Six-berth Tiny House can Lose the Wheels for Permanent Small Living

Brief 

The Kererū Tiny House is based on a detachable trailer, allowing its owners to permanently install it with relative ease. Though compact, its interior can actually sleep up to six – as long as a couple of guests don’t mind roughing it on a sofa bed.

Insight

Build Tiny’s latest model, the Kererū Tiny House, is based on a detachable trailer, allowing future owners to put down roots and permanently install it with relative ease if they get tired of life on wheels. Its interior is quite compact, but does have a well-proportioned living area, plus sleeping space for up to six people – as long as a couple of guests don’t mind roughing it on a sofa bed.

The Kererū Tiny House has a total length of 8 m (26 ft), and its double-axle detachable trailer is the same type that Build Tiny has used in some of its previous models, such as the First Light Tiny House.

The unassuming-looking exterior is clad in vinyl, with corrugated aluminum accenting and there’s also a small door providing access to the solar power storage room for storing batteries and other off-grid gear (the home is wired ready for off-grid functionality but doesn’t actually have solar panels installed yet).

Visitors access the interior through double glass doors and enter into the living room, which is finished in utilitarian plywood, as is the rest of the tiny house.

This area contains the sofa bed, which has integrated storage, plus there’s some additional storage nearby too. The kitchen is adjacent and has a breakfast bar for two, as well as an oven, a propane-powered two-burner stove, a washer/dryer, a sink, and some cabinetry.

The bathroom lies at the opposite end of the home to the living room and looks rather snug, but Build Tiny did manage to squeeze in a shower, sink, and a composting toilet.