No. 32 - The Alberta (Free small house plan)

One, bedroom, One Bath, Single floor small house living all under 500 square feet!

The Alberta is a modified version of the No. 3 - Ash plan released in 2014. These client based modifications are intended to equip the house to be used as an accessory dwelling unit in the Alberta neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. It features:

• Bedrooms: 1 bedroom
• Bathrooms: 1 bath
• Ceiling heights: 8' 0"
• Conditioned space: 480 sq. ft. 
• Overall dimensions including porch:  16' x 32' 
• Crawl space
• Print size: 24" x 36"
• Immediate PDF download with license to submit
• Design criteria: IRC, with modification to meet the Oregon Residential Code

For accurate cost estimating try BUILDING-COST.NET, a *FREE* online tool. Material costs can be obtained by visiting a local building supply center with your plans and requesting a free "take off" for your project.

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Latest "Rolling Bungalow" Builders

Introducing Jason Lohbeck & Tiny Terrapin 

Jason & his wife and partner, Christina

Recently Christina Lohbeck contacted me to tell me that she and her husband, Jason, (and their kids) have been building their own version of THE small HOUSE CATALOG's  free tiny house plan, the No. 1 Tiny House Plan (The Moschata), and to share their blog. I visited the site and discovered they're doing a fabulous job on their tiny house; one can see it in the details and so I decided to share their project with subscribers. 

Jason describes himself as the father of two boys, 5 and 8, and married to their wonderful mom. I've been a stay-at-home dad now for 8 years. Now that both boys will be in school full time in the near future, I'm embarking on a new business endeavor: building a tiny house to sell. And by the looks of the work so far I don't think he'll have an issue finding a buyer.

His website is called Tiny Terrapin and features cool project updates and photos. For those of you interested in tiny houses consider going over and join the mailing list (we did) to get regular email updates - and, hey, it's an even better idea if you're looking to buy your own turn-key tiny house like the Moschata tiny house!

I'm including some photos of the Lohbeck's work here but don't take my word for it, check out the website and see for yourself. 

Help me keep Jason and Christina motivated to share more photos - let's follow their progress!

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No. 1 - Tiny House Plan

Drafted & designed by S. Dehner for THE small HOUSE CATALOG

The Moschata Tiny House "Rolling Bungalow" was one of the first tiny houses designed (and actually used) for full-time living. It's a whopping 170 sq ft that allows for a full working kitchen with a full size refrigerator, washing machine, wide sink, mini-oven, mechanical ventilation, and tons of storage and cabinetry; it has an office nook, living area with couch, propane fireplace, and site-built coffee or tea table. There's dual wheel-well storage cabinets (removeable), book shelves, a site-built folding dining table with two chairs, a queen size sleeping loft and front end storage or guest loft...and more. 

Built to be connected to a sewer or septic system it features a miniature bathtub-shower and a porcelain toilet with hand washing basin. And at 8'6" it's still wider than most tiny houses and was one of the first to stretch in the 18'-20' range. 

We lived in the original version of this tiny house for nearly three years while building the 765 sq ft Beekeeper's Bungalow. It still radiates curb appeal with its bright orange face and white trim, handsome Marvin double hung windows, and cute entry porch. Many versions of this house have since been built, why not download the plan - it's free - and get building!

Featured on CNN Living, Tiny House Blog, Tiny House Design, Top 7 Sunset finalist for mobile houses, and awarded favorite tiny house rental by HomeAway in 2014 on the Today Show.

DETAILS

• Estimated Cost to Build: $17,000
• Foundation: 7' x 20' Trailer
• Lofts:  60 sq. ft. sleeping loft, 18 sq. ft. storage/single sleeping loft.
• Main floor ceiling height (bath & kitchen): 6'-9 1/2"
• Main floor cathedral ceiling (living area): ~11'-0"
• Loft height: 42" 
• Conditioned space: 160 sq. ft. + lofts
• Overall footprint (including porch) : 8'-6" x 20'-0" 
• Optional dormer 

The full color plan includes:

• Photographic cover sheet
• Construction notes & design criteria
• Exterior elevations
• Dimensioned floor & loft plans
• Trailer specifications 
• Joist by joist floor framing plan
• Stud by stud wall framing plan
• Rafter by rafter roof framing plan
• 3D framing overview of entire house
• Transverse cross section
• Roof connection section
• Construction details (with dormer addendum)
• Interior isometric cross section for both sides of house
• Details for cabinetry, loft ladder, window casings, tea table, et al.
• Electrical & plumbing plans
• Materials list, complete appliances & fixtures lists, window & door schedules and more...
• FREE Revision Updates
• Email plan support
• PDF Print size: 18" x 24" (can also be printed @ home)
• Immediate download with license

Plans are PDF downloads. 

Renderings are approximate and are not literal representations of the designs. Designs are subject to change without notice.

download free IMPERIAL version download free dormers addendum Download free Metric Transliteration

This is a simple metric transliteration of the Imperial version. Additional considerations will be required by the builder.

Looking to redesign this tiny house? 

We now have SketchUp models available.

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The Soothing Quality of Cabinetry

Room enough for a future island, if desired.

All the work this week has been in the kitchen as we push to finish our Island House project. 

Home made cabinet doors

For months, the kitchen cabinets have been in place but without doors...this past week we made all the doors and hung them for fit using European Blum hinges for the first time. We liked that the cabinet doors could be hung and tested for fit, installed fully with the hardware; but then the doors themselves could be easily popped off the hinging mechanisms and removed for sanding, priming and painting.

When the doors were finished and dried, it was so easy to put them back on the hinges and know that there wouldn't be a repeated process of testing for fit. The adjustable nature of the Blum hinges and the slow stop closure function was a real treat to work with, new to us in our cabinet work and definitely something we will use again.

Hand built drawers

Other projects this week have included building the drawers (again using soft stop hardware for the glides and Blum products, very nice!) and obviously getting all the cabinet doors done. Countertops have been re-oiled and are looking lustrous. Today we'll work on drawer faces and installing the shelving in the cabinets.

We will shortly put the last hardware on the drawers and the kitchen will be done.

Kitchen is now complete - May 16.

 

Kitchen sink in beech butcher block countertop.

Freshly oiled beech butcher block

Built-in appliances permit customization with cabinetry. (GE Profile)

A few photos of the kitchen in progress...

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Doors Galore and Siding No More!

The last couple of weeks have hastened past in a hurry...a blurry hurry, in fact. We've been doing a lot - seeing some good progress and squeezing in some more visits with friends in the process - impossible to underemphasize morale boosts after many months of work!  

We built this door last summer for the garage. Delighted to install it this month!

We finished the entire siding project and even removed the plywood panels that provided us with built in staging on the pergolas for the project. A fully clad house is a joy to behold!  Celebrated that with deep sighs of relief and then some window washing to further dress up the house. 

One last outdoor project was to hang the side door for the garage. This was another we built last summer, so it's nice to see it hanging at last and it certainly livens things up outside! It's taken us some time to get used to no longer having an open air garage!

Inside, Shawn has been building doors and closets. He started with the upstairs walk in closet - cutting an angled door and getting it hung in short order. It went very smoothly as did the broom closet door in the kitchen. Last project was to build a closet into the second bedroom, which after some consultation with visiting friends, we sized just right. He framed it up and we then opted to build barn style doors that operate on a bi-fold rather than a full slider (space limits). The outcome was great. Priming and one coat of paint are finished, just a little more paint to go.

Shawn has also officially started the cabinet doors for the kitchen. He wanted to save the project for his closing job on the house as it takes time and concentration and it's easier to invest in those things when there aren't a lot of other "little things" hanging overhead. Perhaps some updates from that front next week.

 

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