This home was designed and built to last 100 years just like the villas which we see today around New Zealand. It is built with solid cedar cladding which if it is well maintained will stand to the test of time which is proven with all the building you see today.

This home is not on the bigger side of "tiny houses" as it was designed to be under 3.5ton and be fully road legal. With that being said, the home was designed to have normal size living comforts in it. From a full size bathroom, queen bed and a decent size kitchen. It also has very good ventilation with all window able to open and extractor fans in the bathroom and kitchen. It is fully insulated, double glazed and has a sustainable heating source. Which makes this home very liveable all year round.

Besides for the steel frame which was used for weight purposes, this house was build from timber. From the recycled totara flooring, to the custom totara kitchen and benches, to the cedar ceiling and totara beams. The workmanship had to be top notch to achieve a height standard finish as alot of it is raw timber. So there is no hiding mistake with paint and filler.

I had a couple of must haves when I designed this home. Which were, bathroom away from the kitchen, standing room near the bed and storage anywhere possible. Other then that. My rectangle trailer governed my floor plan, not just for locational parameters but weight too.

Timber timber timber. When I designed this, I wanted this to feel as homely and cozy as I could. And to me natural products is one of those ways.

Hi there, I am not really that good with words so I'll keep it brief and hopefully the photos do most of the talking. I've always been fascinated with New Zealands old buildings and hopefully one day I'll get the chance to give one a make over. But until then I've decided to be creative and work with in my budget. I've worked on this home part time for the past 3 years. As you hopefully can tell, I've designed this to look as though it was built 100 years ago. It is built on a trailer with a steel frame. It is cladded inside and out with cedar and totara. It also has cedar timber joinery to finish off the old homely feel. I've used cedar and totara as it is very light and helped with keeping the home under the magical 3.5ton weight. It weighs 3.45 ton, so it's fully legal to move on the road and it is very easy to do so. I custom made the kitchen from solid totara which started out as rough saw lengths. The floor is solid recycled totara also. I wanted to make living big in small space easy, so... I've fitted in it a full size 900x900 shower, space for a washing machine, queen size bed and a full size kitchen with a dishwasher. It has a nature's head composting toilet it a draw to keep it hidden out of sight and allows this home to be fully consent free. Ive created storage space anywhere it was possible. It even has a small potbelly fire place for the cooler month, although it is fully insulated and double glazed. The only thing that I feel will top this home off would be an outside living space/deck which fits the character of the home and allows you to open the big three panel bifold door and breakfast bar bifold window to really open the space up to its full potential. Thank you, Max