Unusual collapsible homes cost just over $53,000 — and you can get it shipped to you from Amazon
This house isn’t just tiny — it also comes in a flat pack that you can buy on Amazon and can be built from the ground up. Now that it’s going viral on social media, one group has put it to the test.
This house isn’t just tiny — it also comes in a flat pack and can be built from the ground up.
Among the thousands of things you can buy online these days, one of the more surprising viral hits has been a ‘portable prefabricated tiny home’ priced at $34,999 (AU$53,100) on Amazon.
The 35 sqm homes have an “expandable” steel frame, thermal insulation — and sufficient space to be divided into two bedrooms, one living room, a bathroom and a kitchen, according to its product page.
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The home, with the brand name Zolyndo, comes in three options — a 4m-by-6m structure with a bathroom costs $19,999 (AU$30,300), while a 4.5m-by-6.2m one sets you back $22,999 (AUS34,900).
The $34,999 (AU$53k) build is bigger, and comes with a rest room — and since it is on Amazon, Americans can get one shipped within four to five days.
Right now the craze has been so popular that it is being listed as sold out on the Amazon Australia website, so eager users will need to keep tabs on when it re-stocks.to be ‘out of st
Although the tiny house movement has become mainstream in recent years, the fact that prefab houses are for sale via retailers such as Home Depot is still unique — and the concept of one that folds outs is even more distinctive.
The Amazon product page notes the homes have drywall anchors and holes for screws for installation — and that the unfolding process is “simple.”
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A social media group recently tested the functionality of the concept by purchasing one of the foldable abodes and uploaded their review to their TikTok, Survive and Thrive Co. — where it has accrued more than 11,000 likes and 237,000 views.
“I bought a house on Amazon,” the clip says of men cutting open an enormous Amazon box and then exploring the shipping container-like home it contains.
“There’s a whole bathroom,” comments one user, exploring the compact bathroom, which appears to have arrived with water hooked up.
Electrical outlets, however, do not come included, they discover after unfolding the house to its full size — which is mentioned on the product’s Amazon page.
“Bro this thing is so easy to build,” they comment on the setup. “You literally just unfold it.”
Viewers were both impressed and concerned about the shippable living situation.
“That house will close on me like a deck of cards,” commented one user.
“But how well would it do in different weather and how is insulation?” wondered another.
In Australia, some desperate tenants have been resorting to renting portable homes in parents back yards since last year.
Stand-alone separate rooms that can be delivered across Melbourne popped up on Facebook Marketplace for up to $180 per week back in April 2023.
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Parts of this story first appeared on The Post and were republished with permission.
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