>> GABRIEL: It’s my house, it’s not in a mortgage to a bank that if I lose my job I have to give it back. It’s paid. So that’s one of the things I like most. [Music Playing] I’ve lived in my tiny house for about a year and a half I decided to live in a tiny house really to prove a point that it was doable.
In Quebec. In northern climates. One of the winters I lived in it was the 2014/2015 It was one of the coldest winters we had since like 100 years or so. It was really cold. And it only cost me $100 bucks to heat up the whole place all winter.
My temperatures were between 17 and 25 degrees Celsius all the time. Really it was my solar heating that was giving me a lot of free energy and I only had to heat up at night with a small electric heater.
So it was pretty much like $20 bucks per month of heating. [Music Playing] The first thing we have here is the dining area. We have a lot of storage underneath it. We also have the table right here. So we just put it there with the naval foot.
It transforms into a table and a bed. Up here we have a bed in the mezzanine. We have another mezzanine at the other side which is more for storage. Here we have my desk, my computer, my monitor. You have some storage under here.
We’re already in the kitchen, it’s not a big house. Here the more interesting thing that you can see is the fridge which runs on solar. Completely off-grid. For the water it runs with a solar pump.
A 12-Volt pump. You have also…this here gives a little more space for chopping the vegetables or that kind of thing. Here we took in the wall to do some storage. These are shelves not steps. So it’s really in the wall.
And lastly we have the toilet and shower. It’s a compost toilet. And a small shower. And all the interior is in pine and cedar. And it was covered in oil. It’s a mix of natural oil. I park it in my family’s backyard.
It’s really quiet. We have the river nearby and good neighbours. So yeah, pretty much there since the beginning. We constructed it here. I had some fears: Could I live in such a small space? Will I have enough heat for the winter? Will everything work out? Will the house crash on the road? Yeah, a lot of doubts.
But overall it did really well. I can live in a small space. I’m never too cramped. There’s a lot of space. I don’t know if you’ll be able to see it on video but in real life it’s really.
..it’s spacious. We have to manage resources better. Like energy, water, it’s really that sort of thing that is challenging. My monthly income is low but the things I have to pay are low also. So I don’t have to work that much.
Well, I work a lot I work too much but I wouldn’t have to, like if I had a normal job. I would have to work like 10-15 hours to pay my bills. So my bills are really low. So yeah, it’s a really great lifestyle for people who want to live better lives, work a little less.
It’s really great. [Water Running] This here is a vertical garden system. It’s made of pouches from recycled plastic and it’s really great, you just put in your soil, your plants, and when you water it, it really contains.
..there’s no leakage. So it’s a really good solution for small space. And for the air quality in the house it’s really great. This here is a box containing all the electrical systems for the solar.
I have about 750 Watts of power on the roof. And it powers my fridge, my lights (it’s all on LED), USB powered things, my solar heating (the fan inside of it), and we also have an inverter that transforms the 12-Volt into 120-Volts.
My water pump also. My main heating solution is called e-Solar. It’s a wall heating solar panel that you can see on the side of my house. Most of my heat comes from that. So it’s really just, it’s attached to the second mezzanine and you just take it out and there you go.
Some stairs are like, really inclinated, like this and I don’t feel safe on those. This one is really great. It was made with fence posts. Cedar and fence posts. So it’s light, durable. My company is called MicroEvolution.
We do mostly assistance to the auto-constructor [DIY] so I do workshops, I do construction plans, I sell a specialized trailer. So really I am there to help people build their small houses for mostly cheap, not a lot of money.
50% of a house total [cost] is labour so when I help people auto-construct their house it’s mostly cheaper. A lot cheaper. And I like it. Really, it’s cool to assist and meet super nice people that want to live that kind of life.
It’s a really great sentiment. It’s really positive. [Music Playing] [Music] it’s my house it’s not in a mortgage to a bank that if I lose my job I have to give it back it’s paid so that that’s one of the thing I like most I live in my tiny house for about a year and a half I decided to live in a tiny house really to to prove a point that it was doable in Quebec in northern climate one of the the winners I lived in it was the 2014/2015 I was one of the coldest winter we had since like a hundred years or
so it was really cold and it only costs me a hundred bucks to heat up the whole place all winter my temperatures were between 17 and 25 degrees Celsius all the time really it was my solar heating that was giving me a lot of free energy and I only had to heat up at night with a small electrical heating so was pretty much like 20 bucks per per month of eating the first thing we have here is the dining area we have a lot of storage underneath it we also have the table right here so we just put it there with the naval foot it transforms into a table and a bed up here we have a bed in the Mizanin we have another Mizanin at the other side which is more for storage here we have my desk my computer my monitor you have some storage under here we’re already at the kitchen it’s not a big house here the more interesting thing that you can see is the fridge which runs unsoldered completely up grid for the water it runs with a solar pump the 12 valve pump you have also this here gives a little more space for chopping the vegetables or that kind of thing here we like took in the wall to do some storage these learn these are shelves not steps so it’s really in the wall and the lastly we have the toilet and shower it’s a compost toilet and a small shower and all the interior is in pine and cedar and it was covered in taki oil it’s a mix of natural oil I park it in my family’s backyard it’s really quiet we have the river nearby and good neighbors
so yeah pretty much they’re there since the beginning we constructed it here I had some fears could I live in such small a space will I have enough heat for the winter will everything work out will did the house crash on the road yeah a lot of doubts
but overall it did really well I can live in a small space I’m never too cramped there’s a lot of space like I don’t know if you’ll be able to see it on video but in real life it’s really it’s spacious we have to to manage resources better like energy water it’s really that sort of thing that is challenging my monthly income is low but my the things I have to pay are low also so I don’t have to work that much well I work a lot I work too much
but I don’t I wouldn’t have to like if I had a normal job I would have to work like 1015 hours to pay my my bills so my bills are really low so yeah it’s a really great lifestyle for people want to live better lives work a little less it’s really great this here is a vertical garden system it’s made of pouch from recycled plastic and it’s really great you just put in your your soil your plants and when you water it it really contains there’s no leakage so it’s a really good solution for small space and for the air quality in the house is really great this here is a box containing all the electrical systems for the solar I have about 750 watts of power on the roof and it powers my fridge my lights it’s all on LED USB powered things my solar heating the fan inside of it and we have also an inverter that transformed the 12 volts into 120 volts my water pump awesome my main eating solution is called a solar it’s a wall eating solar panel that you can see on the side of my house most of my heat comes from that so it’s really just it’s attached to the second Mizanin just take it out and there you go some stairs are like really inclination like this I I don’t feel safe in Dublin this one is really great it was made with fence post cedar fence post
so it’s light durable my company is called micro evolution we do mostly assistance to the adult constructors so I do workshops I do construction plans I sell I specialized trailer so really I’m there to help people build our small houses for mostly cheap and a lot of money fifty percent of a house total is labor so when I help people how to construct their house it’s mostly cheaper a lot cheaper and I like it really it’s cool to assist and meet super nice people that want to live that kind of life and so it’s a really great sentiment that’s really positive
