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Middle Style Home

I am loving the look of Hornby Island Caravans. It looks like they can craft well in that space between full-size tiny houses a la Tumbleweed and craft caravans of the Pennsic Homeowners Association.

I’d like to commission one with these specs:

  • Aurora style. This means arched roof, T&G interior, shiplap exterior, 7.5 feet width, 16 foot length. Fully insulated. New trailer.
  • Default color scheme and materials, to include lighting.
  • Double glazed windows with screens (see diagrams below).
    • Long high windows on tail end and both sides toward tail end.
    • Small windows elsewhere.
  • Windowed door on passenger side wall, forward of (or over) wheels.
  • Electric panel with outlets and RV hookup.
  • Water heater in tongue end.
  • Space heater (Dickinson marine heater) mid-wall on driver’s side, vented.
  • Propane tank outside on tongue with lines for water heater, stove burners, and space heater.
  • Rough-in for hot water and cold water in two locations one location:
    • Mid-way between driver’s side wall and center point on the tongue-end wall.
  • Rough-in for grey water drain in two locations:
    • Driver’s side corner on tongue end (shower area).
    • Center of tongue end (sink area).
  • Fresh water tank with RV hookup.
  • Grey water tank with RV hookup.

From the list on the site:

  • Bed frame – no
  • Cupboard and shelving – no
  • Desk – no
  • Lighting and baseboard heater – lighting only
  • T+g pine ceiling – yes
  • Hardwood or bamboo floors – bamboo
  • Ply or t+g panel walls – t+g
  • Random installed untreated cedar shingles – no, Aurora shiplap
  • EPDM roofing – yes
  • Appliances – water heater and gas marine heater

Willing to accept some substitutions on materials if a builder other than Hornby Island does the job.

Kind of something a bit like this:
Edited 2015-06-08: Amended to one rough-in for hot/cold water between shower area and sink area. New floorplan:
Not depicted – gas lines to heater, water heater, and to the passenger side of kitchen area for stove burners. Also not depicted – electrical system or venting for gas appliances, nor freshwater or grey water tanks.

Courtesy Floorplanner.

I want to leave my options for appliances, fixtures, and furnishings wide open. Here’s one option:

Rustic Bathroom by Seattle Photographers The Tiny Tack House

Why unfurnished, when I’ve given so much thought over the last seven years to layout? I realized that my life is constantly changing. It’s changed so much just over those seven years. If I freeze my space into one configuration, it’ll be no good when my needs change again.