Our Favourite Plans
for Small
Inexpensive House Designs
The ultimate recipe for inexpensive small house plans that
are easy to build:
- plans for small inexpensive house styles;
- a little Mortgage (or No More Mortgage!) and
- a dash of your personality?
So, how do you get to that place? Start with a basic home, especially if this is your first one. The simpler the design, the less expensive it will be for you to build. As finances and time permit, you can always grow it's structure if need be or add on a porch.
Simple is best to keep the costs down in the short term.
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Simple Do-It-Yourself Tiny Prefab Design
When
you need a home to call your own and your time, money or building
experience is limited, this tiny prefab method is just the
ticket.Panels constructed off the home site with common building materials - plywood (or OSB) sheathing and standard dimensional lumber - can be stored then transported easily in the back of a pickup when you're ready to assemble your house. With a design of simple panelling, you can be underway and snapping together the individual pieces with the help of a few simple power tools and a friend or two.
Need a slightly larger living space? Add multiple units together as time and money permit.
You'll be a self-sufficient, home-building whiz in no time with these efficient plans for small inexpensive house designs.
Plans for small inexpensive house designs grow in popularity every day and for substantially less time and money than a standard home (and perhaps with no mortgage), your new dwelling will be ready for habitation!
Benefits for You:
Simple for a beginner DIYer to build
Readily available and inexpensive building materials and tools
Quick assembly time compared to standard house No mortgage - build for
cash Cheap to
heat and cool Your
friends will call you a DIY Expert!
Tiny Solar Do-It-Yourself House Plans
With
the tiny solar
saltbox house plans come simplicity
in building as well as a solar passive design.
The back wall has been designed to face the sun, capturing
the solar rays for even distribution throughout the
evening.Once you've built one little solar house, the 8' x 12' structure can be created side by side with another to create even more living space. Included are plans for an optional sleeping/storage loft.
With step by step instructions for building from the foundation up to the dimensions to cut for each part of the walls, floors, doors and the like, you don't need to be a building expert to have your very own tiny solar house.
Benefits for You:
Easy build
Inexpensive to heat & cool
Minimal construction time
Uses cheap, simple tools and building materials
Loft space No
mortgage required - build for cash!
Small
Gypsy Caravan Plans
Plans for this gorgeous little timber gypsy caravan (or
vardo), known
as the 'Don Vardo', are one of a kind.The gypsy wagon's plans include how to build:
the trailer and
wood-floor frame, stud
walls and roof, the
method of hand-building the laminated rafters, moisture
control, rain-screen
walls,
utilities, and
finish
workThese particular plans for small inexpensive house designs don't include space for a bathroom/toilet however a composting toilet would make a marvellous addition. In the living space you'll find a small counter, sink, fold-out bed and a desk.
As small space homes go, this would have to be the most warm and charming little dwelling. It's also portable as it's built onto a trailer so you never have to leave your home behind!
Benefits for You:
Inexpensive
to heat & cool A
classic, old-world design with a modern edge Your
friends will want one just like yours and you'll develop interest and
admirers wherever you take your little gypsy caravan No
mortgage required - build for cash.Dee Williams, featured in the video below, is one of the designers of the 'Don Vardo' Gypsy caravan. She's quite the celebrity these days all thanks to her little house!
