Most tiny houses ask you to give something up. This one, listed at $140,000 in Oregon, seems to have been built by somebody who refused to. It’s 400 square feet on a four-axle chassis, NOAH certified, built in 2022 and still with its first owner. Inside there are two sleeping lofts, four sleeping spaces, a copper clawfoot tub, and — the detail that makes this one genuinely unusual — a private office with its own exterior door. Underneath all of it is a materials list that reads less like a tiny house spec sheet and more like a healthy-building manifesto.
Here’s the number that makes this listing worth a look: it sold new in November 2023 for $163,000. The owner then added an $8,000 custom feature. It’s now listed at $122,995 OBO — described as hardly lived in, with receipts available. That’s a nearly-new Minimaliste park model on wheels, 380 square feet, in Aberdeen, North Carolina. And it has one of the smartest storage ideas I’ve seen in a tiny house.
A website recently advertised a tiny home called the “Nurses Model” for $18,000. A reverse image search traced the photo back to its real owner: Movable Roots, a builder in Melbourne, Florida. The home in that photo is actually called The Cat House, and it retails for $165,000.
That listing wasn’t a bargain. It was bait. And according to a News 6 investigation by Louis Bolden, it’s part of a wave of tiny house fraud that’s costing would-be buyers thousands of dollars each.
A genuine Movable Roots build. Photos of real homes like this one are exactly what scammers steal for fake listings. Images courtesy of Movable Roots.
This is not a standard eONE. Escape’s eONE Limited Edition is a one-off, fully loaded all-electric two-story tiny house — floor-to-ceiling second-floor glass, an upgraded quartz kitchen, stacked laundry — available now on the Escape sale page at a special price with FREE delivery. Let’s take a look inside.
At the private end of Lost Lake at Canoe Bay Village, SHORELINE XL — Lot 26 sits turnkey and fully furnished, with long water and wetland views and the kind of quiet that comes from being the last home on this stretch of shoreline. Escape builds every home in the village; this Shoreline XL arrives move-in ready with a screened porch, a private king suite, and an upgraded quartz kitchen. Let’s walk through.
Deltec’s Backyard Cottages are circular prefab shells meant to sit near a main house — Refuge at 326 sq ft (21′ diameter) and Sanctuary at 517 sq ft (26′ diameter), each a studio with one bath.
LuxTiny Lakeside sits on 6 acres with 37 spaces in Lakeside, Arizona — White Mountains country, minutes from Scott’s Reservoir, Rainbow Lake, and Show Low Lake. Average lot size is over 3,500 sq ft.
Liberty Tiny Village is a 55+ adult resort community of park-model and luxury tiny homes in Aubrey, Texas — north of Dallas/Fort Worth — with models open Wed–Sat 12–4PM at 10213 Liberty Rd.
Most tiny homes need a trailer, a tow vehicle, and somebody who knows how to back one down a driveway. The Uplift Micro Home needs a forklift.
That’s not a gimmick. It’s the whole design. Uplift Corp is an Austin, Texas manufacturer building a fully assembled, off-grid micro home that ships four to a flatbed, gets picked up and set down by a standard forklift, and then levels itself on uneven ground. No crane, no concrete, no hookups. It lands, it squats down onto its own feet, and somebody can sleep in it that night.
