a tiny house on wheels can be a dream
home for a young college student but
there is a tremendous amount of labour
and effort that goes into constructing
one luckily there was one student here
in Florida who was up to the task and
today we're about to visit his
absolutely beautiful home on wheels
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hey Bradley hey Bryce how are you good
might get to meet you you as well
this place looks amazing thank you very
much how long have you been living here
now I've lived in here three months took
me about a year and a half to build it
and the spot that you have found for it
I don't think I've ever quite seen a
tiny house in this kind of location
before yeah I'm really happy about it
and looking at this video you wouldn't
know that we're right in the middle of
Jacksonville so right in the middle of a
city with like a creek behind me here in
Florida that actually looks like the
kind of place where you would expect to
see some alligators swimming about
actually I haven't even seen it yet
after three months but I'm sure they're
out there so what was it that actually
made you want to build a tiny house it
started off more financial than anything
right out of high school I went and paid
a year's worth of rent and decided that
wasn't for me so I moved back home and
saved up some money to pay for it all
cash and build it my family thought it
was never gonna happen until I towed
home a 27-foot flatbed trailer and then
they started to ask more questions and
understood this is something I'm
actually gonna try and do so you've
called this house rolling quarters how
did that come about yeah it's kind of a
two-fold meeting I thought for a long
time playing with a bunch of different
you know puns to name it and rolling
quarters obviously its living quarters
and it rolls so that's obviously reason
the other thing is rolling quarters like
saving money so the whole idea was to
pay for everything cash and go against
the societal flow of financing things so
tell me a little bit about the materials
they even constructed this from well I
started up gaining a lot of things from
Craigslist like the trailer the windows
and then everything else I bought from
Home Depot so I definitely saved a lot
of a lot of money using reclaimed what's
this cladding that you've got on here
this is Regatta blue vinyl siding from a
local company and I went with it so that
I could save a lot of weight what are
the dimensions of this house the
trailers 27 feet by 8 and a half wide
with a 5-foot porch so the house is 22
and the porch is definitely a really
nice touch there as well
thank you yeah that was definitely
something that was important in the
design process to have that I didn't
like a lot of the newer tiny houses that
were more box shaped so definitely makes
it feel more homey and adds a really
nice southern
such as well absolutely you know looking
at homes built 50 years ago down here
they all have front porches built in and
it's great for the community and really
slows you down but all the new houses
they don't have that so I definitely
wanted to put that online and you get to
truly capitalize on that view out there
don't you yeah absolutely well I would
love to have a look inside the house and
have a look at what you've done
absolutely come on in thank you this is
seriously cold thank you very much I
love the kind of earthy feel that you've
created with this design yeah that was
definitely important to me that's why I
kept the ceiling you know without any
stain on it all I did was put
polyurethane on it and it really makes
it feel homey and kind of the cabin feel
the way that you've pulled in these
branches and everything looks really
good as well all right thank you yeah I
really like especially considering where
I'm looking to park out in the woods
that cabin feels so having branches and
greenery really make it feel nice and
caveny now it's only been a short while
since emma has passed through and you
did not fear particularly well during
head did you no I did not
the creek behind me is beautiful right
now but when a category-5 hurricane
comes through flood zone means a flood
zone and honestly it was a lot of
stubbornness that caused me to be in the
flood where I could have towed it
otherwise but I had just gotten here a
few weeks earlier I was all set up and I
really didn't think it was gonna go four
feet high right here so in my mind all
the work was done and I felt like I
shouldn't have to do anything more
because it was all done and so you know
as the night rolled on and the water got
higher I kind of realized that there was
a big mistake and I definitely learned
from it I can actually really empathize
with how you feel in that respect
because there is such a tremendous
amount of work into building one of
these things and when you've completed a
project the thought of having to do one
more thing can just put you over the
edge so I totally get it but so after
the hurricane had passed and the flood
had caused some damage to the house how
extensive was the dam
and what was the process of repairing
that all like the worst part about
repairing after the flood was how I had
to do it right then and in the next
couple days because it was water damage
and if you don't get to that there's
gonna be mold so ripping up all the
floors taking everything out tearing out
the insulation is nothing I wanted to be
doing while I had class to go to you
know I run track for the school and so
it was really a stressful time for me
however after I got new floors in and
everything dried out putting everything
back together was like a puzzle you're
doing the second time I really went a
lot quicker and made things a lot you
know made me feel a lot better
well I'm glad you have a dry home again
Thanks I'm too and so we've come right
into your lounge area haven't we
right yeah this is this is my lounge
area this is my couch right now has a
futon but I'm going to build some
cushions for it later on and underneath
I've got storage in the back and then
some old lockers in the front so those
are good for storage of shoes and
everything else and then you've got a
breakfast bar area over here yeah I was
kind of hard to decide if I wanted them
facing at each other
Orange the window and I thought the
window would be great because you and
feels claustrophobic and you'll notice I
don't have blinds and you were in the
house that was mainly because this is
the only a place I've parked so far and
I don't really need them so if I ever
moved the house to a more crowded area
blinds will be the next thing they go in
sure so here you can still walk about
naked not this side of the house the
other side I can and you've got your
television of course yeah I put in a
television on a swivel here so that it
doesn't take up any ground space and
it's really good because I can swivel it
up this way and face this side when I'm
trying to sitting it here or I can lean
back in the corner and tilt it that way
as well and then above us here we've got
a small storage loft area and what's
this up here that's my roommate that's
peanut the snake you've got a snake in
here yeah of course they would get too
lonely without someone else in here so I
picked him awesome what kind of snake is
he he's a Brazilian rainbow boa just got
him about a year ago and so he's real
easy to take care
right what's it like having a snake
inside a tiny house most of the time I
don't even notice him because he's up
there you only have to feed him about
once a week or two weeks they can go
where as with any other animal you have
to feed him every day so it really lets
me travel and other things without
worrying too much about leaving well I'm
gonna have to meet him later but right
now let's move on into the kitchen space
sure so I really like how you've
designed it so that it really is just
one corridor going right the way back
down to the other end of the house
because it really does give you a sense
of open space in here doesn't it it
really does and that's one thing I
wanted to be able to do is look all the
way to the other end of the house yeah
and see through that window to make it
really feel a lot longer instead of just
a door or something else
it definitely accomplishes that and I
like how long you've got the kitchen
space as well yeah here I might have
gone a little overkill I have about 8
feet of work space which is more than
most apartments am and then you've got
the fridge over here yeah I do this is a
10 cubic foot fridge and I lifted it up
so that I could put the convection
underneath it and a little bit more
storage underneath you've got quite a
lot of shallow stores there as well I do
this is my shower behind this wall and
between the studs I decided to put the
wall on the other side and make this
three and a half inch storage effect can
we have a look in the bathroom
absolutely come on this is it got the
Nexus hit composting toilet there
absolutely how are you finding using
that one here after three months I have
no complaints it's a little weird to get
used to and weird to tell your friends
how to use it but other than that
there's no issue with it and then your
showers there yeah this is my shower
it's a 36 by 36 fiberglass shell all one
piece so it's really simple I picked
that one up off the side of the road
actually I was out for a run and saw the
shower and sprinted home to grab the
truck luckily I was still there so that
was free and then what's this area
behind you here right here's my my desk
area for now I'm in college so I need a
place to study and get a my compute
things and I don't like the idea of of
mixing work space with your play space
so when I'm on the couch I like to relax
but back here it's kind of a separate
office area where I can get my work done
what do you study accounting accounting
yeah so you're gonna get used to sitting
at a desk then yeah I mean that's just
my degree who knows after that fair
enough
but it really helped me with all the the
finances of the deal another thing this
space access is potential future closet
space thank you as you can see on this
side cuz where I hang all my clothes and
have Mike you know storage area right
but you know if there's ever someone
else that's gonna move in here they have
this exact same amount of space over on
this side gotcha
you've got a really nice deep sink here
in the kitchen too haven't you yeah
thank you I really tried to get the
biggest one I could get because I don't
like looking at houses with small sinks
and thinking of how they're gonna do all
their dishes and that small thing and if
you don't cook a lot that's probably
okay but I like to cook and create a lot
of dishes and so it's easy just to throw
them all in there very cool did you do
all the cabinetry yourself I did I
actually found these hardwood oak
cabinet doors in a dumpster no man just
used a bunch of scrap wood to frame
around them and it really just worked
out nice and then I'm guessing this
ladder here puts us in geo sleeping loft
it does tell me about what you've used
to create this letter because this is
really interesting yeah in all my
research into tiny houses I really liked
people that are using the galvanized
metal it's definitely kind of a
centerpiece in here it really is what
can I have a look up and your loft
absolutely all right hey this is really
nice up here yeah this is it
you know climb up the ladder and just a
bed up here I made it a foot extra but
pretty much it's all just for sleeping
up here I do have a little bit of
storage over where the shower is and
then I have some more those lockers over
here nice no but after three months I
still haven't put anything in him so I
felt a lot of extra space you've been
living in this tiny house now for three
months how is it working out I love it
so far I mean every time I pull up at
night to my house you know there's
while on my face just because I built
that and that's where I'm staying
and what has doing this tiny house
project told you about yourself
taught me I can do more than I think I
can you know before doing some of these
things like electrical I thought I might
contract that part out but then after
doing some research you know get my
hands dirty and going through the whole
process it seems a lot simpler now and
so that's something that at first I
thought I couldn't do but with enough
work found out I could and what would
you say the finished budget for this
house would be somewhere around
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$15,246.86 answer yeah kept all my
receipts no kidding you did Wow and what
a remarkable figure to have completed a
house to this standard thank you yeah I
was a little impressed myself after
hearing other people come out around
around 20 even for the reclaimed houses
well I am super impressed with what
you've accomplished here thank you so
much for sharing this incredible project
with me absolutely thanks for coming
rolling quarters it makes a lot of sense
while saving some dollars there's no
question about it the best DIY Home has
created a wonderful house for both
Bradley and peanut here these two are
gonna have an amazing time together
during college
you
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