After having lived in my unique and atmospheric Tiny House for five wonderful years, I am offering it for sale. Not because I no longer enjoy living in it, but because I am going to have a new Tiny House built on my own plot in Olst. There is only one of this house in […]
Step by step..
.. I am on my way to the Olstergaard. It is quite an adventure for me! Today I would like to tell you a little about my progress. It is often a matter of waiting for others first in order to take the next step, so I need to practice patience a lot. But we’ll […]
Spring! And drought?
Spring has started, hurray! While I am sitting on the couch writing in my nice sitting corner, I see the sun shining happily outside, and little birds fluttering back and forth in my garden. The bulbs from the Bee Foundation that I planted in October are in bloom and the first batch of spinach, radishes […]
The planning of your Tiny House project
Realizing your own Tiny dream home is a project of scale; a whole adventure where you have to make many decisions along the way. I imagine you might be a little worried about that, or even dread it. The way you look at such a project makes a big difference in how you experience it […]
Tiny milestones
This week I finally received the provisional purchase contract for my lot in the Olstergaard, hurray! Another step towards my own permanent home and quite a milestone for me. I have never bought a house or lot in my life! I’m glad there is some progress; I still hope to be able to move in […]
New: overview of Tiny House residential locations
As a Tiny House pioneer and ambassador of Tiny House Nederland, I like to keep an eye on everything when it comes to Tiny House residential options in the Netherlands. And let me tell you, a LOT is happening. And this is much needed too. There are so many people looking for a place where […]
Un-Dutch cold
Last weekend we had the worst weather I’ve experienced so far since living in my Tiny House. For the first time in more than ten years, a snowstorm raged across the Netherlands. An icy east wind whistled around my house, sometimes making the drifting snow look like small tornadoes. Even the chickens did not want […]
Why using Tiny Houses for recreation is not a good idea
The popularity of Tiny Houses is still increasing, and the logical consequence is that commercial interests come into play. Of course, there is nothing wrong with that, but there is a risk that the Tiny House movement will be hindered by it. In my opinion, that is what happens when Tiny Houses are used as […]
On a road trip for the garden
Last Tuesday I went on a little road trip to collect information for the design of my future garden. I visited Esther and Arjan from Eetbaargoed.nl, went to look in the showroom at Tuinkassenwinkel.nl and made a stop by my future neighborhood, as I was in the area anyway. Making plans for the future is […]
From frontrunner to backburner
“Alkmaar positive about Tiny Houses, but only temporarily” headlines the Noordhollands Dagblad on Friday, January 15. This article comes as a surprise to me. But the content unfortunately does not. This group of councillors does not want Tiny Houses. That has been clear to me for a long time. They find our temporary project here […]