Every tiny home, downsizing and Florida guide
17 guides on living small, building small and making it comfortable. Every number links to where we got it.
Tiny Homes
Costs, financing, wheels vs foundation, where to put one, and hurricanes.
Tiny homes in hurricane country
Anchoring rules, evacuation orders and insurance gaps for tiny homes on wheels and foundations in Florida and other hurricane states.
Read · 5 min →Tiny home builders in the Southeast, with prices
28 builders in Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee and Alabama, with published prices, types, sizes and certifications.
Read · 7 min →How much does a tiny house cost?
Shell, DIY, turnkey and park model prices from real builder listings, plus the land, permit and hookup costs that sink budgets.
Read · 6 min →How to finance a tiny house
Which loans work for tiny homes on wheels and on foundations, what they cost in October 2026, and the clauses that disqualify full-time living.
Read · 5 min →Tiny house on wheels vs foundation: what actually changes
The legal category of your tiny house decides where it can go, how you finance it and who will insure it. Here is how wheels and foundations differ.
Read · 6 min →Where you can legally park or put a tiny house
The five legal places a tiny house can go, what each costs, and exactly what to ask your zoning office before you buy anything.
Read · 6 min →Minimalism
Start small, downsize without regret, and see what living small actually saves.
How to downsize your home to 200 to 400 square feet
Room-by-room keep lists, a selling and donating plan, and the storage-unit math that changes most people's minds.
Read · 5 min →How to start minimalism without overthinking it
Start with duplicates and paid storage, not sentimental items. A 30-day plan and the real money numbers behind it.
Read · 5 min →What living small actually saves
Energy, housing and stuff get cheaper when you live small. Food, cars, insurance and lot rent mostly don't. The numbers on both.
Read · 5 min →Small Spaces
Furniture, appliances, storage and bathrooms that work in 400 square feet or less.
Compact appliances for tiny house kitchens
Real specs for compact ranges, cooktops, fridges, dishwashers and laundry, and how much power each one needs from your panel or batteries.
Read · 5 min →Tiny house bathrooms: toilets, showers and ventilation
Toilet options with real specs and prices, the code clearances a tiny bathroom has to hit, and how much exhaust fan you need.
Read · 5 min →Tiny house furniture that actually fits
The furniture types that work in 200 to 400 square feet, named examples with real specs, and the clearances you have to leave around them.
Read · 5 min →Tiny house storage ideas that actually work
Where the storage hides in a tiny house, sized to the building code's tiny house appendix and real appliance dimensions.
Read · 5 min →Build
Build order, trailers, and off-grid systems, with the real numbers.
How to build a tiny house, step by step
Twelve steps in the order they actually happen, the decisions you can't undo later, and the code numbers you need before you cut anything.
Read · 6 min →Off-grid tiny house systems, with the math
Real solar and battery sizing for a tiny house in Tampa Bay, plus water catchment, waterless toilets and propane, with Florida's rules.
Read · 6 min →Tiny house trailer guide: limits, ratings and weight budgets
The road limits your trailer must fit, how much weight it must carry, and which deck type gives you the most house.
Read · 6 min →Florida
Where tiny homes and ADUs are legal in Florida and around Tampa Bay.
Are tiny homes legal in Florida?
What Florida law actually says about tiny homes in 2026, which bills died, and what each Tampa Bay county allows, with links to the code.
Read · 6 min →ADU rules in Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater and Pinellas County
Size caps, owner-occupancy, parking, setbacks and permit costs for backyard ADUs across Tampa Bay, each linked to the city or county source.
Read · 7 min →The Small Letter
One email a month: a real tiny home, one thing to declutter, one number worth knowing. No spam.