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Tiny houses are a possible affordable home solution.
But as recent cases in Victoria show, you must simply follow the rules !! Victoria allows living in a caravan - if it does not cause a nuisance. It must be registered as a caravan - simple, cost an extra $1000 or so plus annual rego.
Also in another case a huge building in the front driveway can be called a nuisance, in our opinion it looks awful.

We can provide plans to minimize the cost of a tiny house, while complying with all regulatory requirements so they comply with the Building Act and Road Caravan requirements.
Note most local authorities require you to have the tiny house registered as a caravan, we can assist with this.

At Affordable Price Housing we have the experience and expertise to provide solutions for all aspects through from planning, subdivision, house design, construction, and costing of all stages.

Our tiny house uses a strong lightweight steel frame.

Fitting within regulatory frameworks is challenging.

For maximum economy we use:-
- Bolt and screw together DIY construction, no welding.
- Standard colourbond cladding.
- Fully insulated shell.
- Maximum utilisation of space, by placing the bed over the kitchen area.

- The tiny house dimensions have to fit the caravan size regulations, maximum 2.5m wide, maximum 4.3 high, 12m long - allowing 2m for drawbar leaves 10m for the body.

- Complying with the building regulations so the tiny house could be used as a permanent home on a normal block is difficult, matters to be considered include:-
- Insulation under the new building regulations requires thick walls which restrict available space inside.
- The height and set back rules will restrict how close the tiny home can be to the property boundaries.
- Space for fitting a laundry tub must be found.
- An awning must be provided over the front door.
- Level access must be provided into the front door.
- Our design complies with ceiling height requirements of building regulations.

We can provide detailed advice.

An expandable caravan is the best option for a legal Tiny House.

- Potentially the floor area can be a full 1/2 bedroom size of 70 m2,
- Compared with only 24 m2 for a standard caravan profile.
- Current models on the market are not satisfactory.
- They need to be registrable as a caravan which we can arrange.
- Also they should comply to the Building Act to cover all options, again not difficult for us to design.