Building a backyard cottage can be expensive: In the San Francisco Bay Area, for example, even a small accessory dwelling unit (ADU) might cost more than $200,000. And getting permits can take months.

Tiny homes have begun to spread like wildfire worldwide, and today's habitat comes from England. It's here that we find U-Build, a brand that takes a different view of the way we design, build, and ...

In his last semester at college, in between studying labor law and environmental impact assessment, Alex Elderbroom took a class on something very different: how to build a tiny house. In the class, ...

A small stone dwelling that melts into the rugged landscape of the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides, built entirely by hand, has been shortlisted for the RIBA House of the Year 2025. The compact ...

Given the constant stream of tiny house content on the socials, including successful life stories from digital nomads, tutorials, and all types of motivational posts, you'd be excused if you weren't ...

Construction of a house takes four walls, a roof and basic modern amenities. But local students recently got a hands-on opportunity to learn what it takes to make a home. Nine students from La Jolla ...

As a freelance travel writer for 25 years, I thought I'd always be a renter in Australia. When COVID-19 stopped me from traveling, I decided to design and build a tiny house. At 56, I moved into my ...

Katharine Paljug is a financial writer and editor with over a decade of industry experience. Her writing has covered nearly every aspect of the financial world, from investing in forex to paying for ...