FAQ

Once the deposit is received we generally allow up to 3 months (12 weeks) for the building process. The trailer’s alone take 8 weeks to make depending on how busy the supplier is, and our Formance™ SIP Panel’s also take 8 weeks for production time. The actual construction start to finish for us takes 4 weeks. We are working on getting this time reduced by sourcing multiple trailer engineers, and having pre-made stock of Formance™ panels in production for each unit, but at this stage 3 months is a realistic expectation.

We outsource our delivery’s to Supercity towing, they charge $150.00p/h from leaving our warehouse, until they are back in their depot after the delivery. This will give you an indication on pricing depending where in the country you are. We can also organise crane and trailer options for hard to access sites, or overweight cabins/tiny homes that are over the legal trailer load weight of 3500kg. Our Ecospace cabins can also be picked up from our warehouse in Auckland without a pilot vehicle, however you need to be experienced at towing and have a vehicle capable of towing 3500kg. If the GMV of your vehicle and the cabin is greater than 6000kg you will require a class 2 license. We can offer delivery all around New Zealand, however, every situation is different so we will need to provide a quote at the time of enquiry/transportation.

Our Ecospace units are built with the vision of being “off the grid”, however, we understand this may not suit everyone’s situation. Our 10m2 Ecospace cabin is slightly under 10m2 and fully transportable so they will not require building consent according to the NZS3604 building code. The 13m2, 18m2, and 26m2 concepts are built on a registered and warranted light trailer which classes them as a vehicle, however, if you are connecting to main council services, this will trigger a consent. We can add self sustainable fixtures including composting toilet, and separate grey water system to avoid this. Resource consents and local council rules vary between each region, so we suggest it is best if you get in touch with your local council for more information to keep on the safe side. If a resource/building consent is required for your region, we have the plan’s and licensed building practitioner’s ready to comply with all relevant inspections and requirements, and we can walk you through the consenting process from start to finish at your cost. As a member of the New Zealand Tiny House Association, along with other great tiny house company’s around the country we are in the process of contributing towards creating a new legislation each week, which classes “tiny house on wheels” in its own category separate to the building and road code, to help better support our exciting growth industry. We are hoping to get this sorted this year. Keep posted for updates 🙂

As with most building contracts we work on a progress payment system. We require a 60% deposit once the contract is signed and before the construction starts, this covers all the building materials to get the project started and into production. At week 9 we then require a further 30% to pay for the construction labour costs, and then the final 10% before pick up/delivery.

Yes we do. We can build a timber subfloor and flooring as per NZS3604 standards to suit the 13m2 and 18m2 cabin, as opposed to having them on a trailer, this will mean we have to go down the consenting process which we can walk you through from start to finish. If you’re interested in this option, ask us for a quote and we will deduct the cost of the trailer, and include the consenting costs.