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Jul 30, 2023

I built a tiny home for under $5,000

AN ALASKAN woman has built her own unique tiny home caravan for less than $5,000. The unusual house on wheels gets a lot of questions over its quirky design. Brooke Whipple (@girlinthewoodz) is an

AN ALASKAN woman has built her own unique tiny home caravan for less than $5,000.

The unusual house on wheels gets a lot of questions over its quirky design.

Brooke Whipple (@girlinthewoodz) is an outdoor survivalist and former contestant on the History show ALONE.

She built her own off-grid wagon to satisfy her need for travel, and in a recent video, gave a tour to the YouTube channel Tiny House Giant Journey.

Brooke describes her tiny home as a Vardo, which is an ornate, decorated wagon traditionally used by Romani travelers.

The unique house on wheels gets a lot of raised eyebrows from people seeing it for the first time.

“They’re kind of taken aback, like, ‘What is that?’” said Brooke.

The wagon is full of unique features like a round roof, round windows, and stunning external artwork depicting scenes from Arizona.

The inside offers just 70 square feet of living space, but that’s enough room for a double bed, a small kitchenette, and even a record player.

There’s no bathroom. Instead, Brooke washes outside using a kettle bath, but she would like to have an on-demand hot water shower in the future.

She uses a compositing toilet which she stores under the bed.

Brooke only spent $1,700 on the trailer base and another $3,300 to make the finished wagon - putting her total budget at $5,000.

She decided not to wire the home with electricity and runs her appliances with rechargeable power banks.

She cooks on butane and uses a foot pump sink with a water tank.

Brooke has caught the tiny home bug and now has plans to build even more cabins and mobile homes.

And she isn’t the only one who is crazy about this lifestyle.

One Utah man recently revealed how he built his own A-frame tiny home within a budget of $9,000, including the cost of the land.

Inside, there is only 80 square feet of living space, mostly taken up by two easy chairs that fold down into single beds.

Meanwhile, a young couple in Washington spent $20,000 building their own tiny home from a shipping container.

And YouTuber David Rule constructed a 150 square feet house with zero prior construction experience for $8,000.