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VIDEO DESCRIPTION:
Thinking about downsizing to a tiny house? Macy walks you through a real, lived-in, 8.5′ × 29′ tiny house on wheels (THOW) built on a shoestring, adapted for a family of four, run largely off-grid, and placed legally. Plus, Macy shares an important update on the national code effort to make movable tiny homes easier to approve.
Macy started with just $12,000 and leaned hard on reclaimed materials (including scoring all the framing lumber for $300). Thirteen years later, the home, systems, and site have evolved: a functional two-person kitchen, rainwater collection, solar power, a reconfigured kid’s bedroom, and a 30′ × 10′ deck that turned outdoor space into extra “square footage.” You’ll also hear how they navigated a code violation and why they’re working to fold movable tiny homes into the International Residential Code (IRC) so more people can live tiny without fear of being forced to move.
Home specs & systems
-Type: Tiny house on wheels (THOW), gooseneck
-Dimensions: 8.5 ft wide × 29 ft long (plus gooseneck); deck 30 ft × 10 ft
-Layout: Front living/media wall with storage overhead; behind media wall is the primary sleeping area; kids’ bedroom converted from original rear patio; kitchen opposite the entry with open shelving; bathroom across from kitchen sink (plumbing consolidated in one chassis bay)
-Kitchen features: Two distinct prep zones; cast-iron friendly stove (vintage camper unit); full-size fridge; microwave; open shelving; compact pantry strategy; split washer/dryer (being phased out in favor of laundromat days)
-Bath: Oversized shower + on-demand Eccotemp water heater (endless hot water); big window privacy film + shelving; prior composting toilet (preferred) now septic per county requirements
-Climate/energy: Solar-powered, night-flush passive cooling (cross-ventilation), mini-split for AC + backup heat; propane heater main heat; Envi wall heater in kids’ room
-Water: Rainwater harvesting + whole-house filtration for drinking/cooking
-Storage: Media wall drawers, stair storage, shared family closet zones, cat hammock (yes, really)
-Materials: Predominantly reclaimed; tip in the video on how to buy surplus from commercial job sites (and why it’s so cheap)
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00:00 Introduction
01:43 Tiny Home Kitchen
05:54 Tiny Home Bathroom
08:02 Her Tiny Home Journey & Costs
12:53 Tiny Home Living Room
17:25 Tiny Home Kids Bedroom
18:30 Tiny Home Exterior Space
19:40 Tiny Home Legality Update
As a co-proponent of Appendix Q, Part 2, along with Macy Miller, Rich Crowley, Andrew Morrison, Jewel Pearson and some of its original authors, please sign the petition and consider supporting the officials she paid to help us write it. As a decade plus friend of Macy’s as well as movable tiny house colleague and advocate, I have worked with Macy and am grateful for her diligence in working with code officials. She has always been available for advise for my seven year stretch writing our own MA. movable tiny house bill and pursue its legislative path to legalization for this housing model.
Very inspiring ❤!!!!
lawsuit, this officer is a loose cannon just looking for a victim. 😮
I hope she gets the code changed she needs. Good luck. Please post an update! 🇬🇧
It’s ok going tiny but… when there are kids, especially when they grow up, they need little more space in the sense of having more privacy. Parents as well.
LOVE THAT THE KIDDO PRESENTED HIS SHARED ROOM😊
It’s not clear to me who is eligible to sign the petition — is it any US citizen or do you have to live in a specific state? If I get a response in time, I will happily sign the petition if I’m eligible
Awesome 🙌
This is actually the way of living in the future. People are tired of financial slavery, overworked underpaid, cheaply thrown together “houses” that cost a fortune and will also be health hazards later on. This is the future!! ❤
I’m in BC Canada 2/3rds done building my THOW but the town I’m in hates them… Same legal problems. same lack of home security.
I think we need more anarchy in our legal system, it solves the same problems without the paper work.
Make Canada 3rd world again! Oh wait the liberals are just about finished that project.
Signed your petition. You are phenomenal. Thanks for sharing and for all you do
Yours was the very first tiny house video that I had ever seen on YouTube, it was 1 million years ago and you were single and had just built your place. By watching your video I then got so hooked watching 1 million other tiny house builds since yours.I watched every step of your progression in this tiny house from you meeting your partner to having your first baby to being pregnant with a second baby and having that porch turned into a bedroom till now! Karen Florida.
I am so glad there are people smarter than me to figure out the rules for jurisdiction … thank you for what you’ve done and will do for this Nation. ❤