How to Build a Tiny House in a Week for $2000

TINY HOUSE
This is a very cool Tiny House and 10 foot x 14 foot. It's your Tiny House or Cabin, Workout Room, whatever! Fairly straight forward design and easy to build. Best foundation to use is Railroad Ties. Bamboo floor. Cedar Decks. Pre-Painted Siding. It's simple to add a small kitchen and bathroom if you want to continue on in that direction but ours is an office and workout room because we didn't need to cook and crap out here.
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[@persephonescharmvlog5842]

this is not a tiny home. this is a room. there is a difference.

[@slapfactors]

Lol it’s a glorified shed

[@thedbq1]

I wanted to write a mean comment because this is not a tiny house, but someway somehow i actually liked everything about that little building, no matter what u call it.

[@gonefishing3644]

This would make a nice little yoga studio or a writer's retreat. But you need a bathroom and some kid of rudimentary kitchen (counter top, dorm refrigerator, countertop microwave and coffeemaker) to call it a tiny house or guest cottage. And put some kind of window treatments over all that glass for privacy. Only then would you have a tiny house where a guest could spend a few nights.

[@Ki-yn7ze]

nice job but one thing this isnt a tiny home its more like a gym attachment to you home but its rlly nice

[@sanoldc]

It is inspirational for possible tiny home. Composting toilet and rain water option could make it a home. Thanks for sharing

[@oscarc7853]

I wish he had a step by step or how to, instead of a time elapsed video.

[@oscarc7853]

It's a mathematical equation. It involves and resolves the time elapsed between events. I was trying to help my nephew understand how to do this with a T chart. He was texting. I was drinking. Should have said lapse. Glad you asked?

[@SAMCARMAN]

I got 55 acres that i'd like to build this little casita on but definitely would need a crapper and an outdoor kitchen. Fabulous

[@omowalemtume2183]

I know this is a post from 2015, but I just wanted to say that you did a great job & should be proud of yourself!!!

[@ifoundjim]

+Omowale Mtume hey thanks... not many people realize how easy this is and how easy it is to add a kitchen and bathroom.

[@derekah.3359]

good vid and love the music... OMG! yall have those double doors as a walk-in entrance... The interior is great. Class and very tasteful. thank you for your hard work. Nice exercise room.

[@richfiryn]

Very nicely done, the finish design with the deck and fencing to tie the two spaces together was very well thought out and looks great.

[@Decadent36]

Although not a tiny house it is none the less a very nice addition to your home. I think it is a natural fit in that area with the way you've done it.

[@wildebtw]

Cool foundation idea Jim Howard. I wish I'd watched this before I built my "Shed".

[@bettebleu6065]

a shed, thanks fer playin'

[@ifoundjim]

+Bette Bleu awe... "shed up"

[@daglamorous69]

+Jim Howard Classic response!!!!!

[@ajhuser1]

+Jim Howard It's an awesome room, very nicely done and for that cost especially.

[@dianaott2662]

Very nice. I love it. A nice sink, counter for a coffee station for the early mornings riding the bike would be nice. Beautiful and serene!

[@BlackDollCollectors]

This is so cute! Can you give us a break down of cost? Do you have a website with the instructions of how you constructed everything?i would like to try this!

[@DreamPierre]

That would be amazing

[@StrawberryPhys]

Nicely done! Would have loved to hear how you did it and how it was done so inexpensively. I love the white. The music was almost too relaxing...ha.

[@jimmie200]

It's a great space and can be used for a lot of things. Good job you two!

[@74nativemtman]

Awesome job, thanks for sharing your tiny house build.

[@1saintsnut]

There is a difference between a tiny house and a shed and this is a shed

[@jojober1980]

a beautiful shed though :)

[@blondwiththewind]

Well....the title is misleading....because this is NOT a "Tiny House". It's basically an out-building "Tiny Room". It's nice for what it is...and it IS what it is....but it is NOT a "stand alone HOME". Congrats on your build...and I'm sure you will get a lot of use from this pleasant out-building. I did read with curiosity that you built it in the winter :-) Wish I could say that was possible where I am...but it's not...winter here involves a LOT of snow. :-)

[@TheRealAmythyst]

Amen it was a very Zen way to waste 9min of my life I will Never get back if they wanted us to just watch their amazing room that they made for themselves I mean TINY yoga studio then that's nice but don't say that it's a tiny house and you're looking at it's like what's the interior look like and then you find out that interior is just a simple room whoop dee doo

[@kelleyappleby5322]

+Amethyst Parker OMGosh!!! I am wheezing, dying, laughing!! My sentiments exactly - - you hit the nail on the head!

[@ifoundjim]

+Amethyst Parker and you're sitting watching people like me make things. I'd love to see your projects if you have any...

[@TheRealAmythyst]

Jim Howard yes it's called A job and also working on my clients as a licensed esthetician but I don't have to put their business out there I just see the results to the happiness in the continuation of them coming back to me for them to have better looking skin. I also have to take care of an aging mother you know being an adult we have to do things that we didn't ask to do but at the same time if I was to just make a video of my day-to-day life would be daunting and tiring also I wouldn't mislead anybody with wrong word usage. What you made was very beautiful but it wasn't what was said on the title that's all I'm saying if you have a problem with that then that's your fault. Honey I was to tell you that I went and got you a cake for your birthday and showed up with a sausage a hot cake from McDonald's, would I be wrong? Both delicious and pancakes are technically cakes.

[@blondwiththewind]

Kind of hard to believe that this video's title hasn't been corrected yet.

[@maryjohnson5228]

I love this space. I would connect with a bistro set and some plants. Ir use it for a daybed with small tv and night stand . Guest suite. Dayrroom etc. Endless possibilities.!!

[@ifoundjim]

Exactly 😸 IMAGINATION 😉

[@kristinangela7535]

That song is beautiful and so unexpected in a video such as this! Love it!

[@kristinangela7535]

I can't even focus on the video! Lol, I'm entering a state of creative zen right now! Haha!

[@relaxshacksDOTcom]

Looks nice.... dig the natural/simple interior too

[@djkenny1202]

What kind of insulation, bath, and kitchen does it have? Hooked up to city sewer and electric? Compost toilet and rain collecting? How does it function as living quarters.

[@plutoplatters]

God ... I just love all the experts !!!!! Good job..nice little "pad"

[@LeChatsMother]

Crazy comments. Anyway, this is gorgeous. Good job. Would make an excellent art studio for me if it had heat (doable), or even a great guest bedroom. Nicely done, not a house in the traditional sense but certainly a well executed design. Thanks!

[@charlesgannon9457]

Looks like an all season house.... It took ALL THE SEASONS to build 😂

[@monke2255]

Guys you've got talent.

[@steveg1961]

That angled paneling on the side walls is interesting. I don't think I'd do something like that, but I can't nay-say it because it's very interesting to look at.

[@cerimite7674]

With all the unemployed and despondent people that are losing their homes and rental evections these homes would be a godsend

[@persebra]

WOW, great job, especially the finishing touches like the deck.

[@ifoundjim]

per sebra thanks

[@onetalentedman2822]

Nice build looks great, you don't need plumbing or even electricity & that will probably be added to your build later I'm guessing. For all those with the brain of a snail that commented its a room I will tell them all its all you need in life a safe place to sleep. Young people have never probaly lived in a bed sit & will not see but living in one room saves a fortune on heating for starters. Stay humble and be your self that's me, as most people pretend there some thing there not there not living in the real world. Pretending to be rich living in large houses that will never be there's fools nobody. From RICK O'MORTIS, The Coffin Maker.

[@user-yc6vy3dk2q]

Yes!! In CA build these then rent it out just as much 😆

[@rossse02]

A "Tiny House" is only what the "Sheeples" want it to be. Looks like a tiny house to me. Thanks for sharing it.

[@TheOfficialBrownHeadedGoof]

What?

[@tettertotter3667]

Marvelous, nice and simple how I like it!!!

[@DavidSanchez-uo2cn]

Nice job, love the hood lamp at 4:40

[@TechRatReviews]

All that for an elliptical machine?

[@kelleyappleby5322]

Haha!!!! I thought the exact same thing!

[@drummerlovesbookworm9738]

Looks like nice yoga space

[@ifoundjim]

and you're in your chair...

[@sunlenb9145]

+Jim Howard lol

[@ifoundjim]

yep all that for an elliptical machine... hope you don't mind... LOL

[@triciawilliamson-bunn4431]

beautiful guest room

[@shaydavis1365]

I wish I could have seen how you installed the electricity. Do you have any pics of that? Thanks so very much for this video. Very impressive. I love your tiny house!!

[@dmonk1973]

This was enjoyable to watch your build. Looks great too. People are so ridiculous to leave anything but a positive comment. Thanks for sharing.

[@ifoundjim]

+Damien Monk hey no problem... that's the thing with KZbin and Social Media now is that everybody can be a commentator publicly. I don't care what bad comments are said anyway because it is a great little building and so easy to add the kitchen and bath but some folks are really short sighted aren't they?

[@feliciabrown2996]

With a couch or a Murphy bed and a compost toilet/ simple shower, I could have everything I need. A simple electric cooktop and a toaster oven could fit under the smaller windows.

[@ej3016]

so you still need a bathroom, a kitchen, water & electricity - in other words this is just a lovely room to use during daylight for yoga / exercising in!?

[@lindasunderlin6936]

E J No, I see electrical outlet inside and outside.

[@katrinar9310]

Too cute. Love the deck

[@gusrodriguez4305]

Looks nice, but is not a tiny house.. just a room..

[@lulolee5325]

For me all life renting small studio apartments this is studio apartment in a house form.

[@LawsOnJoystick]

a room is something withn a house, you find a room withen a house

[@KimWilsonTV]

Fabulous!

[@ifoundjim]

+Kimberley Wilson it is awesome... thanks!!!!

[@MakeMeThinkAgain]

Nice shed. I guess you don't have termites there.

[@robertclarkguitar]

That was absolutely amazing. I used to build the home Depot cabins and sheds as a sub contractor with my brother. I gave it up 10 years or so ago due to lack of sleep. We traveled and build at times 2 locations 16×20 twice with no sleep in 24 hours. lol. The wood back then was precut. However today I heard the walls are prefab. So i can imagine the quick builds. My brother now in TX. Builds cabins and sheds all exclusively himself with a few workers forming his own business completely cutting home depot out. With the growing of tiny homes he is making a killing. lol. Shed life.

[@janiceeh.janiceeh.1253]

Beautiful small home. I want one.

[@soyunbueymas6263]

Janice E, H,. Janice E, H,. me too, let's go half on one?

[@krakalaka911]

Where would you cook, shower, poop or sleep?

[@XTCgy911]

Although beautiful , This isn't really a tiny house ! It's a tiny room HA HA

[@KennethStevenson3]

Not a tiny house. But you built a very nice shed/office/meditation room type a thing..

[@seanmckee8106]

Correction. This IS a TINY House.

[@SK8NIK1]

How? Please post a video showing the electrics and plumbing as these are what makes a house rather than a shed:)

[@dakota481]

Nicole P I guess you never heard of off grid houses dumbass...

[@jomama8577]

@@dakota481 in the state I live, technically speaking, if it doesn't have a kitchen/food prep area, complete with cabinets and plumbing, it is not considered a dwelling.

[@johnmine5609]

@@dakota481 even dry cabins have a area that serves as a kitchen... this is a exercise room nothing more

[@nyc-brooklyngirl8340]

You did a good job wonderful thanks for the video :)

[@cesarmedelguitarist]

looks beautiful!

[@mariaherrera846]

I'm no contractor, but wood should never be in contact with dirt/ground. Why wasn't concrete piers used?

[@evawild8016]

+maria herrera Rail ties are treated for contact with the ground. If you don't enclose the open area underneath, it becomes a swell abode for skunks, etc. The outbuilding is very zen. I love separate buildings on my property. I built a one bedroom house and office, woodshop w/mancave, design studio, hot tub room, all are individual structures,built over an 8 year period with no loans. We are 70 ish and it's lovely to "go" someplace without having to actually GO anywhere at all..

[@theunknownknowsBYvoivod]

I like concrete but rail ties are pretty durable, often cheaper, and pretty easy to work with (once delivered, anyway).

[@derekah.3359]

oh okay... those are rail ties as in like the train tracks?... Wow, i thought about those too. those are usually made of steal if im not mistaken. im tempted to get a container. but what bothers me is- rust.

[@therealflamelit]

the track is steel..the ties are treated lumber thick post

[@genesmith6509]

nice shed, pretty cool!

[@katr7680]

Love the music

[@blueherringjw93]

nice house, beautiful music,

[@fatfox6706]

nicest dog house I've ever seen

[@mikenelson5230]

Great music! Thanks for the inspiration!

[@ifoundjim]

cool thanks

[@Kikinahm]

Nice job simplifying the roof.

[@iAmJordanEvans]

Beautiful!!! Love the look

[@ifoundjim]

+Jordan Evans so do I... we love our place whether we use it daily or not... it's cheap!!

[@normanmerrill1241]

Nice job...looks great...

[@burningmanmike]

very good work, grasshopper.

[@MadWeiner]

Excellent design.

[@user-uh7qr9ov1x]

nice film and nice music.....thank you...

[@AStanton1966]

Nice job. However, in my opinion, this beautiful building deserved a better foundation than the one it was given.

[@yovany903]

good job jim it looks really nice congradulations

[@alexiebaj2592]

nice extra room :)

[@6bettyboo9]

Very nice ! I like how you angled the T and G on the far wall.

[@ifoundjim]

6bettyboo9 thanks

[@jackofalltrades1476]

Nice Tiny house. What kind of bamboo are the green ones? Thanks

[@BombaStickization]

Very nice !! It IS inspiring thanks for sharing this

[@evaoti6914]

Hello wondering if u cud tell me what size lumbers u used and how many to build this awesome place?:)

[@shannagarroutte7829]

Do you have a list of the materials used? Looking to stay in a budget like this

[@zmw7671]

Hello, Thanks for sharing this video! Could you please tell me the name of this song in this video or what kind of music it is?

[@seanmckee8106]

This IS a Tiny House. For those who claim it is not, it is. It falls into the category of many similar homes deemed as Tiny House. As it states on Wiki, there is no set definition as to what constitutes a Tiny House and the name is not a trademark. It is merely a movement, not a structural guideline. Concerns about structural integrity about Tiny Houses is the only guideline but that is irrelevant, and so are personal interperetations regarding what Tiny House dimensions should be. This builder has built a great Tiny House structure for surprisingly low cost. This has been one flaw in the Tiny House movement is the large expense people spend building their Tinies. Granted more would need to be spent expanding the interior but getting this far as this cost and this finished is still impressive. Lowering costs is the next evolution in building Tinys and this is great example. Spending $40k to build one is unwise. Some have gotten into trouble following someone elses interpretation of a Tiny House. Ignore these Tiny House Police! Build one on budget like this one. That's what the movement is about. Saving money with this new lifestyle. The original Tiny House makers should appreciate this low-cost evolution if they really are true to the movement. Which NOBODY owns BTW.

[@LMGM5]

Awesome, very well done.

[@catalinbarbulescu4903]

the house is cool!

[@halverdog4146]

A masterpiece

[@Nuttsackchin]

song is giving me chills

[@gck86]

very beautiful. impressive

[@Omastian]

Very nice, thank you for sharing.

[@ifoundjim]

thanks!

[@wvejumper]

Awesome and very professional. But umm...looks like it took -way- more than a week though.

[@ifoundjim]

+Philips P. 1 week

[@simplylivinghomestead8282]

Can you break down your costs for us? I want to make one, by using as much recyclable product as possible, i.e. reclaimed wood from barns and such, and fixtures from auctions, tear-downs, yard sales and freebies.

[@DavidisDawei]

Wonderful job!

[@theunknownknowsBYvoivod]

Looks great!

[@jachansen32]

I have a 400sqft cabin with piers 6ft deep in the ground, railroad ties on top of the piers 2x6 tongue and groove decking on top. That decking serves as the floor for the cabin, which is a little drafty in 30 degree weather. After 20 years the railroad ties don't show any signs of breaking down. I do happen to know they rot from the inside out usually due to bugs, not ground or water contact. Don't discount railroad ties, they are cheap and very usable. Plus you get to recycle in the process. If they only last 30 or 40 years, I think that's acceptable for a $2000 building. Jack it up with a bottle jack and change them out like a flat tire.

[@ifoundjim]

+Jacob Hansen great response. Some folks replying on KZbin know way to much for their own good and end up looking kind of foolish.

[@renelopez2244]

looks great

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

I need to get a job, mortgage a place in the boondox & build six of these as rural townhouses. Gotta get my gasfitters and electrician's license too though so the LPG piping is legal

[@ifoundjim]

Excellent Idea👍👍👍👍

[@jaymcclary6539]

Good job bro in new year this would be 1200 a month on rent. Great job

[@joannaw8067]

nice build

[@Sbdj3]

Do you mind dropping the dimensions and materials list..? Please and thank you.

[@SamSam-yf2xj]

Nice shed

[@ifoundjim]

We LOVE OUR SHED!!!

[@SamSam-yf2xj]

Jim Howard so stop calling it a tiny house

[@kennybyrd770]

Nice build! Was that 1980 bldg material costs?

[@liviubutnaru9503]

bravo!nice work

[@theinternationalentity2459]

The deck is nice for salsa dancing.

[@user-tf8jr5lx2k]

And the metal roof where u got it from and what is it called plz

[@jeffharmed1616]

Well planned and executed thank you. To come in under $2k you need to have owned the forest and the wood mill.

[@ifoundjim]

+Jeff Harmed and have friends with spare stuff they weren't using... and Craigslist of course!

[@brianpacheco1927]

Was this part of a kit or hand made? The end result looks great. I'm also thinking about doing some white siding, etc. on mine. Might have to go with a more permanent foundation for mine as it will be 24 x 14.

[@ifoundjim]

This was hand built. I wanted a Lean-to style design for my backyard.

[@brianpacheco1927]

Jim Howard I'll probably be going with a single sloping roof on mine as it simpler than a gable and I prefer the design. How much did the bamboo flooring cost?

[@TSunshineful]

Nice music :)

[@sammoore4472]

How many people watching this got up 5 times to see who was ringing the doorbell?

[@SK8NIK1]

lol

[@melodious54]

What is this music? So lovely!

[@harrypatt7708]

This is beautiful great job ❤👍🏼