Welcome to the Tiny House Guide blog
By Tiny House Guide · June 2026
Welcome, and thanks for stopping by. We built this site to be a genuinely useful, honest guide for anyone thinking about a tiny home, whether you are dreaming, planning, building, or buying. This first post is a quick tour of what the site already covers and where we are heading.
Build it room by room
The heart of the site is a deep, room-by-room building section: kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, living, laundry, storage, loft and deck, each broken down into the real decisions you face. Alongside the rooms, we cover the structure and systems that make a tiny home work, framing, cladding, flooring, windows, doors, roofing, internal linings, solar and batteries, water tanks, wastewater, and hot water, with the current trends in each.
Plan with real tools
Beyond the how-to guides, there are practical planning tools: a sizing guide, a weight calculator, floor plans, and guidance on site planning and orientation. Getting these right early saves a lot of pain later.
Know where you stand
One of the hardest questions in tiny living is where you can legally put a home. Our state-by-state guide breaks down the rules across Australia, with the clear reminder to always confirm with your local council. We also cover delivery and setup, and finding land.
Compare builders and prices
We maintain a directory of tiny-home builders, a display-homes and awards page, and an international prices page with real starting prices from builders across the USA, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and Europe, in local currency. There is also an honest look at using a tiny home for short-stay income, with the caveats most sales pages leave out.
What is coming next
We are adding more all the time: a full buying guide, supplier and community directories, climate-specific design guidance, safety sections, and downloadable planning templates. We are also starting to welcome guest posts from builders and partners, so this blog will grow into a place for stories and updates from across the tiny-home world.
Have a topic you would like us to cover, or a correction to share? We would love to hear it. Thanks for being here at the start.