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\nThe tiny house movement originated in the United States in the late 1990s. Typically these small homes aren\u2019t larger than 46 square meters with some as small as 11 and half square meters. That is smaller than most master bedrooms. The movement has since spread to New Zealand, Canada and Australia and today we talk to Lara Nobel<\/strong> who has built one and is getting so many demands to build more she is starting a business building them.
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Kevin<\/b>:\u00a0 I wonder if you\u2019ve seen a show on Foxtel about tiny houses. It\u2019s called \u201cTiny House Hunting,\u201d and it\u2019s all about people who are looking for their perfect tiny home. Now, these homes aren\u2019t just small; they take tiny to a whole new level. Typically, they\u2019re small homes. They\u2019re no larger than about 46 square meters, and some transportable tiny homes are as small as 11.5 square meters \u2013 and that\u2019s smaller than most master bedrooms.
\nI conducted an interview on our consumer show on Real Estate Talk on radio recently and spoke to Lara Nobel, who joins me now. Lara and her partner have gotten together. They were architects, and they\u2019ve taken up a whole new trade, which we\u2019ll talk about in just a moment, just so they can build their tiny house.
\nHi, Lara. Thanks for your time.
\nLara<\/b>:\u00a0 Hi, Kevin.
\nKevin<\/b>:\u00a0 That was a big move. You\u2019ve moved from being an architect; you\u2019re now almost a qualified carpenter. You\u2019re doing an apprenticeship, are you?
\nLara<\/b>:\u00a0 Yes, that\u2019s correct. I was a graduate architect, so I\u2019d done all the study, and now I\u2019m almost a qualified carpenter.
\nKevin<\/b>:\u00a0 What sparked the interest in tiny houses? What\u2019s the attraction for you?
\nLara<\/b>:\u00a0 There are lots of factors that attracted us \u2013 and also, Greg, who is part of the project \u2013 to the tiny house movement. We even went over to Portland in America to the Tiny House Conference earlier this year.
\nSome of the factors are to do with affordability and what kind of a lifestyle you can lead with a massive mortgage, downsizing in terms of how much stuff you need to own, and also sustainability issues about living off the grid. Those are some of the reasons that drew us towards it.
\nKevin<\/b>:\u00a0 You and your partner, Andrew, have recently completed the construction of your own tiny home. Tell us a little bit about that one.
\nLara<\/b>:\u00a0 We started designing earlier in the year and teamed up with the crew that I work with, that I\u2019m doing my apprenticeship with, so there were a couple of other guys helping us heaps on the build.
\nThe design is built on a trailer, which is about 7.5 meters by 2.5 meters. It\u2019s less than two car parking spaces, and it has pretty much everything you need \u2013 well, everything we think we need. It has two spaces where you can fit double mattresses, so a loft space and a bed that lowers down from the ceiling. It has a little bathroom, shower, composting toilet, kitchen, laundry, and it also has a deck that packs down.
\nKevin<\/b>:\u00a0 You say this has got everything that you need, and no doubt, it does for you and Andrew. I imagine they\u2019re great for couples. What about families? Do you think that a family could actually fit into one of these?
\nLara<\/b>:\u00a0 I guess it depends on the family and their lifestyle to a certain extent. Most likely, a couple and a small child would easily cope very well in the tiny house, especially, in Queensland, because we can spend so much time outdoors and on the deck and in the garden. We\u2019ve got a very good climate for it.
\nRealistically, in such a small space, a larger family would have to make bigger compromises \u2013 not to say, they couldn\u2019t do it. I\u2019ve heard of families traveling around in caravans with three kids, and that\u2019s also cool, so it just depends.
\nKevin<\/b>:\u00a0 The tiny house movement itself originated in the States. I know that you have traveled to Japan and Berlin. What are some of the influences that you brought back to put into your property?
\nLara<\/b>:\u00a0 When I was traveling in Japan, one of the focuses of the study trip was on small spaces and micro housing. In Japan, there are a lot of smaller spaces, and they have different techniques that they use in order to organize those spaces \u2013 whether it is tatami mats or rolling beds out at night and packing them away during the day. I learned a few strategies from that.
\nAlso, we got to visit a couple of architecturally designed small houses that were very tall. I learned a bit of strategy about stacking spaces and multi-use of the one space \u2013 so a bedroom that\u2019s also a living room that\u2019s also a dining room. There was a lot of influences from that, and also, of course, a bit of Japanese joinery and my love of timber.
\nKevin<\/b>:\u00a0 I understand you\u2019re taking this to a whole new level starting your own company to build these \u2013 the Tiny House Company. How\u2019s that going?
\nLara<\/b>:\u00a0 Well, we have a lot of interest. It\u2019s amazing. A lot of people are excited about the idea. We haven\u2019t got a facility yet where we can build, but that\u2019s going to happen early next year. We have some very interested customers, and we\u2019re embarking on that most likely early in the new year.
\nKevin<\/b>:\u00a0 What prices will they come in at? Is there a price point at all, Lara?
\nLara<\/b>:\u00a0 It depends. We\u2019re looking at a range of prices. There has been a lot of people interested in the DIY side of it. They\u2019re interested in building their own, but they don\u2019t really know where to get started, and they\u2019d like the help from qualified carpenters and trailer makers to get them off the ground, so to speak \u2013 so kind of a shell, which they can fit out themselves.
\nThen we\u2019re looking at anything between\u2026 The trailer that we built ours on was over $10,000. I think some people in Australia see some of the stuff online from America, and it\u2019s people claiming that they\u2019ve built a tiny house for under $20,000. Realistically, they\u2019re a lot well over what we\u2019re making, more like around the $100,000 mark, depending on what you want.
\nKevin<\/b>:\u00a0 I understand. Have you got a website for the business yet? Is that operational?
\nLara<\/b>:\u00a0 Yes, we do. It\u2019s http:\/\/www.TinyHouseCompany.com.au<\/a>.
\nKevin<\/b>:\u00a0 That\u2019s pretty easy to find \u2013 TinyHouseCompany.com.au.
\nMy guest has been Lara Nobel. Lara, thank you. All the best for the future, and stay tiny.
\nLara<\/b>:\u00a0 Thank you, Kevin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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