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I am pretty excited to introduce you to Wesley Birch who just completed his tiny house. He and his wife purchased the hOMe plans early 2015 and hit the ground running. They modified the plans themselves, customizing them to fit their needs exactly. The end result is the incredible $8,000 tiny house : a pretty darn impressive 24′ self built tiny that includes a full bathroom and kitchen, a living room with a 7′ couch (that pulls out into a bed), two lofts, stairs, and more. Honestly, we were so impressed by how they worked the floor plan to fit so many things into the space, and their resourcefulness that we asked Wesley if he would be willing to share what he learned. World, meet Wesley !

So you want to live the tiny life ? I’m sure one of the reasons that most of us make the leap into the tiny world is because we are tired of the financial burden of the typical home. While researching tiny homes, my wife and I got a little overwhelmed by the $60,000 and up price tags on some of these tiny houses. We were then still overwhelmed by the $25,000 average cost to build a tiny house. We got creative and decided to build a twenty four foot tiny house with a $7,000 budget ; we finished the build with about an $8,000 dollar price tag.

For $8,000 dollars we built a twenty four foot long, eight foot wide, thirteen foot tall tiny house with a full bathroom, full kitchen, a living room with a seven foot couch, and two lofts. The bathroom has a composting toilet, sink, and a bathtub/shower ; the kitchen has a full size gas range, dishwasher, double basin sink, mid-size refrigerator, a very large pantry, and plenty of storage, our loft fits our king size bed, fits all of our clothes, and has stairs instead of a ladder ; the spare loft can fit a standard twin size mattress and has storage for clothes ; the living room/entryway has a seven foot couch with storage underneath and can fold out into a guest bed. So, you want to live the tiny house, but don’t want to spend over $10,000 ? Then hopefully you can use the following tips and tricks to make your dream come true without the bank account nightmare.