hey there welcome to my channel where i
take you on tours of tiny and creative
homes and showcase stories of people
living alternatively in today's video
we're going to take a tour of another
tiny house community this time in
arizona the whole idea behind this
community was to provide an affordable
option for middle class families in an
area that's usually only reserved for
the upper class the owner is going to
talk about how he had to fight to get
this community made and what the
neighbors think about it now
it was by far the hardest thing i've
ever done in my life and while the
houses in this community are tiny they
also have a hint of luxury
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right now let's take a tour of luxtony
tiny house community
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name's steve deadman just want to
welcome you guys to my community luxury
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my inspiration for creating this is
affordability you know up here in the
mountains the cost of living is
outrageous so the average cost of a home
up here right now is four hundred five
hundred thousand dollars for a double
white home our homes are anywhere
between sixty and a hundred thousand
dollars it's affordable living you're
part of a community and so for me it was
all about affordability and allowing
people that maybe don't have the 100 000
a year career
come up and actually have a nice place
to live in a beautiful area
i bought this property really based on
the location and having sewer in 2013 i
secured the land i started down the
process to get the utilities in and it
was a constant battle of red tape and
marking and you can't do this and it
doesn't really fit into the code and
what does this even mean what's a tiny
house where's it fit it doesn't it's not
in our it's not in our codes it's not in
a jurisdiction how can you put it in
here
by the end of it it was understood that
this is not what you think it is these
are custom homes here's the community
layout here's what we plan to do here
how big the spaces are
it was by far the hardest thing i've
ever done in my life
we fought through got our approval in
2016 all the backlash that i received
through the county through the city
through the surrounding residence all
squashed once we started developing and
they see what we've created
now
they're thankful for it
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one of the big things was i always
wanted to have my family involved this
was the very first structure
here at luxury i put all my kids names
in the concrete so that years and years
and years from now they can come back
and know that very first thing i was
thinking about was my kids
people do pay space rent they pay
anywhere between 349 to 419 a month
includes their water store and trash
they don't own the land however there's
a sense of pride i want people to live
and enjoy their spaces i want people to
have chicken coops i want people to have
storage i want people to have their own
gardens i want people to live
comfortably and feel like it's their
property it's their home
we're a hundred percent full i have
nothing available but we're gonna open
up phase three and in phase three we're
gonna have eight to ten more spaces
and we'll finally get to do some of the
amenities everybody is a community
everybody with the same idea of living
and helping one another that's what i
feel
that the community is that's what it's
about and that's what i want lux and you
to be known for
i wanted a home that would pull people
in you know a lot of the mobile homes
you see are just factory pushed it's
just one after another i've created a
manufacturing we built all these custom
homes and this is actually me working
with the client and then saying well we
want to do this and it's fun because
when you drive through you see the
community you see the homes everything's
different it's a destination people now
they hear lux to me and like we want to
go see that place
when i developed this community what i
couldn't find was a reliable tiny home
builder that would build to the
specifications that i personally wanted
for our community so i created our own
manufacturing company and this is one of
our custom tiny home park models this
one's 399 square foot this right now is
one of our rentals it's a one bedroom
one bathroom
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and my idea behind most of my homes was
a little bit bigger and i wanted to
connect a guest home for anybody that
wanted to have people over so we created
an area where we have a connecting deck
a guest house and a home all in one all
in the same property because i know
living tiny it's difficult having people
over we just don't have the room for it
and this particular design
we have its own bathroom
murphy bed linen closet so it's designed
for a guest to stay here for quite a
long time and be very comfortable
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i want to talk a little bit about what
we have going on here what we've done we
started initially with 45 spaces here
and at this point we're right around 27
developed we've done two phases already
three different roads that we're gonna
have in here we have a cul-de-sac and
eventually we'll have our phase three
we're hoping to start by the end of this
year but you guys come and take a look
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this started in 2013
and it took until 2016
a lot of fighting and eventually we were
able to pull through and the government
and the county decided it was something
that they'd appreciate now the
communities come on board everybody
loves it and you can see what we've
created i mean it's absolutely beautiful
so i appreciate everyone that was on
board with me and what it took it was
work
and here we are in the back of the
property we're starting our walking path
this is going to connect phase one two
all the way over to three over to our
gathering area
we're at a 60 700 foot elevation and
we're in arizona a lot of people think
about arizona and it's 180 degrees
outside people don't want to be outside
what they don't know is we actually get
snow here the climate here is very mild
is within just a couple of miles we have
multiple lakes just a beautiful area
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so this is one of our corner lots and
this is one of our most lived in
most decorated lots but one of my
absolute favorites and this is what we
have in the community we have a pride of
ownership everybody loves being here
everybody wants to be outside they're
working on their properties and this is
what we end up with
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this is another one of our tiny rentals
that we have out here most of our
rentals in here are designed as test
drives once you guys come up take a tour
stay in it for a couple of nights see if
you like it and decide if you want to
buy one
we always want to connect our guests
homes with a beautiful deck we have
another 200 square foot patio
private side yard
and a guest house
this one's done pretty fancy trundle bed
sleeps a couple more in here really done
some nice furnishings in this one and
then
another very large bathroom
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so we walked through a couple of our
rentals here we got another one this
one's designed a little bit different
inside it's more of a cabiny feel
everything is wood i mean it's just
absolutely beautiful check this one out
so this client wanted
all
wood that's what we've done but we've
upgraded the countertops
everything in here is a quarry on
countertop there's a bigger kitchen
it's designed for full-time living so
they lived in this home for three years
and now they rent their home they want
everybody else to feel what it's like to
live where they lived and in the cabin
field at this this is just beautiful you
walk in here king-size bed who doesn't
want a king-sized bed when you're on
vacation
we have
storage tv
large bathroom full-size washer and
dryers
full-size walk-in shower it's designed
to live in full-time
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we've done a tour we looked at our homes
and part of what i wanted to discuss
with you is phase three we got another
two acres we're gonna put in between
eight to ten spaces here in phase three
and then this is also where we're gonna
put a lot of the amenities i wanna do a
gathering spot we talked about a dog run
we're gonna put in some storage area and
then we're also gonna try and put in the
community garden out here we want
everybody to be able to live here grow
their food you know if they want a
chicken coop our spaces are large enough
they can actually have a chicken coop
you know anything they need to just live
and be sufficient in their life and be
comfortable that's all we're trying to
do here
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just the phrase luxe deny when i want
people to understand when they say that
just that term i want them to go
yes that's a place i could live that's
an affordable community that's done
everything right it doesn't cost a ton
of money but it feels luxury
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i hope you guys enjoyed this week's
video if you're interested in seeing
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description and i will see you soon with
another tiny or unique home tour
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