It’s entirely reasonable to spend 800 or more hours to build a tiny house. That’s without counting overtime when things don’t go as smoothly as expected—which is inevitable for any building project.
如果你没有足够的时间、耐心或经验从头开始建造你的房子,那么购买一套小房子是参与建造过程的一种方式。
Houses with some of the work done already come in two categories: kits and shells.
Tiny House Kits vs. Tiny House Shells
Tiny House Kit
Cost: $2,000-$35,000
Minimal building experience required.
它提供了组装你的小房子所需的一切,包括每个螺丝和窗户。你把房子拼得像个拼图。
Tiny House Shell
Cost: $5,000-$60,000
No building experience required.
You’ll get walls, roofing, flooring, windows and doors, all in place, delivered to your site. You’re left with just the interior finishing and decorating.
Tiny House Kits For Sale
“A kit simplifies the entire process because it actually teaches someone to build. We tell folks if they know which end of a hammer to hold, they can assemble a project.”—Domenic Mangano, founder ofJamaica Cottage Shop
If ordering a pre-assembled shell sounds too easy for you and constructing from the ground up sounds like too much, go with a tiny house kit. Kits include all the materials and instructions you need to put your house together like a puzzle.
Jamaica Cottage Shop
Included: complete fastening hardware, windows, doors, and step-by-step plans for assembly
Assembly: 40 hours for two people.
需要的技能/工具:初级木工技能和基本的施工经验。没有特殊的工具。
Shelter-Kit
Included: All hardware, framing, sheathing, flooring, roofing and trim. Windows, larger wall studs, rafters, and doors are optional.
Assembly: 5 to 25 days for two people.
Skills/Tools Needed: Some construction experience; a small amount of siding must be cut at site.
Solid Build
Included: All walls, framing, flooring, roofing, trim, windows, and doors.
Assembly: 8 hours for two people.
Skills/Tools Needed: “A DIY project for everyone.” No experience required and only basic tools.
Bungalow In A Box
Included: Depends on the kits, but all come with with prefabricated insulated wall paneling, timbers and joists.
Assembly: “Relatively easy to assemble.”
Skills/Tools Needed: A crane is recommended, but not necessary, to have on site to help with assembly.
Tiny House Shells For Sale
“We build the first half, you finish the second half.”—Monarch Tiny Homes
Instead of building your tiny house from the ground up you can order a pre-made tiny house shell. It will be delivered to your site ready to live in. Some shells even come with gas and electric hookups already in place. All you need to do is personalize the interior and make it your home.
Tiny House Basics
Included: Trailer, exterior walls, exterior siding, flooring, metal roofing, front door and windows.
Cabin Fever
Included: Full-finished exterior walls and roof, all windows and doors, stud-wall interiors, IKEA brand kitchen cabinets, a water-conserving toilet and the option for an engineering seal on building plans.
Cornerstone Tiny Homes
Included: Interior walls, flooring, and roof framing included, as well as other desired components. Also, a custom built trailer for each specific design.
Tiny House Plans
If you want complete control over the cost and type of materials you use, consider buying atiny house plan. Some of the leading tiny house builders, who sell finished homes for $60,000 and more, sell the complete plans for those homes for $500 and less.
如果你没有施工经验,你会学到很多东西,但这些计划是为diy的人设计的。Some are available—from reputable builders—for as little as $79.
Specialty Trailers
If you choose the wrong trailer, your house could collapse. Be sure you find the right design and company for your house. We recommend buying from a company that specializes in trailers for tiny houses.
In theTiny House Design and Style在为你的小房子购买房车之前,我们强调了一些重要的事情。
Tiny Home Builders Trailers
Designed with safety in mind, these trailers have the maximum number of connection points between your house and the trailer, making sure the two are securely bonded together. Make sure you check out their cool interactive trailer builder.
PJ Trailers
PJ拖车有一个伟大的客户服务部门,并提供了一系列的视觉指南,以帮助您了解一些可用的选项,如拖车舌头长度和甲板高度。They ship all over the U.S. and Canada
Iron Eagle
These trailers are built from the ground up for the purpose of being the foundation for tiny houses. Designed in collaboration with the tiny house experts at PAD (Portland Alternative Dwellings).
Trailer Made Custom Trailers
Trailer Made’s custom tiny house trailers are available in lengths from 12′ to 44′. With tandem and triple axel foundations, these trailers come in standard or wide configurations.
These trailers are designed with safety in mind and feature a tube steel construction and electric brakes on every wheel. Trailer Made has also stopped using scissor jacks due totheir failure rate.