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Tiny house Sydney: ultra modern and ultra small!

April 23, 2019 2 Comments

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With its origins in sustainability and the simple living movement, the tiny house trend has been bubbling along for a while now and this latest one, located in the Blue Mountains just outside of Sydney, is a real treat. Sitting on 16 acres, the house is only 2.5 metres wide but what it lacks in size, it more than makes up for in ingenuity.

Tiny house

The house sits on a block that became available as a result of the bushfires that ravaged the area a few years ago. โ€œThe block came up for sale after the previous owner decided it was time for them to move on. After their house burnt down in bushfires, they werenโ€™t in a position to rebuild,โ€ says one of the homeโ€™s owners Lisa Tranter who shares it with her partner Matt Hobbs.

The compact kitchen looking up to one of the loft bedrooms. The stairs contain storage inside them.
The view from the compact kitchen looking up to one of the loft bedrooms. The stairs are storage compartments too. Clever!
Kitchen
Kitchen

But if youโ€™re anything like me youโ€™re probably wondering why you would build a tiny house when youโ€™ve got all that space (literally 16 acres!) but Lisa explains itโ€™s an issue of ethics. โ€œLiving relatively minimally makes you think about what you actually need versus what you want on a day-to-day basis. We donโ€™t need much, the need for a big house goes against our ethics and the idea of living sustainably and minimally. Also, there really is only about an acre of land that is usable as the rest is dense bush and cliff,โ€ says Lisa.

Main bedroom
Main bedroom

Initially inspired by the tiny house movement in the US, Lisa soon became obsessed with the idea and often found herself falling down the โ€˜tiny houseโ€™ social media rabbit hole for hours on end. โ€œWhen Matt and I met, I spoke about tiny houses virtually non-stop, talking about ideas, companies already building and ways for me to get one. He started looking into them as well and as our relationship progressed, he thought it would be a good challenge,โ€ says Lisa. Rather conveniently, Matt is a plumber by trade and runs his own bathroom and kitchen renovation business, Hobbs Bathroom Co, and thus built much of the home himself.

Matt and Lisa in their bedroom
Matt and Lisa in their bedroom

โ€œWe did most of the work ourselves, calling in favours from friends and family with tradie backgrounds to help when needed which definitely kept the cost down for us,โ€ says Lisa of the home that was initially built on wheels with a view to be able to move it around in future. โ€œThe house is on wheels because we had planned to be able to move it however as we own the land and donโ€™t intend on going anywhere any time soon, thatโ€™s kind of been made redundant. Itโ€™s still an option though should we decide to move,โ€ says Lisa.

Bathroom
Bathroom

The multi-level property boasts 22 square metres of space on the ground floor coupled with approximately 10 metres in loft space and features two bedrooms, a kitchen, lounge room and full-size bathroom complete with double showers which is rather impressive for such a small footprint.

Double shower
Double shower

The other most notable feature is the cat run that is attached to the back of the property. โ€œThe idea for the cat run came about due to the bush surrounds. We didnโ€™t want the cats to kill anything they shouldnโ€™t like birds, frogs and lizards. Likewise, we wanted them to be safe, especially in summer when the snakes are active. And thatโ€™s not to mention the problems of kitty litter in a confined space,โ€ says Lisa of her rescue cats.

Cat run
Cat run

And while the home is utilitarian it doesnโ€™t suffer in a design sense with plenty of lovely details including a lounge room ceiling feature. โ€œThe light feature above the couch is made from recycled construction steel, vintage style bulbs, a few fairly lights and some fake plants. Matt and I have the ability to kill even the hardiest of plants, so we went for the fake ones for ease of care,โ€ says Lisa

Lounge room
Lounge room

Unsurprisingly, the house has received a flurry of interest globally since YouTube creator Bryce Langston, of Living Big in a Tiny House travelled to Sydney to film the home on wheels โ€“ his video is now trending on YouTube and has been watched almost 13 million times!

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  1. AvatarAfbraakwerken says

    April 24, 2019 at 8:35 pm

    Wow! This house is so beautifully designed. Thank you for sharing.

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  2. AvatarPennie Steel says

    July 8, 2020 at 11:44 am

    Fantastic house. Did you have difficulties with Da from council?

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