2. Draw out all flooring plans earlier than you begin the work, and do not forget about particulars like electrical retailers and lighting fixtures.
On this picture, Stefanie Fisher, one other residence proprietor I spoke to, is placing up the partitions of her wagon.
Stefanie Fisher/My Tiny Wagon
A number of of the householders I interviewed pressured the significance of getting a plan that outlines the place all the things goes.
Stefanie Fisher, a former realtor who spent $15,000 constructing an 84-square-foot tiny cellular residence, instructed me a flooring plan allowed her to construct furnishings with out losing house.
Primarily based on her prior expertise dwelling in a van, Fisher knew how restricted house may very well be and wished to make sure that she might match all she wanted into her wagon.
An in depth plan might help to keep away from any potential renovation regrets, too.
Katy Krebs, a Texas mom of two who turned a shed right into a household residence with $16,000, stated the ground plan ought to specify the little particulars — together with the place {the electrical} retailers and lighting fixtures will probably be.
“We wished our AC within the bed room, nevertheless it ended up being in the lounge,” Krebs stated. She did not like the truth that she now had a giant galvanized pipe on her porch, however instructed me that it was a reminder to have issues drawn out earlier than beginning work.
