and over a few dinners, we got to an agreement that I would build her Mom a tiny house to live in, once she moves back from Australia.
Exciting challenge! With about a month, by myself, or with occasional help to lift the heavy stuff! And a budget of roughly 12k $ nz in materials, I traded my stay there, for a fun and rewarding experience !
We started really fast, got a trailer in a couple days, cleaned and reinforced it before starting to build a proper house on it !
We weld brackets to allow bolts to be remove to the frame of the house to facilitate removing it once at its destination a few years down the road on another property they own... (update: and they made it to it's lovely destination!)
One month and on the spot designing and building, I unfortunately did not finish it completely but at least, the main structure was done and weather proof aside from the door and couple windows to be put on.
The owners later on finished it all and looks lovely! The barrel roof looks stunning in there, giving a more natural light, sound and feel, the loft is so cozy thanks to that and those citrus smelling woods naturally bug repellent.
On this mini documentary I try to show the DIY process of construction for a cool design, recycling as much as possible and bring the cost right down to a Human, affordable level.
The goal never being to build the dream home on year one, but over time as people's realistic budget come in. I am trying to find a way for people to own their house without the need for the use of a Bank or Insurance company, real vampires of the Society in my humble opinion.

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