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10 tiny homes for sale in Ireland

A nice round-up of 10 tiny homes by The Irish Times includes this two-bedroom cottage called The Secret Garden in Tuosist, County Kerry, 12km away from Kenmare. Features include a wood-burning stove, baby Aga, bedrooms under the eaves and obviously some really spectactular views. On for €286,000 with Sherry FitzGerald Daly .

Tiny Houses North Wales

Tiny Houses North Wales (motto: Tiny in space but not in quality) is a family-run business in Llanrwst in the Snowdonia national park. You can see more images of the company's first model on its website here , with designs running from 12ft to 22ft long, sleeping up to six adults, and on a variety of chassis. This first house is 6m x 2.4m with a bathroom with power shower, sleeping area in the upper loft and convertible bed/sofa. Other features include an LPG gas combi boiler and the whole thing is insulated with sheep's wool. Again, much more detail on the site .

€25K House Prototype

Architect Dominic Stevens has designed some fascinating homes and buildings, but of particular interest is his €25K House Prototype which he says was built "to show that using some ingenuity and modern techniques houses can still be simply self built to suit the 21st Century". His goal was to design and make a highly insulated timber-framed house for a very affordable budget that people could self build over a year during weekends and holidays. A key part was size, so the three bedroom house comes in at 60 sq.m. The house seeks to be modest and familiar in expression, an existing form in the Irish landscape re imagined as a low energy compact dwelling for the 21st Century. It is located so that I may walk to the local village and cycle to the train station. There is a huge amount of useful detail including plans and an excellent gallery at his irishvernacular.com blog and lots about the social and philosophical elements of the build on his main site. I

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