The Kapiti Tiny House tour | Built by Build Tiny | Katikati New Zealand

We love working on tiny homes with interesting exterior finishes - how stunning is the combination of colour steel and Macrocarpa timber on this tiny house! Our client is relocating back to NZ from over ‘the ditch’, and figured that a tiny house on wheels was the perfect way to have her very own home ready and waiting for her on her return. We worked remotely on the design and material selections, and sent her regular updates via our phone app with photos and progress on the build. Our client has some DIY projects in mind to enhance the design of the tiny house, including varnishing of the walls, floors and cabinetry, Installing full height bookshelves on the wall in the lounge, and built in storage solutions in the loft. She’s also planning to do an off the grid solar installation in the future hence the inclusion of the utility box over the drawbar. It should be noted that anyone that’s a fan of the layout, but not of the challenging vertical ladder into the loft, can easily swap this out for a set of stora