Posts Tagged ‘adu’
Mini Urban EcoVillage with 2 Tiny Homes
Meet best friends Becca & Anthony and Kate & Brad created a mini urban ecovillage of sorts. Their little tiny home community is in a lush backyard oasis, featuring their respective tiny homes—a garage conversion ADU and tiny house on wheels. Importantly, this is all legally possible in Portland, Oregon, due to their progressive relaxed…
Read MoreHome + Energy Chats: Small homes are BIG! Webinar
Join organizers Green & Healthy Maine to hear from three industry experts who are literally paving the way for high-density housing options in Maine, small and tiny homes as ADUs.
Read MoreGranny Flats Not Just for Your Gran! Advantages of ADUs
Make the Most of Your Backyard You might be familiar with the term granny flats or mother-in-law suites. Did you know that’s a kind ADU? It is also known as an accessory dwelling unit, often a foundation-based tiny home. However, a tiny house on wheels (THOWs) can be one. Nowadays, eco-friendly housing solutions are on…
Read MoreTiny Houses as ADUs Webinar
Learn how movable tiny homes are legal as Accessory Dwelling Units in many municipalities across California, including Los Angeles!
Read MoreMaker’s Plant-Filled Tiny Home ADU with Studio
Denise Bayron is a multi-talented maker living in a tiny home ADU (accessory dwelling unit) in Oakland, California. She is a knitwear designer and sewing patternmaker with a knack for small space design. By creating zones, Denise organized her layout into distinct areas, maximizing efficiency and aesthetics. Yet her foundation-based tiny house still feels open…
Read MoreTiny Houses as ADUs Webinar
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Read MoreThe MOST Common Tiny House Parking Spot
Backyard Tiny House Parking Creates Informal Cohousing Community Revisiting Today’s Tiny House Parking Spot, Episode 6 In this episode, we parked in my sister Nicole’s backyard in northern Utah. It’s a wonderful way to visit family, striking a perfect balance—enjoying our private space and fun time together, as we choose. During our stay, we had…
Read MoreTiny Houses as ADUs – Introductory Webinar
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Read MoreHow to Add Extra Living Space to Your Home: Tiny House Style
Are you running out of adequate space? It’s time to be a bit more creative! Here are ways to add extra living space to your tiny house or traditional home. Even though the size of families has steadily decreased, the size of our homes has gone up, up, up. In 1973, the average size of…
Read MoreLegalize Tiny Homes: 2-Part Virtual Advocacy Training with Dan Fitzpatrick
Learn best practices for working with your local officials to help get Tiny Homes legalized in your city or county. Leading national advocate, Dan Fitzpatrick will be conducting a two-part webinar on How to Work with your Local Government Officials on making changes to land use ordinances and building codes to be tiny home friendly. By…
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