We are doing this right now, but a larger house. We went for a steel framed home. We have had fantastic support from the kit home company which has been invaluable. Have you built before? We hadn't. We did the roof ourselves, but would recommend outsourcing it if you have the budget. Get recommendations on all tradespeople if u are doing it yourselves. Our kit home company have been good here again. Get ready for the ride of your life, it's all consuming, but a real life experience!

I'm in New Zealand ( as a lot of you know ) and our rules are different , and will maybe act as a warning . Councils seem to be left-leaning , and therefore see anyone with property as a continual source of money . They make the rules with that in mind . Of course , what they don't seem to be able to comprehend is thaat every action has an equal and opposite reaction . Anyone subdividing an existing section or doing a subdivision has to pay a 'development contribution' . In most cities this is $50,000-100,000 . Per section/title . so they think they are hitting the greedy landowner , but of course , it is the person buying the smaller property that effectively pays this -- I don't think most councils can appreciate that . As a slight side issue , one large company has bought several hundred rural acres , and are trying to build their own town -- factories for themselves and support businesses , as well as shops and groceries and takeaways and gas stations and the lot . 1000's of houses to buy or rent or rent to own . And they want to pay for their own streets , and sewerage scheme , and power , and water , and parks , and upkeep . The council involved , predictably , has spent $10's of millions of ratepayers money fighting them every step of the way , changing the rules , all the usual tricks . So a tiny home here isn't classed as a caravan , it needs to have permanent water and sewerage and power , so , yes you guessed , needs to have someone pay a development contribution . It needs to comply with all the building regulations , so you can't have it for only 'summertime' use or similar . In Aus , you have a lot of areas that are effectively off-grid , because power and sewerage would be way too impractical , but here you cannot opt-out . And even caravans cannot be 'lived in' permanently , with the exception of some caravan parks , and I think even then technically the caravan has to be moved once every 3 months or similar . Park a caravan at your house , have the grandkids stay for 2 weeks , you probably get away with it . But have them and their Mum live there -- you then need to permanently connect it to your services , and , you guessed it , pay a development fee ! Same with mobile homes and the like . My mobile home I have had it deregistered , and re-registered it as a mobile office , in my businesses name . This is because Mobile Homes are not allowed to park overnight and be slept in , on the streets or carparks in most towns . Of course , if I got a ticket and disputed it , the relevant council may show local CCTV footage , or ask for an accomodation receipt from a nearby business , but at least it will tie them up in court for at least a couple of hours or more -- they probably have lawyers on the payroll , but if they are paying $300 an hour , plus 3 or 4 council employees time , plus the Judge and court people -- its cost them way more than the $200-500 fine . So long story short -- tiny homes are a legal nightmare in NZ , as is almost anything that doesn't look like a conventional house .

Hi Clare, Looks like an interesting project! Whilst are very tuned into to contemporary living experience, we have the capacity and flexibility to provide design solutions to whatever the client's specific requirements are over a broad range of styles and contexts.....for example, we recently replicated a Victorian homestead to the point where it was mistaken for a renovation when it was a new build ( ;) )....this Tudor project is a similar (but different) deal.....would be interested to hear more about your project and provide some further information/comments and possibly assistance if you'd like to contact me directly at your convenience......we service Melbourne, Geelong and Mornington regions and regularly design and work with heritage and traditional style residences and contexts.... Thanks Clare. Kind regards, Paul Di Stefano

Kitchen and office is 7 x 3 metres the connecting cabin is 7x4 and the bedroom is 7x 3.5 you should be able to see the inbuilt washer and the space where the bin is would suite a small dishwasher.....we are still undecided if we need one. the kitchen units can’t be moved, so I am stuck with their location. to the right of the kitchen entr is the office and we are putting .5 x 2.00 floor to ceiling storage as well as desk dryer and printer.. i was concerned that the dark wall is making the room look narrow, we have a limed washed look flooring not sure about the mirrors/ stainless steel because there is nothing but interiors to reflect! Though we cert need natura light in the area thank you for your help, I have lost my confidence