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Candid Tiny House
Candid Tiny House - The Advocacy Season
Discover the groundbreaking journey of tiny house living in Central Victoria. In Season 2, we explore how the Mount Alexander Shire removed barriers by allowing tiny houses on wheels without permits or time limits. Learn from key players, including Kaz Neilson and Councillor Rosie Annear, as we share strategies for advocating change in your own community. Join us on Fridays for inspiring episodes that empower you to drive transformation in housing laws.
SEASON 1: A series of honest interviews with people who have built a tiny house on a Fred's Tiny Houses Trailer in Australia after taking a Workshop or Online Course with Fred. Mine these interviews for tiny house building tips that are grounded in reality and experience. Hear stories of everything that it's taken to build each tiny house on wheels, including: - the financial costs & the savings; - the things they wish they knew before starting out on their tiny house building journey; - the injuries & the community support; - the setbacks & triumphs; and - the compromises & innovations.Instead of presenting a shiny tiny house ideal, we take a gritty and realistic look at the enormous feat it takes to build a tiny house on wheels. Each client sets out to make a home that is a successful road vehicle as well as being a comfortable place to live in year-round.See a tour or video component of each interview on the Fred's Tiny Houses You Tube channel.Enjoy photos of each episode and read a short article on each tiny house story on the Fred's Tiny Houses Blog.Be inspired by all the people who have walked the path before you.Access an informed community of conscientious tiny house builders and see the results of their efforts on Fred's Tiny Houses YouTube channel, then start your build well informed and better equipped for the journey ahead! Season 1 (E1/6) starts on Friday 24th September 2021.All the interviewees are in Australia and we focus exclusively on information that is relevant to Australia. Shannon Schultz is your host on Candid Tiny House. She talks to people every day about their tiny house projects at Fred's Tiny Houses and enjoys getting real about tiny houses and everything that is involved in making them and living in them. She picks up the technical stuff from Fred (her husband) and loves catching up with clients to celebrate their journey and their tiny house successes! :-)
Candid Tiny House
[BOOK CLUB] Tiny: A Memoir About Love, Letting Go and a Very Small House by Louise Southerden
Hello and welcome to this bonus [book club] episode of Candid Tiny House!
It’s a special occasion because one of our DIY builders, Lou Southerden, who you might remember from Season 1 Episode 4, has written a book about her journey of building her tiny house on wheels.
TINY: A Memoir About Love, Letting Go and a Very Small House tracks the story of Lou’s DIY tiny house build in the Northern Rivers area in NSW and the love relationship that she was in at the time.
Fred and I had the privilege of reading the book earlier this year and I have to say that what stood out to me was the realness of her accounts of both building as a DIYer and the honesty of how she lets us in on her relationship, as it suffered massively during the tiny house build and eventually lead to the relationship breaking down.
In this interview we hear about:
- Writing about the tiny, in the tiny house
- Themes of building as a female DIY builder in a male-dominated industry
- Moving her tiny to a new location
- Site preparation, costs and moving details
- Council regulations for tiny houses in her location (Ballina Shire)
- Writing as a personal process of healing and integration.
Book links:
TINY is out on 30th July 2024 through Hardie Grant publishers.
It’s hugely relatable, beautifully written and well worth a read!
Tiny House Education:
Mentioned in the interview:
- Tractor Tiny House Guy: Ian Branson https://bransonsruralservices.com/
- Ballina Shire Tiny House strategy
- Lou's blog: No Impact Girl
Music:
Scott Buckley