Having a home is a necessity of life. It is a right. At least, it should be. But housing in the Netherlands has become a luxury item. Only accessible for the rich among us. Our government has made a choice to leave housing largely to the free market with all its consequences. I think that […]
South of England, check!
Last Sunday I returned from a two-week vacation in southern England. Together with a friend, I spent a week in Dartmoor and a week in Exmoor and explored the area, including a trip to Cornwall. A dream came true! Visiting South England was high on my wish list and now I can cross it out. […]
September course meeting
On Saturday 21 September we will hold what will be the sixth meeting of the online basic course “Your Tiny House – from dream to reality”. We organize these meetings four times a year to support online classes. Every time we choose a different theme, invite a guest speaker or organize an information market like […]
New course: From initiative group to housing cooperative
In my July newsletter you have already read the announcement. Now the time has come: the course “From initiative group to housing cooperative” is online! This course helps you and your group to set up a cooperative for your Tiny House housing project. But even if you want to set up an association, I can […]
Tiny Houses: beyond the pilot phase
The demand for Tiny House residential locations is still increasing. Municipalities are getting more and more questions from residents about the possibility of living in a small, simple and environmentally conscious way. But concrete residential locations are only appearing slowly. What is the reason for this, when this new form of living is clearly an […]
Keeping your Tiny House cool
Tropical temperatures will reach our country this week. The weather forecast predicts for Thursday that the national heat record from 1944 could even be broken! While I am writing this, it is still a comfortable 22 degrees in my Tiny House, but on Thursday I had better look for some coolness elsewhere … Even if […]
Summer promotion: 10% discount, and win a meet & greet!
From now until the end of August you can buy the online basic course “Your Tiny House – from dream to reality” with a 10% discount! You also have a chance to win a meet & greet with me at my Tiny House in Alkmaar. Holiday time is the perfect time to start making your […]
Build your own Tiny House
You must have seen it pass by at some point. When you spend a bit of time in online Tiny House circles you can hardly miss it. The newest addition to the Dutch Tiny House library: Build your own Tiny House by Jan-Willem van der Male and Noortje Veerman. And it is really to be […]
Tiny Houses and the Building Decree
When you want to live in a Tiny House legally, you will need an environmental permit for building. Even when your house is built elsewhere and is moved to the place where you are going to live in it, the environmental permit is for “the construction of a building”. The 2012 Building Decree is a […]
The tiny Christmas spirit
It’s almost Christmas! This will be my first Christmas in my Tiny House. I was planning to decorate my home with a few Christmas decorations; not too many, just enough to get that Christmas feeling. But because of work and other engagements, I never got round to doing it. And just when I had decided […]