tiny house guide to delaware

QUICK FACTS:

Are Tiny Houses Legal In Delaware: YES*

Tiny House Costs In Delaware: $40,000 – $100,000

Tiny House Friendly Cities: Dover, Wilmington, Newark

Tiny House Builders In Delaware

Liberation Tiny Homes Lancaster, PA

liberation tiny homes

$29,000 – $115,000

Liberation Tiny Homes is located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 85 miles north of Dover, Delaware. Liberation ships their custom-made tiny homes all across America. The entire team was born and raised in an area that is known for its rich history of creating, made up of designers, framers, builders, plumbers, and painters, all committed to building you the tiny house of your dreams.

Currently, Liberation Tiny Homes has seven prefabricated designs available, as well as an option to partner with the company to create your own tiny house shell.

Civic Works Tiny Homes Baltimore, MD

civic works tiny homes


$30,000 – $70,000

Located in Baltimore, Maryland, a mere three-hour train ride from Dover, Civic Works Tiny Homes is a tiny house manufacturing company that employs youth learning construction skills. Each tiny home built by Civic Works is built on a trailer. These tiny houses on wheels feature a living area, sleeping loft, kitchen, and bathroom, all in in less than 500 square feet. They currently have five models available with several options to customize.

Minim Homes Washington, DC

minim tiny homes

$5,600 (Floorplans and parts only)

Minim Homes is a tiny house design company located in Washington, D.C., 90 miles west of Dover. Minim strives to answer philosophical questions around the way design affects us. The first Minim micro house was commissioned by Brian Levy in 2013. Since then, the company has created four different micro house designs, including a reimagined tiny home office. You can order the Minim House plans and SIPs panels on the website.

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Tiny House Trailer Dealers In Delaware

Armigers Dover and Laurel, DE

armingers trailers

$3,000-$12,000

Armigers trailers has been serving the cities of Laurel and Dover, DE, for over 50 years. These two locations each carry a large selection of hauling products, including a variety of open and enclosed trailers. They also specialize in low-mileage, quality pre-owned cars, trucks, SUVs, boats, and RVs. Additionally, Armigers performs trailer repairs on various parts of the products.

Four Acres Trailer Sales Wilmington, DE

four acres trailer sales

$3,000-$10,000

Serving Wilmington and surrounding cities in Delaware, Four Acres carries a wide supply of trailer options on site. Its flatbed utility trailers are the best way to go to build your own tiny house on wheels. While Four Acres does not ship products, it does allow anyone to come out to their warehouse and peruse what’s available. You can also email or call the company to get a sense of what products are available and to get a quote.

AJ’s Truck And Trailer Center Harrisburg, PA

AJs Truck And Trailer Center

$4,000-$9,000

AJ’s Truck and Trailer Center offers a large selection of trailer variations and hauling products including hitches, plows, and salt spreaders. The company also carries and installs vehicle accessories like electrical connectors to brake controllers. For tiny houses on wheels, AJ’s has single and tandem axel flatbed utility trailers as well as a car hauler series. While located in Pennsylvania, AJ’s is currently delivering trailers and other products to the following cities in Delaware:

  • Wilmington, DE
  • Middletown, DE
  • Dover, DE
  • Rehoboth Beach, DE
  • Newark, DE
  • Smyrna, DE
  • Milford, DE
  • Bethany Beach, DE
  • New Castle, DE
  • Camden, DE
  • Georgetown, DE
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Tiny Houses For Sale In Delaware

Delaware Tiny Houses For Sale

While the tiny house movement has not yet skyrocketed in Delaware as intensely as it has in other states, there are still certainly a great deal of tiny housers in the area.

Living tiny in Delaware can be a more scenic and idyllic experience than you might initially imagine. Once nicknamed the Small Wonder, Delaware is renowned for being a gorgeous place to live when it comes to tourist spots and natural beauty. It’s jam packed with quaint beach towns, deep colonial history, and sublime natural treasures.

One of the biggest upsides to adopting the tiny life in Delaware is how close together everything is. The state’s small size means you can easily take your tiny house on wheels to all corners of the state, as well as neighboring states, in a single day’s trip.

Delaware truly has a lot to offer when it comes to experiencing the great outdoors. The state slopes down from a Piedmont plateau in the north all the way to coastal plains in the east and south, which almost reach sea level. From camping in one of its 17 state parks, galivanting across sand dunes, taking scenic drives through open terrain, or kayaking across the waterways of the coastal plains, there’s no shortage of breathtaking places you can explore in your tiny house on wheels.

Because the tiny house movement hasn’t quite peaked in Delaware yet, there aren’t many tiny houses for sale in the state.

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Tiny Houses For Rent In Delaware


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The state of Delaware is a captivating place to live full time in a tiny home, but it’s also a nice state to visit. There are many historical and exciting activities available for tourists to try in the first state.

If you feel moved to experience tiny living but don’t want to commit to the lifestyle long term, check out the above Airbnb tiny house listings in Delaware.

Tiny Houses Communities In Delaware

Tiny Estates

Located 50 miles from Wilmington, Delaware (only a 2.5-hour train ride), Tiny Estates is a tiny house community for those who want to live in a tiny house full time. The community does not host tiny house rentals, as all of its residents own their tiny houses.

Tiny Estates has tiny houses for sale as well as lot availability where you can bring your own tiny house on wheels to the community and join in the tiny experience. It hosts many community events to participate in together, like game nights, festivals, movie showings, and holiday parties.

They welcome families, couples, and single adults to join their network of tiny life enthusiasts. You can apply to join their community by downloading the application.

Blue Moon Rising

A four-hour drive from New Castle, Delaware, Blue Moon Tiny Village Rising is a vacation spot ideal for lovers of tiny homes. Created by the builders at Hobbitat, the village embodies a communal spirit. While it is a vacation spot, the village encourages camaraderie amongst its nature-loving, tiny-house adoring guests. Blue Moon is located on Deep Creek Lake, the largest inland body of water in Maryland.

These tiny house vacation rentals each have a unique design that you and your family can reserve for $225 a night on weekdays or $249 a night on weekends to create a home-away-from-home experience. The tiny houses are designed for two to four people, meaning parents and two kids fit comfortably.

The property has 15 cabins, each with a different tiny house design and various bed sizes. Check out the website to peruse which layout will work best for your family. All cabins have heating, a full indoor bathroom, and towels and sheets are provided at your arrival.

At Blue Moon Rising, you can also participate in many group activities in and around Deep Creek Lake including skiing, boating, horseback riding, swimming, white-water rafting, and even sleigh rides at Christmas time. Contact founder Lisa M. Jan through the website to book a stay.

Tiny Living Social Groups Delaware

Maybe you aren’t interested in buying or renting a tiny house just yet, but want to hear more about the culture of tiny houses in the Diamond State. If you’re looking to connect with others and learn more information about the tiny house lifestyle, consider joining a social group.

There aren’t a ton of groups and resources for tiny housers in the state of Delaware specifically. We encourage you to look for your own social groups and comment your findings at the bottom of our page. Or better yet, start your own group and tell us about it!

Tiny House Communities Delaware

Currently the only tiny house-centric online group specifically for residents of Delaware, Tiny House Communities Delaware takes a charitable approach to tiny housing. It is a Facebook group that has adopted tiny houses as a possible solution for a shortage of affordable workforce housing and homelessness. Join the Facebook group to learn more and contribute to this use for tiny homes in Delaware.

Delaware Gardening Group

Tiny living is not only about tiny houses specifically, but the lifestyle shift that coincides with living on less. A huge part of that lifestyle is the way you treat your resources and the environment around you. The Delaware Gardening Group is a Facebook group for those living in Delaware that share tips and tricks for composting, caring for plants, and gardening. Anyone can join.

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Tiny House Laws & Building Codes Delaware

*Disclaimer: The information provided on this website should not be taken as an expert opinion, consultation, or advisement of any kind. Building codes, home building, zoning, local laws etc are complicated and ultimately your responsibility to execute legally and safely. You must do your own research, consult with and verify with all applicable authorities, local officials, regulatory bodies, code and zoning officials, and city/state/federal governments. See our full legal page for further information here: https://thetinylife.com/about-us/legal/

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