Tiny Homes on Trailers

A little bit about us

In 2019, Little Latitude Homes was started up in Southern Tasmania by licensed builder and designer Greg and his partner Ginny, after many years of building larger homes on foundations. Over four years, the duo crafted eight and a half (see images of LLH 5a + b) tiny homes in total, all designed perfectly to suit the needs and wishes of their clients.

In 2022 Greg & Ginny mentored Patrick & Sabrina through their first tiny home owner build, before selling the business to them. Since then, they have built a second tiny home which will become a luxurious off-grid retreat (see LLH 10) on the Tasmanian East Coast, and are constructing a 7.2m tiny home with elevating bed platform as a care-taker’s cottage.

Unique compact homes

Just one Little Latitude Home is built at a time in our work shed, usually averaging between 4-8 months from start of construction to completion, depending on the home size, complexity, or level of custom finishes. Each is different, and their uniqueness comes from us working closely with each client throughout the design and construction process. We aim to meet the specific needs of each client’s budget, lifestyle and parking location. All plumbing, electrical, solar and gas-fitting work is done by licensed tradespeople.

What does a tiny house cost?

We do not list prices on our website, because each build project differs in size, building duration, materials and off-grid capabilities. We do however know, that in 2024 we cannot build a turn-key tiny home for less than $110,000. This is due to the large initial outlay for a well-engineered tiny house trailer, the cost of labour and valued licensed tradespeople, materials increasing in cost the past three years, the unavoidable extra cost of sea freight to Tasmania plus extra regional area freight costs to Cygnet, vehicle compliance and registration costs, building shed rental and other business overheads. Additionally, off-grid systems like solar panels, lithium batteries and accredited waterless toilets are not cheap items.

If you are interested in learning more about why professionally-built tiny homes cost what they do, we invite you to watch this video by a Canadian custom tiny home builder.

To be completely honest, the least expensive way of owning a tiny home, if you have time and the drive, is Doing It Yourself, because you save yourself many of the expenses listed above. Getting help from friends, and building with recycled or on-sale materials wherever possible will save you even more time and money. Alternatively the second-hand market for tiny homes is growing, but do your due diligence and ask sellers questions like: ‘does this tiny home have electrical/plumbing/gas certificates’, ‘is this tiny home and its trailer registered as a single vehicle, or is it roadworthy (within legal dimensions and weight) and thus registerable’. Ask for photographs taken throughout the tiny house build to ensure things were built well and to a high standard.

Finally, perhaps you could consider having a tiny home built to ‘shell’ or ‘lock-up’ stage, and finish the home yourself. Often it’s the detailed finish work that takes the longest and hence comes with high labour costs. Please call us to chat more if you feel this is an option for you.

Want to work with us?

If you would like to discuss becoming our next tiny house build client, please fill out our contact form, or call us for a discussion. We endeavour to return all enquiries as quickly as possible if we do not reply immediately due to building work.

Please also reach out if you wish to collaborate in some way, be it tiny house design, advocacy, press or media, building science and innovative materials, or furnishings and decor options.

Meet us and view our latest build project

Our work shed in Southern Tasmania is only open to visitors by appointment. Please send us a message via the contact form, or call to arrange an appointment.