Our solar system is being installed on the Tiny House! In this video, we meet the team from Solar Group (http://www.solargroup.co.nz) and watch the first part of our solar install. Because the roof of our Tiny House is so small, we needed a custom solution so both the hot water tank and the solar panel could fit on the roof. Thankfully, Roy and the team from Solar Group were up to the challenge! In our next video on the topic, we will be explaining how the system works and also showing the rest of the instillation. Read more about our solar system here: http://www.livingbiginatinyhouse.com/solar-hot-water-tiny-house/ Please follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/livingbiginatinyhouse Follow us on Twitter: @TinyHouseNZ Please subscribe for more videos on Tiny Houses, design, and sustainable, off-grid living.

Natural builder Alan from BioBuild (http://www.biobuild.co.nz) talks us through the process of installing our weatherboards for the Tiny House. The weatherboards that we are using are the Elements Vulcan + Cladding system from Abodo (http://abodo.co.nz/product/vulcan-plus-cladding/). These thermally modified pine weatherboards are light weight, and very high performance. We will be going into more details on these weatherboards in a future video as they really are quite special! For more info and to find our more about the materials used in this video, please visit our website: http://www.livingbiginatinyhouse.com/weatherboard-installation-1/ Please follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/livingbiginatinyhouse Follow us on Twitter: @TinyHouseNZ Please subscribe for more videos on Tiny Houses, design, and sustainable, off-grid living.

This week our house moves one step closer to being completely enclosed as our windows are installed! In this video, Alan from BioBuild Ltd shows us how to install the window flashings, sill support bar and the windows themselves. For more info and to find our more about the materials used in this video, please visit our website: http://www.livingbiginatinyhouse.com/install-window-flashing-windows/ Please follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/livingbiginatinyhouse Follow us on Twitter: @TinyHouseNZ Please subscribe for more videos on Tiny Houses, design, and sustainable, off-grid living.

In an ideal situation, you'll be able to find weatherboards that are able to span the length of your house which means you don't need to worry about joining them. In most cases though, that's not possible. Our weatherboards come in lengths of 4.5 meters, which means we will be needing joins in our longer sections. In this video, Jacob Drayton from BioBuild Ltd (http://www.biobuild.co.nz) takes us through the process of joining weatherboards. Remember, there are many different kinds of weatherboards out there, all with different profiles and requirements. Make sure you get advice from the manufacturer as to how to correctly join the type that you have. For more info and to find our more about the materials used in this video, please visit our website: http://www.livingbiginatinyhouse.com/weatherboard-installation-1/ Please support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/livingbig Please follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/livingbiginatinyhouse Follow us on Twitter: @TinyHouseNZ Please subscribe for more videos on Tiny Houses, design, and sustainable, off-grid living.

We're almost totally enclosed in our tiny house and will soon be moving onto the internal fit-out. We thought this was a great opportunity to show you around the house so far and what we have planned for the inside! For more info please visit our website: http://www.livingbiginatinyhouse.com Please support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/livingbig Please follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/livingbiginatinyhouse Follow us on Twitter: @TinyHouseNZ Please subscribe for more videos on Tiny Houses, design, and sustainable, off-grid living.

With the platforms for both the Lotus Belle tent and the Bathroom Hut built, a rope bridge was the obvious choice for joining the two. Here's how we did it! For more information on this house visit our website: http://www.livingbiginatinyhouse.com/lotus-belle-tent-or-yurt-platform/ Please support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/livingbig Please follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/livingbiginatinyhouse Follow us on Twitter: @TinyHouseNZ Please subscribe for more videos on Tiny Houses, design, and sustainable, off-grid living. 'Living Big in a Tiny House' © 2015 Zyia Pictures Ltd

Peak Oil, economic collapse, global warming. There is little question that if humanity remains on the path we are on now, then there is little hope for a sustained existence on the planet. We need to change our thinking and adopt a more harmonious stance to our relationship with the biosphere. The principles of permaculture teach us how it is possible to thrive on the earth and actually have a positive impact on the environment around us and together with the tiny house movement they provide a hopeful model for the future. Andrew Martin is the author of the book Rethink: ...Your world, Your future (http://amzn.to/1KShmDL). After waking up to the worlds sustainability crisis, Andrew left the high flying world of finance to move to New Zealand and start a permaculture farm where he now lives with his wife Beth. In this interview, we talk about his research, permaculture and how the tiny house movement provides insight into potential models of sustainable living. Read More: http://www.livingbiginatinyhouse.com/tiny-houses-and-permaculture/ Please support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/livingbig Please follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/livingbiginatinyhouse Follow us on Twitter: @TinyHouseNZ Please subscribe for more videos on Tiny Houses, design, and sustainable, off-grid living. 'Living Big in a Tiny House' © 2015 Zyia Pictures Ltd

Earthships can be built to create fantastic survival shelters. This simple shelter is being constructed in Te Puke (New Zealand) as part of a training program aimed at teaching survivors of Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu how to construct these robust buildings for their communities. More info on this project here: http://www.livingbiginatinyhouse.com/survival-shelter-earthship/ Please support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/livingbig Please follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/livingbiginatinyhouse Follow us on Twitter: @TinyHouseNZ Please subscribe for more videos on Tiny Houses, design, and sustainable, off-grid living. 'Living Big in a Tiny House' © 2015 Zyia Pictures Ltd

From the very beginning of this project, it was essential for me that my Tiny House be powered entirely though clean, renewable energy. Solar power is the cornerstone of this philosophy and so having the solar panels installed on the Tiny House feels like an incredible milestone. Read More: http://www.livingbiginatinyhouse.com/solar-panels-tiny-house/ Check out Solar Group: http://www.solargroup.co.nz Help me create more videos: https://www.patreon.com/livingbig Follow me on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/livingbiginatinyhouse Follow me on Twitter: @TinyHouseNZ Follow me on Instagram: @livingbiginatinyhouse Please subscribe for more videos on Tiny Houses, design, and sustainable, off-grid living. 'Living Big in a Tiny House' © 2015 Zyia Pictures Ltd

This tiny house is a craftsman s dream. There is such a high level of work that has gone into constructing every detail of this home. The construction is also completely sustainable with all items of the build being locally and sustainably sourced. It s not often you come across a tiny house, or indeed any house for that matter that has been finished to such an incredibly high standard as this home. Perhaps even rivalling the homes execution, is it s design with every inch being cleverly and effectively utilised. Better still, this home is designed to take full advantage of being on wheels and is designed for easy transportation. Become a Living Big Patron: https://www.patreon.com/livingbig Read More: http://www.livingbiginatinyhouse.com/handcrafted-eco-tiny-house/ Humble Handcraft: https://www.humblehandcraft.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/livingbiginatinyhouse Twitter: @TinyHouseNZ Instagram: @livingbiginatinyhouse Please subscribe for more videos on Tiny Houses, design, and sustainable, off-grid living. Music in this video: http://www.youtube.com/brycelangston Living Big in a Tiny House © 2017 Zyia Pictures Ltd

This spectacular tiny house situated on a multi generational family farm is absolutely breathtaking. Ruby grew up on this farm. The family has a deep connection to this land, and it s where Ruby wanted to deepen her roots by building her own home. Not wanting to get into a huge amount of debt, she wanted to keep her home small and simple and a tiny house was the ideal solution. She has added onto the main tiny house structure by creating seperate structures for both a shower / laundry room, as well as a toilet. Ruby is a gardener by profession and the area all around her home has been exquisitely planted to create majestic, productive gardens.. Plants even climb the exterior walls of the tiny house which helps to make the home feel even more enchanting. This is an amazing tiny house which has been situated in an incredibly special place. We hope you enjoy the full video tour! You can follow Ruby s adventures on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rubyalicewheeler/ Find out more about this tiny house and others on our website: https://www.livingbiginatinyhouse.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livingbiginatinyhouse Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/livingbiginatinyhouse Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tinyhousenz Please subscribe for more videos on tiny houses, architecture, DIY, design, and sustainable, off-grid living. Title music in this video by Bryce Langston: http://www.youtube.com/brycelangston Presented and Produced by: Bryce Langston Camera: Rasa Pescud & Bryce Langston Editing: Rasa Pescud Living Big in a Tiny House © 2021 Zyia Pictures Ltd #tinyhouse #architecture #smallspaces

These two derelict old railway carriages have been converted into an absolutely stunning off the grid home. Packed full of character and history from their time on the railway, these carriages are now a wonderful place to call home. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/livingbig Located in the Central Otago region in the South Island of New Zealand, this conversion project has been a true labour of love. The restoration and renovation took 8 years to get the home to it s current state working part time. https://www.livingbiginatinyhouse.com/railway-carriage-home-conversion/ Being located on such a remote property, the home is unable to connect to services and so is completely off the grid, capturing it s own rain water and generating it s power from a small solar system. Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/livingbiginatinyhouse/ Follow us on Twitter: @TinyHouseNZ Follow us on Instagram: @livingbiginatinyhouse Please subscribe for more videos on tiny houses, DIY, design, and sustainable, off-grid living. Music in this video: http://www.youtube.com/brycelangston Living Big in a Tiny House © 2018 Zyia Pictures Ltd

In this weeks episode, we venture to the beautiful sub-tropical Northern Rivers region of New South Wales to visit a spectacular off-the-grid tiny house on wheels, situated amongst stunning syntropic, regenerative, food forest gardens. For anyone who has dreamed of going off-the-grid and escaping to paradise to grow food and live simply, this is a video tour you will want to check out! This amazing tiny house is situated amongst wonderful syntropic gardens. Similar in many ways to permaculture syntropic farming is a form of dynamic regenerative agricultural forestry which uses a systems thinking approach to create an abundant, healthy, natural food forest. Focus is placed on formation of healthy soil biology and establishing microclimates so that food production and agriculture is synchronised with regeneration of the land. Super cool stuff! Equally as impressive as the gardens is the amazing off-the-grid tiny house on wheels. The home is solar powered with abundant rain water collection. A composting toilet helps to reduce the homes water consumption. Beautifully designed, there is abundant outdoor living space so that Anthony and Kirra can enjoy year round indoor / outdoor living. I hope you enjoy the full video tour of this incredible tiny home! To find out more about Anthony and Kirra s tiny house and regenerative agriculture adventures, be sure to follow them on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/little_house_in_the_woods_/ You. can also find out more about Anthony s work in plastic waste reduction via his website: https://www.plasticpollutionsolutions.com.au/ Anthony and Kirra are currently raising funds to build an Educational Centre for Regeneration & Resilience. Check out their campaign here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/preserve-and-create-a-regenerative-haven If you enjoy our videos, please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/livingbig Find out more about this tiny house and others on our website: https://www.livingbiginatinyhouse.com/off-the-grid-tiny-house-stunning-syntropic-food-forest-gardens/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livingbiginatinyhouse/ Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/livingbiginatinyhouse/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tinyhousenz Please subscribe for more videos on tiny houses, architecture, DIY, design, and sustainable, off-grid living. Title music in this video by Bryce Langston: http://www.youtube.com/brycelangston Presented and Produced by: Bryce Langston Camera: Rasa Pescud & Bryce Langston Editing: Rasa Pescud & Benjamin Newton Living Big in a Tiny House © 2020 Zyia Pictures Ltd

When you think of a semi-truck-trailer, the last idea that normally comes to mind would be home. Watching this video might just change your mind about that though. Mike and Heidi are an inspired...

In this weeks episode, we visit a wonderful young family who have built their dream off-the-grid tiny house on wheels. There are so many advantages to DIY building a tiny house beyond just the cost. You get to put your heart, soul and character into a house to truly make it your own and that s exactly what s happened with this home. Dan And Julie have built this beautiful home for themselves and their two children. All throughout this build there are many examples of ultra-clever design ideas, including a huge loft net to access the children s bedroom and the ability to create a fully secured kid-safe loft. This really is a fantastic design for a young family! In this case, the family worked closely together with a builder to design and construct a lock-up house shell. This is a popular option for DIY builders, as it allows the structural part of the home to be professionally constructed, while still giving them all the freedom to build the interior fit-out by themselves. This tiny house is also designed to be completely off-the-grid, allowing the family many options for places to park up their home in the future. Dan works as a tattoo artist doing incredible designs for people all over the world. You can find out more about his work here: https://www.instagram.com/totemic_tattoo/ Find out more about this tiny house and others on our website: https://www.livingbiginatinyhouse.com/dream-diy-tiny-house-with-amazing-kid-safe-loft/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livingbiginatinyhouse/ Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/livingbiginatinyhouse/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tinyhousenz Please subscribe for more videos on tiny houses, architecture, DIY, design, and sustainable, off-grid living. Title music in this video by Bryce Langston: http://www.youtube.com/brycelangston Presented and Produced by: Bryce Langston Camera: Rasa Pescud & Bryce Langston Editing: Rasa Pescud & Archmage Cappuccino Living Big in a Tiny House © 2020 Zyia Pictures Ltd #tinyhouse #architecture #alternativeliving #offthegrid

So many of us aspire to own a home close to the water, and it doesn’t get any closer than this! Inspired by the incredible float homes of British Columbia, this house boat in Auckland, New Zealand is sure to impress. Perfectly fitting into a 12 meter marina berth, this floating home (affectionally named Blue Turtle) is wonderfully designed to be open, spacious and fully featured despite its compact size. The home has two bedrooms, a spacious bathroom and enjoys a wonderful open plan kitchen, dining and living space upstairs, all with wrap around decks for amazing indoor / outdoor living. Located so close to Auckland City, this house boat has panoramic views across the marina and over towards the city beyond. For Olivia and Ryan, it’s a home which enables them to live a dream lifestyle, close to town and yet in a place where they can feel as though they are on permanent holiday. Enjoy the tour of this wonderful home on the water. You can follow Olivia and Ryan s journey on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blueturtlehouseboat/ Find out more about this tiny house and others on our website: https://www.livingbiginatinyhouse.com/a-dream-life-on-the-water-in-an-amazing-house-boat/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livingbiginatinyhouse/ Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/livingbiginatinyhouse/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tinyhousenz Please subscribe for more videos on tiny houses, architecture, DIY, design, and sustainable, off-grid living. Title music in this video by Bryce Langston: http://www.youtube.com/brycelangston Presented and Produced by: Bryce Langston Camera: Rasa Pescud & Bryce Langston Editing: Rasa Pescud Living Big in a Tiny House © 2020 Zyia Pictures Ltd #houseboat #architecture #smallspaces

These yoga teachers have done an amazing bus conversion and created not only a beautiful home for themselves but also a mobile yoga studio which will allow them to travel the country while teaching yoga. This off the grid bus is packed full of really unusual features, including unique indoor tents which help to provide more privacy and rooms within the bus. There’s loads of storage, including really neat ideas such as repurposed airline draws and lots more. The entire home has been DIY built with the principles of yoga in mind, and the couple have added a large yoga platform onto the roof of the bus turning it into a traveling yoga studio. We hope you enjoy the tour of this epic tiny house yoga bus! Find out more about this tiny house and others on our website: https://www.livingbiginatinyhouse.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livingbiginatinyhouse Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/livingbiginatinyhouse Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tinyhousenz Please subscribe for more videos on tiny houses, architecture, DIY, design, and sustainable, off-grid living. Presented and Produced by: Bryce Langston Camera: Rasa Pescud & Bryce Langston Editing: Sarah Binder & Rasa Pescud Title music in this video by Bryce Langston: http://www.youtube.com/brycelangston Living Big in a Tiny House © 2022 Zyia Pictures Ltd #yoga #housebus #schoolbusconversion

After losing her home and everything she owned in the Christchurch Earthquake of 2011, Vicki packed her bags and traveled to Australia where she built a whole new life for herself, including an amazing tiny house on wheels! Her tiny home is beautifully built and perfectly designed to fit her lifestyle. Situated on an idyllic permaculture farm amongst the tropical forest, this really is an amazing place to call home. Losing her home and all of her possessions in the earthquake has encouraged Vicki to build a new life focused on the things that are truly important to her and focusing on happiness, not things. There’s a lot to love about this tiny house and the inspiring woman who built it. We hope you enjoy the tour of this stunning tiny house! Find out more about this tiny house and others on our website: https://www.livingbiginatinyhouse.com/ If you enjoy our show and would like to help support our work, please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/livingbig Our Socials: https://linktr.ee/livingbig Please subscribe for more videos on tiny houses, architecture, DIY, design, and sustainable, off-grid living. Presented and Produced by: Bryce Langston Camera: Rasa Pescud & Bryce Langston Editing: Sarah Binder & Rasa Pescud Title music in this video by Bryce Langston: http://www.youtube.com/brycelangston Living Big in a Tiny House © 2022 Zyia Pictures Ltd #tinyhouse #tinyhousetour #simpleliving

We are excited to once again partner with Airbnb to bring you the tour of this stunning Airbnb cabin in New Zealand! If you think you might be interested in becoming an Airbnb host yourself, you can find out more here: http://airbnb.vaz6fn.net/LivingBig2 ​ (Disclaimer: We earn a small commission when people we refer start hosting on Airbnb.) In this weeks episode we meet Garry, who has constructed a spectacular, architecturally designed cabin in Twizel, New Zealand. This cabin was designed in collaboration between Garry and his architect, Barry Connor. This cabin is absolutely loaded with brilliant design. From the striking exterior designed to nestle the home into the landscape, through to the stunning cozy interior with wonderful windows that perfectly frame the exterior environment. This cabin is unquestionably home to some truly great design. Garry lives in the home part time, but also rents his home out on Airbnb. Becoming an Airbnb host has enabled him to share this very special architecturally designed space with others. You can book your stay in the Skylark Cabin here: https://www.airbnb.co.nz/rooms/47771464 You can visit the architects website here: https://www.barryconnordesign.co.nz/ Find out more about this tiny house and others on our website: https://www.livingbiginatinyhouse.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livingbiginatinyhouse Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/livingbiginatinyhouse Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tinyhousenz Please subscribe for more videos on tiny houses, architecture, DIY, design, and sustainable, off-grid living. Title music in this video by Bryce Langston: http://www.youtube.com/brycelangston Presented and Produced by: Bryce Langston Camera: Rasa Pescud & Bryce Langston Editing: Rasa Pescud & Archmage Cappuccino Living Big in a Tiny House © 2021 Zyia Pictures Ltd #tinyhouse #uniqueairbnbs, #airbnbpartner #architecture #smallspaces @airbnb

This week, we check out a game-changing trailer design which has revolutionised the tiny house industry. The split shift trailer, designed by Bay Engineering Solutions gives unparalleled functionality to the tiny house trailer, not only creating a great foundation with greater functionality for a home on wheels, but also enabling use of the trailer while the house is parked up! Bay Engineering supply these trailers for the New Zealand tiny house market, but with increased interest in their design from overseas, they have created plans that you can download to either DIY your own trailer, or give to an engineer to build one of these trailers for you. Find out more here: https://www.livingbiginatinyhouse.com/episodes/tiny-house-trailers/ In this episode, we talk all about the trailer design and what separates these split shift trailers from the others available on the market. When we started building our latest tiny house, we approached Bay Engineering Solutions who were happy to supply a trailer for our build, and we couldn’t be happier with the result. Find out more about this tiny house and others on our website: https://www.livingbiginatinyhouse.com/ If you enjoy our show and would like to help support our work, please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/livingbig Our Socials: https://linktr.ee/livingbig Please subscribe for more videos on tiny houses, architecture, DIY, design, and sustainable, off-grid living. Presented and Produced by: Bryce Langston Camera: Rasa Pescud & Bryce Langston Editing: Rasa Pescud Title music in this video by Bryce Langston: http://www.youtube.com/brycelangston Living Big in a Tiny House © 2023 Zyia Pictures Ltd #tinyhouse #tinyhousetrailer #tinyhousedesign