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[BOOK CLUB] Tiny: A Memoir About Love, Letting Go and a Very Small House by Louise Southerden

2024-07-2628:09

Send us a text Hello and welcome to this bonus [book club] episode of Candid Tiny House! It’s a special occasion because one of our DIY builders, Lou Southerden, who you might remember from Season 1 Episode 4, has written a book about her journey of building her tiny house on wheels. TINY: A Memoir About Love, Letting Go and a Very Small House tracks the story of Lou’s DIY tiny house build in the Northern Rivers area in NSW and the love relationship that she was in at the time. Fred and ...

Uptake, Obstacles and the Future

2024-07-1136:36

Send us a text This episode we are looking at present day uptake of the tiny house local laws, and we talk about some of the remaining obstacles to overcome when it comes to tiny house living and hosting in our area. We examine the grey water processing issue: what the limits are and how to work around them. We discuss the clause that states that there should be no 'commercial relationship' between tiny house dweller and land owner. We discuss creating contracts to underpin the relations...

How To Change Tiny House Laws in Your Area

2024-07-0425:17

Send us a text This episode, we will reflect on the key turning points and factors for success from this campaign, so that you can be well armed with a best-practice set of pro-tips to help you create meaningful change in your home town and increase affordable housing options like tiny houses on wheels in your area. We hear from: Kaz Neilson, Co-ordinator of My Home Network, the leader of the successful campaign as she reflects on the things that really worked this time, setting this c...

Inside Local Government: How Mount Alexander Shire Legalised Tiny Houses

2024-06-2730:23

Send us a text In this eye-opening episode, we delve into the groundbreaking decision by Mount Alexander Shire Council to legalise tiny houses on wheels. Featuring a detailed interview with Councillor Rosie Annear, who was Mayor at the time of the law change, we explore: • The journey from initial proposal to successful implementation • Challenges faced in navigating planning schemes and local laws • How community engagement played a crucial role in the process • The council's approach to ba...

New Campaign, New Strategies

2024-06-2035:17

Send us a text This is season 2 of Candid Tiny House where we peek behind the scenes of the successful campaign to change tiny house laws in Central Victoria, to show you how you can campaign to replicate the changes in your home town. Kaz Neilson is key to this second attempt at changing tiny house laws. She is the coordinator for My Home Network, the driving force behind the new campaign. Kathryn McGoldrick is a tiny house dweller and advocate, who solved her homelessness through buildi...

First Attempt at Changing Local Tiny House Laws

2024-06-1331:54

Send us a text This is Candid Tiny House, hosted by Shannon Schultz from Fred’s Tiny Houses. Usually this is a podcast interviewing people about their tiny house builds. This season, Season 2, we are doing something different. Last June, in 2023, the local shire here in central Victoria, Mount Alexander Shire did something extraordinary. They passed a local law that allowed for living in a tiny house on wheels on private property without a permit or a time limit. They removed the biggest ba...

Introducing Season 2 : The Advocay Season

2024-06-0402:59

Send us a text This is Candid Tiny House. I'm your host, Shannon Schultz from Fred’s Tiny Houses. You might have heard that last year, our local government, Mount Alexander Shire here in Central Victoria, changed their local laws to essentially legalize tiny house living. You can now live in a tiny house on wheels on private property where there’s a dwelling, without a permit or a time limit. It’s great! It removes the biggest obstacle to tiny house living - council regulations - and as ...

Bonus: Michael Bartz (Canada)

2022-06-2401:05:38

Send us a text Michael Bartz built his tiny house on wheels in Canada. He built the trailer too. It took him four years and now he lives in it with his partner and their three cats. This is a bonus episode where we compare notes between building a tiny house in Canada and in Australia. The weight limits, regulations and seasons are all so different that it can lead to really different tiny house designs. But there are also lots of things in common… as we find out! Hear abo...

Jim

2021-10-2830:10

Send us a text Jim wanted to be able to stand up in his bedroom loft, so he commissioned Fred’s Tiny Houses to come up with a design that included a pop-up roof that can be elevated when his tiny house is parked; and lowered when it is being transported. Inspired by a tiny house that he saw in Byron Bay, Jim engaged a local registered builder to undertake this project on a 7.2 meter Flat Top Trailer. In this interview Jim talks about: His decision to choose a tiny house on wheels as a...

Anna & Rowan

2021-10-2141:14

Send us a text Anna & Rowan built their tiny house on wheels in Canberra and moved it up to Newcastle where they now live. They built on a 7.8 meter Protruding Wheels Guard trailer and have recently added a deck and verandah that more than doubles the living area available in their tiny house. Hear about their: Concerns in getting their tiny house insured as DIY builders;The formal valuation of their tiny house - compared to how much they spent;Transporting their tiny house through...

Lou

2021-10-1433:45

Send us a text 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 d...

Bree & Lucas

2021-10-0725:27

Send us a text 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.&nb...

Deon & Marine

2021-09-3040:56

Send us a text 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 jump...

Luke & Jess

2021-09-2344:09

Send us a text 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 Lu...

Candid Tiny House Preview

2021-09-0804:24

Send us a text 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 start...

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