Friday, July 04, 2025

Small Houses

I believe that our idea of how much space we require to live in has exploded over the years and people feel that a 2000ft2 home is not only something they require, but something that they deserve. In the meantime we hear people complaining that they cannot afford to enter the housing market. ie. young families, and we also hear about seniors having difficulty holding onto the homes they already have. Yhat their homes are too big and expensive to maintain.

Enter the idea of small homes. Homes in the 450ft2 - 1000ft2 sizes. Designed to be modular and factory manufactured. To be quickly assembled on sites in order to avoid the problems of building in outdoor weather conditions. 

One of my modular designs that I have been working on, is in this category. I've called it the 450,  designed as 3 modular elements. 



The Bedroom Module 











The Storage / WC Module

The Kitchen / Living Module

Place it all together and you get a small home which is affordable.