This Is America’s Best Tiny House

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This Is America’s Best Tiny House

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Tiny houses have become a popular way to “downsize” or to save money on living in a home. Many are less than 200 square feet and cost under $100,000 when they are new. Another feature of some of these houses is that they can be built on wheels and transported from place to place.

It is difficult to pick the “best” tiny house. Some are austere. Others have expensive features like lofts to add space, expensive cabinets, or are made of expensive wood. And, they come with a wide array of architectures. Some look like farmhouses. Others have ultramodern designs with large windows.  At least one popular tiny house is built in a tree.

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The highest-rated house at The Spruce is the 84 Lumber “Countryside” model. The manufacturer describes the house:

Among the key features of this cozy space is the extra storage, bamboo flooring, and permanent staircase that leads up to the sleeping loft. The sleeping loft features 3 windows, personal lighting and outlets. The kitchen in our Countryside THOW flaunts a custom butcherblock countertop, raised bar for dining or working, an ENERGY STAR refrigerator and electric cook-top.

Home Builder Digest rates the Al Tiny Homes in first place:

Their lead construction professional has over 20 years of experience and can complete any kind of custom home you want, in a wide range of styles and sizes. They have three models shown on their website – Freedom, The Dreamer, and Trinity, which you can adjust to your specifications, but typically they draw up custom plans with each client to suit specific tastes and needs.

The numbers of tiny house builders run into the dozens. Despite their sizes, they can be an investment of over $100,000.

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About the Author Douglas A. McIntyre →

Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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