it's wild up here being on top of the hill all the locals said to me why would you buy a hill
and my kids still say uh dad we wish you bought a flat block of land
it makes it so special because when it's cold you know it's so cold and
when it's hot it's hot and when it's windy it's so
windy the tiny homes two 20-foot shipping containers and they're 15 square meters each
it's certainly a unique experience coming to stay in our tiny home
you really get a chance of reconnecting with nature and it's pretty special
i'm alice and this is robbie we've been building this tiny home over the last
six years and we've finally finished it
the tiny home is located in mansfield which is a small country town in victoria australia and
it's about 180 kilometers from melbourne the property is unique it's a big rocky steep hill
the views are amazing you can watch the weather coming in from forever away
there's lots of wildlife around here if you're lucky you'll see some deer echidna kangaroos
wombats we bought this block with the intention of building a family home
one day but we wanted to use the block right away so we decided to build some tiny homes
so when we eventually moved out we always had the intention to keep this place
for family and friends to come and stay and then share it with the world on airbnb
it's been really interesting to see the kind of airbnb guests that come and stay we've had a lot
of architects and interior designers people that are really passionate about the design and they
want to see how it all works we've also had people that just come to unplug and reconnect with nature
this tiny home is made up of two containers we use one as
a living room and the kitchen and the other one we use as a bedroom
they're both designed the same way so they could both be separated in the future
i just wanted this to be a tough moveable tiny home everything was just designed
that i could drop it off a truck once it was there it was done because the
ground's not level the containers ended up being a little higher off the ground
so between the two containers i built some steps with rock that i just got from around
here if i ever move the container i can pick up the cages and move them as well
the tiny home is off-grid but i wanted it to be comfortable for when alice
and the kids came and stayed so it's got power and hot water and a flushing toilet
they've got solar panels on the roof and a roof that catches water i built boxes on the back of
each container for the batteries the generator and the gas bottles and it also works as extra storage
the outside of the containers i just tried to keep them looking like a shipping container shipping
containers are just harsh and industrial so the paint i use is just an industrial heavy duty paint
the mesh does help shade the building a little bit
the profile slows down a midday sun and allows a morning sun to come through that was more about
keeping the place camouflaged i didn't want the glass to stand out and reflect in the sun
the outside of the tiny home has the big deck that drops down on hydraulics i built that with
the help of my uncle he specializes in hydraulics when it's all closed up it still fits on a truck
but once it's in position you can press a button and the deck drops down
and then when the glass wall lifts up it a little bit more than doubles the usable
space of the container for the interior of the tiny home it's all lined with plywood just because
it's more true to what a shipping container really is the kitchen's built out of plywood
it's got a wood burning stove that heats the container but you can also cook on
it's also room for a small fridge all the ply cabinetry i drew and a friend of mine
with a cnc machine cut it on his computer it's got grooves to allow shelf heights to change which i
thought was pretty cool the fireplace gets really hot and i also needed to keep the bathroom private
so i had a piece of steel folded to give privacy to the bathroom when i did that i also got these
little tongues cut into the sheet that i folded out and that way you can hang your towels on it
the steel heats up being next to the fireplace so it dries your towels quite quickly the dining
room table it's useful when it's open we eat on it and prepare meals on it but when the space is
not being used for cooking it folds into the wall and it just makes the area bigger to hang out in
the living room also has a double bed
the timber in the bathroom is lined with a epoxy resin that they use on boats so if it
can make a boat last in the water it should last as a shower the shower base is timber
it's a similar hardwood to what the floor of the container is it's raised off the ground a
little bit you have to step up into it i did that so there was no plumbing hanging at the
bottom of the shipping container which means it can still slide on the back of a truck easily
just like the other container everything in the bedroom container folds away
so it's got the triple bunk
and the double bed the mattress is camping mattresses they're an air foam combination
they're self-inflating and they're a cedar summit we tested a few and these were
comfortable
it's got half of a kitchen set up so yeah down the track i could also use a kitchen in that container
it's still got a bathroom so you don't have to go outside in the middle of the night
something really special about the sleeping container is the spectacular view from the bed
the big windows really frame mount bulla and you've also got a beautiful view into a gully
the outdoor fireplace is quite big it's a laser-cut steel that i welded together up here
and i had a chimney flue rolled out of more corten steel
just so when you'd light the fire out there and if you had the big door open in the containers
the containers wouldn't get full of smoke i also built it with the option that you can put
some barbecue grills in the bottom and when you have some coals going you can cook on top of it
what we love most about hosting is giving people a really unique experience the guests really like it
when robbie comes down and greets them he talks them through how the tiny home works how it was
built yeah not everyone has lived off-grid in such a tiny home before what's been pretty cool about
putting it on airbnb is having a steady income which we can put towards our next project i put a
lot of effort into these containers and we've had such a really cool group of people come through
it's been nice to have it appreciated by a lot of nice people thanks for watching to receive updates
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