With Wendy and I owning a cabin that is under 350 square feet, we do enjoy simpler living. Probably the person who has done more to popularize simple house living has been Jay Shafer and his company, Tumbleweed Tiny House Company. Below is his video showing a Tumbleweed Fencl being built.
According to the Tumbleweed website, this Fencl cost $19,148 in materials and after ten weeks of construction, retails for $53,997 plus shipping and applicable tax.
Depending on your skill level and determination it is possible to build one for a fraction of the cost of buying on already built. We do recommend hiring licensed contractors for the plumbing and electric work. When we build a house we hire specialist for those tasks. Typically, the electrician and plumber are the highest paid people per hour, so we keep the amount of their work limited to just those two areas. We spent less than $2000 to have that work completed on the Fencl.
When we build a house we usually hire a finish carpenter as the job foreman. We keep the number of workers at any given time to 2 or 3. Aside from the finish carpenter and electrician and plumber, the other crew doesn’t need as much experience.
- You can purchase the plans or the entire house from the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company.
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