Tiny houses · For sale, made to order
Small house, big ideas.
I build timber tiny houses in my workshop in the Pays de Belvès, in the Dordogne. On a trailer so you can move it, or on piers to settle it at the bottom of the garden. You buy it and it's yours: no rental, no subscription.
What's it for?
One little house, a thousand lives.
The frame, insulation and cladding stay the same. It's the inside that makes it.
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Tiny house
A proper little home: a mezzanine to sleep in, a kitchen, a shower. For living lighter, or for keeping a parent close by.
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Tiny pub
A bar, bench seats, a fireplace, and a whole wall that opens onto the terrace. Your local, at the bottom of the garden.
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Tiny spare room
Friends and family get a place of their own, and you keep yours. Everybody wins.
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Tiny office
A thirty-second commute, and a door that shuts out the noise of the house.
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Tiny gym
A solid floor, headroom and plenty of light. No more excuses for skipping the session.
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Tiny studio
A painting studio, music room, yoga or pottery space. Somewhere of your own to do what you love.
The tiny pub
The village pub, at the bottom of the garden.
A 5.20 m cabin on a trailer, with a bar facing a big 2 m by 2 m opening onto the terrace. Inside: buttoned bench seats, panelling, a fireplace and shelves for the bottles. Open the wall up in summer, light the fire in winter.
The first one is underway in the workshop. Yours is built to order, fitted out however you like: cocktail bar, wine cellar, snug cinema or games room.
The pictures here are concept visuals, to give you the feel: every tiny pub is built to order.
On the go in the workshop
From bare chassis to cladding.
A tiny house is built like a house, only smaller and on wheels. Here are the stages, with photos from the workshop.
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The chassis
A galvanised twin-axle trailer, made to carry a house.
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The insulated floor
Joists, a breather membrane underneath, insulation in between. Warm feet from day one.
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The frame and roof
The timber-frame walls, then the trusses, cut and put together in the workshop.
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Membrane and cladding
A breather membrane, battens for the air gap, then the vertical timber cladding.
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Weathertight
Clad, roofed, openings cut: time to fit out the inside.
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And yours?
Size, layout, finish: we start from what you want to do with it.
Questions
What people ask me most.
Do you rent out tiny houses?
No. I build them to sell: you buy it, it's yours, and you do what you like with it.
On wheels or on piers?
Either. On a trailer it can move house with you. On piers it settles at the bottom of the garden and stays put. We choose together, depending on the ground and what it's for.
How much does a tiny house cost?
It depends on the size, the chassis, the insulation and above all the fit-out. Every tiny house gets a detailed quote: call me on 06 49 75 18 73 or drop me a line with what you have in mind.
Do I need permission to put one in?
It depends on the commune, the use and how long it stays. As a rule, a tiny house on wheels kept on a plot for more than three months a year needs a declaration at the mairie, and the local plan (PLU) always has the final say. Best to check with your mairie before we start: we'll go through it at the first meeting.
Where do you deliver?
They're built in the workshop in the Pays de Belvès. I mostly work within about forty kilometres of Belvès and Monpazier, in the Dordogne and Lot-et-Garonne. Further afield, let's talk.
Do you speak English?
Yes. The quote, the back-and-forth and updates on the build come in French or English, whichever suits you.