Baluchon is a French firm that is used to working with very limited space due to its country’s strict towing laws. Tiny houses on wheels in France have very strict weight requirements, significantly lighter than those in North America. Baluchon’s latest model put their experience with such restrictions to use. The tiny house measures just 6-m (19.6 ft)-long.
The happy owners of the clever little home are a couple and their pets. The place has room for them all plus a spare room for guests or storage.
The Tiny house L’île au Trésor (or Tiny House Treasure Island) features the following:
- A kitchen with fridge, sink, two-burner propane-powered stove, and some shelving (visitors enter into the house through the kitchen area)
- A small pull-out dining table (installed in the cabinetry in the kitchen)
- One loft bedroom that contains a double bed (reached by a removable ladder)
- A bathroom with a toilet and a shower, but no sink (on the ground floor accessible via the kitchen)
- A raised living room with a sofa and a small coffee table that is reached by a few storage-integrated stairs
- Beneath the living room is another area that seems best suited as a storage area but Baluchon says it can fit either a couple of single beds or a double and serve as a guest room or second bedroom (although whoever stays there can not be claustrophobic)
- It’s finished in red cedar and heat-treated poplar, with a spruce frame
- It’s based on a double-axle trailer
- It gets power from a standard RV-style hookup
This specific model was delivered to a vineyard in Nantes, not too far from the firm’s own workshop. It’s a great example of a perfectly cozy petite way to live a minimalist lifestyle, and you can do it almost anywhere you want.
