I Built My Tiny House for $50K – My Brother Helped Me Save a ‘Huge Amount of Money’ and Every Shape Has a Function

An expert builder has revealed the unique tiny home on wheels they built on a limited budget.

The project could have generated considerable costs – but with his brother’s help, the craftsman made the most of each of the house’s features.

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Influencer and farmer Brian (@BidwellCanyonFarm) divided the money invested in the small house, which totaled about $50,000, into seven different sections in a recent video on Youtube.

Brian wanted those looking to create a similar tiny home or hire a company to do it to have a better understanding of what they could expect to pay.

He also noted that the tiny house was completed entirely by his family, saving considerable labor costs that other prospective tiny house owners might incur if they hired additional assistance.

The resources were distributed across needs such as infrastructure, electrical, appliances, plumbing, furniture, cabinets and fasteners.

Brian explained, using unique shapes to designate each of the seven sections, that its infrastructure was without a doubt the most expensive part of the two-year construction.

In total, it cost about $20,825.

About $8,500 went toward the wood siding.

“The lumber, including the framing for the walls, the siding for the walls and roof, all the interior wood that you see here, totaled $8,510,” Brian told viewers.

Another $5,835 was spent on the trailer where the tiny house sits.

Brian added that about $2,692 went into sliding glass doors and windows, and roof materials cost about $2,370.

Lastly, insulation and other miscellaneous costs were about $1,090.

For the electrical part, the total cost was $7,031 to implement what they needed in the small house.

The farmer explained that it was a 12-volt system with solar energy to be able to recharge consistently on the road.

Appliances like a full-size refrigerator, propane water heater, composting toilet, and “any permanent fixtures like sinks,” according to Brian, cost about $6,138.

Each item of the total appliances cost about $1,000.

The plumbing was relatively accessible compared to the other elements of the building.

For all the valves and piping needed, it cost about $2,318.

The furniture cost almost twice as much, costing $4,383.

This includes a king-size bed in the tiny house’s loft, a leather sofa in the miniature living room, and all non-permanent appliances.

BROTHERS ECONOMY

In the last two sections of the house, cabinets and fixtures, costs were much lower than they could have been, thanks to Brian’s brother.

He explained that his brother donated the beautifully finished wood for the kitchen cabinets, which saved him “a tremendous amount of money,” only having to pay about $3,104 for what could have been much more.

The fasteners, or “nails, screws, glues, caulking” and more, needed to assemble the tiny house, cost about $1,797.

Brian said he was impressed with the fastener section’s contribution to the grand total of $50,000.

It’s something that isn’t considered as heavily as infrastructure, plumbing, and some of the other obvious essentials in any living space.

The farmer explained that although all seven sections of the tiny house built alone brought him and his family a total of less than $50,000, it was the travel, meals and other expenses incurred with the mobile aspect of the tiny house that took it up a notch. .

Considering all possible expenses involved in the project, Brian arrived at the final value of US$50,935.01.

For more related content, check out The US Sun’s coverage of a tiny house built for $55,000 because of a hefty “sewer fee.”

The US Sun also tells the story of a resident who built his small house in his parents’ garden and lived rent-free for years.