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Lou built her 7.2m long tiny house on a Fred’s Tiny Houses flat top trailer in the Northern Rivers area in NSW with the help of her partner and a retired tradie friend. An award-winning travel writer, Lou had no prior experience building, designing or using power tools. That all changed when she set about creating her dream tiny house on wheels. 

Hear about her:

• Experience designing on paper & building for the first time;
• Choice of materials and making changes to her design along the way;
• Designing the lighting and window choices;
• Financial budget breakdown of all the big-ticket items in her tiny house;
• Advice she would give to anyone embarking on their own tiny house journey. 

Helpful links from this episode:

• Blog article with photos of Lou and her tiny house on wheels.
• Video tour of Lou’s tiny house on wheels.
• Follow Lou on Facebook: @noimpactgirl & her blog: www.noimpactgirl.com
• Windows Supplier: https://midcoastwindows.com.au/
• Kaboodle Kitchen: https://www.kaboodle.com.au/
• Acacia bench tops from Bunnings.
• Joiner who made the staircase: Matt @ http://www.esotericxs.com/
• Wood list:
  • Western Red Cedar external cladding
  • White Gum bench top and handrail
  • Recycled Blackbutt floorboards
  • Merbau vaneer 
  • Birch ply stairs
  • Poplar ply ceilings 
  • Falcata plywood
• Fred's Tiny Houses Trailer 7.2m Flat Top, 2400mm wide 
• Tiny House University - How To Build A Tiny House: The Australian Online Course.

Music for Candid Tiny House is by Scott Buckley. 
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Bree and Lucas DIY built their beautiful, fully-equipped 7.8m long tiny house in Bree’s parents’ back yard on weekends over a two year period, while they both worked full time.  

Hear about their:

• Experience using the light-weight wood paulownia as exterior cladding;
• Creation of a design that reflected their values and met their (sometimes divergent) needs;
• Overcame significant building setbacks;
• Outsourced some aspects of the building;
• Financial budget for the tiny house. 

Helpful links from this episode:

• Blog article with photos of Bree and Lucas and their tiny house on wheels.
• Video tour of their tiny house on wheels.
• Follow Bree & Lucas on Instagram @Dream.Plan.Do.Repeat
• Rangehood design and installation: https://www.custominstallations.com.au/
• Gaps for sealing exterior cladding.
• Oil for bench-tops. 
• Spoonflower wallpaper.
• David Linton - carpenter in Maleny.
• Paulownia and the materials density list.
• Fred's Tiny Houses Trailer 7.8m Protruding Wheel Guard. 
• Tiny House University - How To Build A Tiny House: The Australian Online Course.

Music for Candid Tiny House is by Scott Buckley. 
Shannon Schultz 2021 ©

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Deon and Marine DIY built their 7.2m long tiny surf house in Northern Beaches, NSW. Keen to build a tiny house on wheels that supports their surfing lifestyle and their eco values, Deon and Marine learnt on the job and adapted to their changing circumstances.  

Hear about their:

• Experience building their tiny house while off-grid and outside;
• Finding a place to build and live in their tiny house;
• Sourcing custom fittings to suit their unique dimensions;
• Insurance hurdle jumping;
• Injuries sustained;
• Design considerations, and
• Financial and weight budgets and calculations. 

Helpful links from this episode:

• Blog article with photos of Deon & Marine and their tiny house on wheels.
• Video tour of their tiny house on wheels.
• Follow Deon & Marine on Instagram: @tinysurfhouse & @hang10distillery 
• CIL Insurance
• Youi Insurance
• VSB1 
• Over-height 4.6 meter route guidance map.  
• Fred's Tiny Houses Trailer 7.2m Flat Top. 
• Tiny House University - How To Build A Tiny House: The Australian Online Course.

Music for Candid Tiny House is by Scott Buckley. 
Shannon Schultz 2021 ©

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Luke and Jess DIY built their off grid tiny house in record time, and lived in it for two years in Brisbane, QLD. 

Hear about their:

• Journey building without previous experience and with family support; 
• Transporting their tiny house interstate;
• Living together in their tiny house;
• Council regulation considerations;
• How their tiny house chapter has helped them leap-frog into their next chapter in life. 

Helpful links from this episode:

• Blog article with photos of Luke and Jess and their tiny house on wheels.
• Video of this interview.
• https://oceancrusaders.org/
• https://fredstinyhouses.com.au/tiny-house-trailer/
• Tiny House University - https://www.tinyhouseuniversity.com.au/courses/how-to-build-a-tiny-house

Music for Candid Tiny House is by Scott Buckley: https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/
Shannon Schultz 2021 ©

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Candid Tiny House is a series of honest interviews with people who have built a tiny house on a Fred's Tiny Houses Trailer in Australia after taking a Workshop or Online Course with Fred.  

Mine these interviews for tiny house building tips that are grounded in reality and experience. 

Hear stories of everything that it's taken to build each tiny house on wheels, including: 

• the financial costs & the savings; 
• the things they wish they knew before starting out on their tiny house building journey;
• the injuries & the community support; 
• the setbacks & triumphs; and
• the compromises & innovations.

Instead of presenting a shiny tiny house ideal, we take a gritty and realistic look at the enormous feat it takes to build a tiny house on wheels. Each client sets out to make a home that is a successful road vehicle as well as being a comfortable place to live in year-round.

See a tour or video component of each interview on the Fred's Tiny Houses You Tube channel.

Enjoy photos of each episode and read a short article on each tiny house story on the Fred's Tiny Houses Blog.

Be inspired by all the people who have walked the path before you.

Access an informed community of conscientious tiny house builders and see the results of their efforts on Fred's Tiny Houses YouTube channel, then start your build well informed and better equipped for the journey ahead!

Season 1 (E1-6) starts on Friday 24th September 2021.

All the interviewees are in Australia and we focus exclusively on information that is relevant to Australia.

Shannon Schultz is your host on Candid Tiny House. She talks to people every day about their tiny house projects at Fred's Tiny Houses and enjoys getting real about tiny houses and everything that is involved in making them and living in them. She picks up the technical stuff from Fred (her husband) and loves catching up with clients to celebrate their journey and their tiny house successes! :-)

Music for Candid Tiny House is from Scott Buckley: https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/
Shannon Schultz 2021 ©