We were just looking for simple rental when we moved to Vancouver.Īlex: I know you clued us into it a little bit. But at that point we just really wanted to change up the lifestyle. I guess there is potential I could have tried to do that and live in it. Did you build another one for yourself after that after you moved?Ĭhad: No. They fell in love with my house found out I was selling and bought it from me when I left.Īlex: Wow cool. There is a place that does ‘mead’ which is a honey wine and they have woofers that come and stay on the farm with them and they needed a spot for them. When I left Hornby it made more sense to not try and store it because any building is better lived in than left alone. So that was your first tiny house you built than I assume was yours, your own?Ĭhad: Yes that’s right and I ended up selling that to on the island. So I didn’t know that.Ĭhad: Yea for five years we lived with my daughter and partner.Īlex: Wow that’s wonderful. It’s something that I can maintain just as a single person company.Īlex: That’s fascinating, I didn’t realize that when I first reached out to you that you actually live in a tiny house. And I came up with the idea that if I built myself a little place and just park on somebody’s land and live in that they wouldn’t be able to kick me out of my house in the summer time when rents are super high and they could get more money and lucrativeness from that so that is what inspired me and that is why I am doing it. So I guess that is why I was inspired to them and I knew about them, because on Hornby Island when I moved back from Nelson, we needed a place and rental home own is really hard to find. It’s small enough for a single person company to do, and I live in one also. I did it because it is something that I can use all my skill base in. What made you decide to go with the tiny houses?Ĭhad: Well it is actually different than the small homes movement that everyone else is doing. And then I moved to Vancouver and been doing renovations and just in the last I guess last May, I decided it was time to start my construction building the tiny homes.Īlex: Awesome. And then I moved to Vancouver, or back to Hornby for another 5 years and worked for the same company I worked for when I was younger. So I started on Hornby Island and worked for a design and architectural company for 4 or 5 years and then I moved out to Nelson and did some furniture design and building and small renovation. So how long have you been designing and building homes for? Not just tiny homes but home in general maybe?Ĭhad: Well I’ve been building since I got out of high school, but not always doing the designing as well. I am all the way in Florida and I know you’re in Vancouver? Is that right? Where are you located?Ĭhad: Yea well Burnaby just on the edge of Vancouver there.Īlex: Oh nice. “Hi, Chad how are you today?”Ĭhad: I am doing really well it is nice and sunny.Īlex: Nice. Images © Structural Spaces Interview with the Builder Interview TranscriptĪlex: Hi I am here with Chad Smith from Structural Spaces and we would just like to welcome him. Curved Roof Tiny Home by Structural Spaces Please enjoy, learn more, and re-share below. Scroll below the pictures to listen to an interview with the builder! When you go inside, you’ll find a geometric space with a kitchen, bathroom, living room, and loft bedroom. curved roof tiny home by Structural Spaces along with an interview with the designer/builder, Chad Smith.įrom the outside, you’ll notice shingles and a unique curved – and flat – roof.
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