What's the maximum size for a Tiny House on wheels in NZ?
This updated guidance comes after the release of the Tiny House Guidance for the Building Act 2004 by MBIE in November 2021 Maximum sizes...
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- Nov 2, 2021
How to ensure your tiny house is exempt from the Building Act
The short answer? KEEP IT MOVABLE! In this blog post we highlight key information from the new Tiny House Guidance Document that tiny...
- Oct 31, 2021
New Tiny House Guidance Released by MBIE!
The long awaited Tiny House guidance from MBIE has now been released! The above linked document seeks to clarify any ambiguity on which...
- Oct 24, 2021
2021 Tiny house Expo postponed to March 2022
Due to , (you guessed it) COVID, the 2021 Tiny House Expo has been postponed a second time to March 2022. The organisers have advised:...
- May 4, 2021
Clarity to come from MBIE... THOW a building or a vehicle?
***** EDIT November 2021 please note that this MBIE guidance document has since been released and can be viewed here******** An exciting...
- Mar 31, 2021
Tiny House Wins Architectural Award!
In 2019, Build Tiny built a stunning Architecturally designed Tiny House on wheels designed by First Light Studio, that has since gone on...
- Apr 8, 2020
How big can a Tiny House be in NZ?
“how big or how wide can my tiny house be?”... the answer is not as straightforward as you might think!
- Oct 4, 2019
THOW Bill to be presented to Parliament - Updates from the NZTHA
Today the NZTHA (New Zealand Tiny House Association) has released it's first quarterly update, and WOW there's some extremely encouraging...
- Aug 12, 2019
We are going back ... Auckland Home Show 2019!!
The team here at Build Tiny are busily preparing to attend the Auckland Home Show. A last minute cancelation saw the organisers approach...
- Aug 8, 2019
MBIE Determination, what is a tiny house?
You may or may not be aware that there is currently a grey area around whether a tiny house is considered a vehicle or a structure....
- Jul 11, 2019
New Zealand Tiny House Association - NZTHA
Have you heard the news? The New Zealand Tiny House Association has officially been formed, and it couldn't have come at a better time....
- Jul 5, 2019
Updates from Build Tiny HQ
Since the release of La Sombra in April we've handed over the keys to three more tiny homes, farewelled Builder Steve, employed three new...
- Apr 19, 2019
The elegant La Sombra Tiny House
Finishing this build has made three little people and a Mama very happy! Right from the planning stages our clients three children were...
- Apr 8, 2019
Were back in 2019!
We must have done something right as we have been asked to return and speak at the annual Tiny House and Alternative living conference....
- Mar 30, 2019
Creative and compact.
One more out the door and this time we were challenged to make something pretty unique. The clients site restricted the size of their...
- Feb 10, 2019
Our latest custom build.
Just in time for Christmas our latest custom Baxter build was handed over to its happy owners. This beautiful home has slight changes to...
- Dec 16, 2018
The truly tiny tiny house
We are finally able to introduce you to the Camper. We have been asked a lot if we had anything a bit smaller. So we listened and Gina...
- Dec 11, 2018
Whare iti
Recently we had the pleasure of hosting a group of year 7 & 8 students from Waihi Colleges Maori unit. They had been working hard on a...
- Oct 3, 2018
Introducing TinyVille
Carterton really turned it on for the Tiny House and Alternative Living Conference this past Saturday. The trip doubled as an opportunity...
- Aug 16, 2018
Open to the public.
From today (for the next month) there will be a tiny house on display as the temporary information centre in the main street of Katikati...
- Aug 14, 2018
Benefits of going tiny.
Going tiny isn't for everyone BUT when you think about the benefits it does make sense. There are the obvious up sides. Financing is...
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