Tiny homes: solving affordability and housing crisis issues

Eco-friendly budget homes for only $85,000 available in just one week. Tiny homes are making big moves in helping the affordability and housing crisis in Australia.

Affordable, hardy and with a quick turnaround time, these tiny homes are providing hope amid a nationwide housing and cost-of-living crisis.

Eddie Davies, co-founder of Tiny Mobile said he believes their tiny homes can help Australians who are struggling to find quality homes on tight budgets. Tiny Mobile’s home, ‘The Joey’ costs $85,000 and has been short-listed as one of the best builds under $100,000.

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Tiny Mobile’s tiny homes out in the wild.

‘The Joey’ costs $85,000 and can be delivered and ready to live in within a week.

“We want to give Australians another option than committing to a taxing 30-year mortgage,” Mr Davies said. “Our tiny homes can be comfortably paid off within three to five years,” he said.

The Tiny Mobile homes are constructed locally in Australia and can be fast-tracked, delivered and ready to live in, within a week. Mr Davies said over the last few years he saw manufacturing lead times and budgets were “blowing out”.

Bondor manufacture the panels locally in each state and use BlueScope steel to create the insulated walls.

“These conditions inspired us to redefine construction and tap into a unique opportunity to offer a solution to some of the biggest pain points in the housing market,” he said.

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The homes are 7.5m by 2.5m and include a kitchen, bathroom, three-seater lounge and queen size bed. Tiny Mobile also offers custom built tiny homes.

Bondor, an Australian thermal building solutions company, have created the panels for Tiny Mobile’s homes from BlueScope steel. The panels make up both the internal and external wall of the tiny homes.

Tiny Mobile’s kitchen, living and queen sized bed.

The Joey’s bathroom fittings.

The homes are 7.5m by 2.5m.

Barry Mitchell, Bondor State Manager NSW/ACT said the panels are lightweight, cost-effective and have “great thermal properties”.

Mr Mitchell said the demand for Tiny Mobile’s homes was “growing rapidly” in NSW and Queensland.

“We see this relocatable home market growing as its turnaround time will help provide Australians with accommodations in a short time frame, which is becoming a key consideration for first homebuyers,” he said.

Bondor, an Australian thermal building solutions company, have created the panels for Tiny Mobile’s homes from BlueScope steel

Tiny Mobile have recently expanded to the Queensland market and partnered with not-for-profit ESuarve to create workshops to help disengaged youth gain construction apprenticeships. “We wish Tiny Mobile every success in this joint venture, we see so many more opportunities for them in the market,” Mr Mitchell said.

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