Autonomous mobile mini house Room to Move

Living in a small house - it does not mean to completely abandon the facilities and even luxury items. The author of Room to Move Hobbs Jeff (Jeff Hobbs) has designed and built a standalone tiny house, which offers all the amenities of the big houses without debilitating mortgage payments and the square, which usually takes one small room.

Topped with solar panels, a great micro-house 100 percent is self-contained and is mounted on a trailer with wheels, so that it can be easily moved from place to place.




The owner of this modest but cozy home in a hurry to refute the stereotypes and demonstrates his version of a compact self-contained dwellings for which do not need to pay monthly utility bills.

New Zealander Jeff Hobbs built for himself a house Room to Move an area of ​​only 21 square meters, which is completely self-contained and practically does not depend on urban communications. Mobility - another advantage of the camper, as it is transported, if necessary, to any place

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The house was built taking into account in order to live in it was possible all year round. In the construction set 600-watt solar panel and a solar collector designed to heat water. Charge the battery enough for a washing machine, dryer and other appliances.

The length of the house - 6, 7 meters and width - 3 m 2. Constitute structural basis home insulated panel 62 mm thick. For additional heat in the living room with a small wood stove. And in the heat, you can use a compact ceiling air conditioning.



Large glass doors passed through it the maximum amount of natural light. Inside the trailer, the house has everything you need: a large L-shaped sofa, under which is hidden a lot of storage space, modular cabinets

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On the work surface in the kitchen has a 130-liter refrigerator, sink, hob and oven, extractor hood and above them. Space is a shower and compost toilet.





The small bedroom is located on the second floor, where are neat steps.





Since the house is on one of the islands of New Zealand, it is expected that the system will collect rain water to fill the container 32 000 liters of water per year.



The cost of materials and equipment self-contained mini-houses accounted for 46 thousand US dollars. And if we add to it the builders services, the total price of Room to Move US $ 77 000. However, the author of "solar" autotrailers plans in the near future to significantly reduce its cost.



Miniature houses are very popular in many countries. But is actually living in small houses really help save money - very controversial statement

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