Amazon sells a $19,000 do-it-yourself tiny-home kit that only takes 2 days to build - here's what it looks like inside
This is one of the tiny homes for sale on Amazon — a build-it-yourself kit for a "getaway cabin."
The all-wood home is advertised as a cabin and not a full-fledged residence, likely because the tiny home only comes with bare materials and few features.
The tiny home is "large enough to function as a summer house, granny flat, home office or even a stand-alone retail building," the description says.
The floor map for the tiny home shows a little bit more about its specifications. The set-up is simple: three rooms on the main floor spanning 292 square feet, and an attic-level loft bedroom above.
The home also includes a partially covered deck out front, which is optional if you're not feeling the outdoor wooden floor.
To make best use of the small property, and to make the home easy to build, amenities are sparse. Without gas, it'd be hard to set up room as a kitchen. To make up for the lack of electricity, each room in the tiny home has at least one window for natural lighting.
To turn the cabin into a "primary residence," Allwood suggests adding utility hookups for electricity and internet, and insulation for colder temperatures.
Behind the tiny home's french doors, here's what the main, 16-foot-wide area would looks like.
The room is split up, however, by the ladder in the center that leads up to the small loft room above.
The loft area is where Allwood advertises that the bedroom would be located. The slanted roof makes hitting your head a surefire possibility — at its tallest height, the room measures less than 5 feet tall.
The Allwood listing for the tiny home shows that the building comes in three big parcels when it's shipped to you. All the materials needed for constructing the tiny home apparently come in the shipped package: roof shingles and gables, glass panes, nails and screws, and the lock for the door.
Allwood says only "minimal tools are needed." For the interested buyer who has minimal building experience, the package is accompanied with "easy to use" instructions that should be simple to follow.
However, it is possible you'll need outside expertise for building the tiny home. The tiny home kit comes with floor boards, but not with materials for building a foundation that ensures the home is secure and stable.
Adding a foundation made of gravel or concrete can help to give a house a stable base, especially if you're trying to build a tiny house on grass (that can soften in the rain) or on ground that's not flat.
This particular tiny home kit goes for $18,800 on Amazon. The listing suggests that building the cabin can take as little as two days with two people working.
Fortunately, shipping on this home is free.
But Amazon also sells other tiny homes of varying sizes and designs too. On the cheaper side, this one-room 113-square-foot cabin goes for $5,350.
Lillevilla also suggests not using this as a tiny home, but instead as a "home office, lake house, guest cottage, yoga studio, retail kiosk, or simply a retreat in your back yard."
On the pricier side, Amazon sells this Timberline cabin. For $34,900, this home is 354 square feet and is more customizable, which makes changing the home's floor plan much easier
Amazon also sells other build-it-yourself home kits selling for $46,900 and $64,650. However, these houses are much bigger than the 400-square-foot maximum under the definition of a "tiny house."
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