hawaii tiny house builders

QUICK FACTS:

Are Tiny Houses Legal In Hawaii: YES

Tiny House Costs In Hawaii: $40,000 – $200,000

Tiny House Friendly Cities: Honolulu, Pearl City, Lihue, Kaneohe

Tiny House Builders In Hawaii

Tiny Pacific Houses Honolulu, HI

tiny pacific houses

$45,000 – $85,000

Hawaii native Brandon Hardin was introduced to the Tiny House movement by serving at Opportunity Village in Eugene, Oregon, while he was playing football. After his experience at Opportunity Village, Brandon was inspired to start Tiny Pacific Houses. What began as a business venture to help the homeless population in Hawaii has since grow into much more. Today, Tiny Pacific Houses offers 25 different customizable tiny home models available for purchase from anyone in Hawaii.

Habitats Hawaii HIlo, HI

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$55,000 – $90,000

Habitats Hawaii is run by Barrie Rose and Johanna Tilbury, residents of Hawaii’s Big Island. Their business is located at Akua Aina farm, a natural farm on the Hamakua Coast. The company offers eight different tiny home models called “habitats” that are ready for purchase. Every habitat is custom designed in accordance with the company’s guiding philosophy of living lightly and minimally on the earth. Each design is built on a steel chassis with wheels and is able to be moved wherever the owner should choose. The models also contain built-in decks, platforms, and lanais that provide a luxurious outdoor area to soak in the beauty of the island.

Paradise Tiny Homes Hilo, HI

paradise tiny homes

$160,000 – $210,000

Siblings Dan and Ellie Madsen, the creators of Paradise Tiny Homes, have strong roots in the world of design. Dan, who is also the owner of Hilo’s Oasis Skate Shop and Mixed Plate Designs, has become a seasoned craftsman through his work building skate board ramps. He eventually upgraded to designing tree houses, which led to creating tiny homes. Ellie, who also owns Ellie K. Design, has a long background in property management and interior design. The brother and sister team has created four different models available to purchase and customize, with more layouts on the way. A full house takes about four to six months to complete. Current models are all one bed and one bath.

Mockingbird Tiny Homes Kealakekua, HI

mockingbird tiny homes

$30,000 – $100,000

Mockingbird Tiny Homes is owned by husband-and-wife duo Chad and Kelly. They began their marriage in a 250-square-foot studio, which was the beginning of their passion for minimalism. They worked to adopt a lifestyle that centered more on the relationships around them than on their material possessions. Today, the couple serves as active participants in a nationwide tiny house movement that supports living more simply and intentionally in the day to day. Chad and Kelly build fully customizable designs. You can contact them through their website to request a layout.

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Tiny House Trailer Dealers In Hawaii

Hawaiian Trailers Kailua-Kona, HI

hawaiian trailers

$4,000-$7,000

Hawaiian Trailers manufactures several models for purchase. For tiny homes, the company has gooseneck, super wide, and flatbed trailers available. Additionally, they carry car haulers, dump trailers, equipment trailers, and tilts. If you are looking for a specific trailer, you can contact the PJ trailers staff through their main website.

Aluma Trailer Dealers Kapaa, HI

aluma trailers

$4,000-$7,000

Aluma Trailer Dealers has several locations where trailers are manufactured across the United States. There are various models available to be exported to their location in Kapaa, Hawaii, including flatbed and utility models which would be most functional for tiny homes.

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Tiny Houses For Sale In Hawaii

Hawaii Tiny Houses For Sale

With beautiful weather, fun island culture, and unlimited beach access, the state of Hawaii is an ideal place to live tiny long term. There are endless options to purchase your own four-walled paradise in the Aloha state.

Living tiny in Hawaii just makes sense. The state comprises eight major islands and 124 smaller islets. These islands stretch across a 1,500-mile crescent, from the uninhabited Kure Island in the west to highly populated Big Island in the east.

The general lifestyle of the state’s inhabitants aligns with the tiny living community, reflecting its ideals of peace, minimalism, and simplicity. The state also boasts tons of trails and parks for a rich taste of nature. The Hawaii State Park System is composed of 50 natural parks to explore with your family. These parks offer various group recreation and cultural enlightenment opportunities for any age and demographic. The accessible landscapes range from diligently kept park grounds to wild forests with rugged trails. The land encompasses approximately 30,000 acres on five of the state’s major islands. You can explore state parks while living on the Islands of Oʻahu, Hawai’i, Kauaʻi, and Maui.

If you’re wanting to purchase your own tiny house on one of Hawaii’s many peaceful islands, check out these local listings:

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Tiny Houses For Rent In Hawaii


THOW RENTALS IN HAWAII RESOURCES

Hawaii is a magnificent place to own a tiny home, but it’s also one of the most popular US states to vacation in. If you feel inspired to try tiny living but don’t want to commit to the lifestyle long term, renting a tiny home through Airbnb might be right for your next family getaway to paradise.

Unique Tiny Houses Communities In Hawaii

The natural landscapes like beaches, mountains, plateaus, oceanic cliffs, volcanos, lava deserts, coastal areas, and luscious bamboo forests make Hawaii idyllic for adopting simple and minimal living habits.
There are a few areas in the state that take tiny living to the next level. The Puna region of the Big Island is specifically renowned for its off-grid, back-to-the-land attitude. This agrarian, simplistic philosophy has thus brought many intentional living communities to life throughout the east side of the Big Island.

Living in a tiny house community is beneficial for a myriad of reasons. It gives you access to shared resources, produces a heightened sense of accountability and companionship with others, and allows for personal growth.

Check out some of the tiny house communities located in Hawaii:

Cinderland Eco Village

Created by Jezuz in 2000, Cinderland is a fully off grid, intentional living community located in the jungle-like landscape of the Big Island. The group focuses on self-sustainability, organic gardening, environmentalism, cultural education, physical and interpersonal healing, and permaculture. Its leaders work to encourage simplistic, healthy, natural living amongst all members.

The close-knit community sits about 20 miles southeast of Hilo and 1.5 miles from the coastline in the center of an abundant fruit forest. The main house is minutes away from the Punaluu black sands beach, crystal tide pools, volcano steam vents, warm ponds, and several health food stores and local farmers’ markets on Papaya Farms Road.

Cinderland has a fully communal living style, so joining the group is a commitment to companionship. Housing options span 3 acres of farmland and include yurts, tee-pees, domes, treehouses, tents, hammocks, tiny mobile homes, recreational vehicles, converted buses, and natural built clay or wooden structures. Housing is shared with multiple individuals living in each dwelling. Residents and neighbors of the community also share meals together. Members gather in the kitchen each morning and night for meals like the community’s infamous Taco Tuesday, potlucks, group dinners, and celebrations. Cinderland’s kitchen also contains an in-ground fire pit, a piano, and several bunk beds.

Payment for living in the community is $300 for the first month. After that, members have the option of agreeing to a labor exchange in order to replace the monthly fee. The group currently has 38 members and is open to accepting new people with approval by the community owner, who you can contact through their website.

Kalani Mua Big Island Retreat Center

The Kalani Mua retreat center is a getaway experience open to hosting temporary guests. The group is specifically designed to give eco tourists an empowering, peaceful, growth-inducing transformation. The missions of the Kalani Mua center are to encourage growth experiences for guests, nourish local and global communities by promoting sustainability, abundance, and wellness, celebrate diversity, and show respect for culture and sacred lands.

Each guest at the retreat center has the option to select either a contemporary or bamboo-style small cottage to live in for the duration of their stay. They can also participate in the activities and wellness services the community has to offer.

Residents and guests can participate in daily yoga, spa and wellness sessions, art and dance classes, group meals, permaculture gardening, community workshops, special events and celebrations, and much more. You can book your stay at the Kalani Mua retreat center by emailing guestservices@kalani.com.

Tiny Living Events And Social Groups Hawaii

Maybe you aren’t looking to buy or rent a tiny house, but are still looking to learn more about the culture of tiny houses in the state of Hawaii. If you want to connect with people who share a passion for this way of life, consider joining a social group centered on the tiny house lifestyle.

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 Hawaii Group

The Tiny House Hawaii community was started by the creators of Simple Tiny Houses. This Facebook page allows people to share ideas and information about living in tiny houses in Hawaii, post local houses for sale, explore intentional living resources, give tips for design and building information, present group fundraisers, and share other information.

Hawaii Permaculture Group

This Facebook group is for anyone interested in Permaculture throughout the state of Hawaii. Permaculture covers many ways of living in an eco-friendly way, which includes the tiny house life. This group is great for connecting with like-minded individuals. It was created after the Oahu Permaculture Convergence held at Waihuena Farms. Anyone can join and is invited to share permaculture questions, photos, events, and project links on the page.

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Tiny House Laws & Building Codes Hawaii

*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/

7 Comments
  1. My wife are interested in a tiny house in Hawaii. Interested in one that has a foundation versus on a trailer. Budget of 150k. Can you help?

  2. Mahalo nui loa for putting all of this together in one place!

  3. Do you know of a service that comes to your property to register your tiny homes each year so you don’t have to drive/tow them to the registration locations? Like a Mobil registration service? I would love to have that info and contact for Honolulu. I have a few tiny homes on the North Shore. I added my email if you wouldn’t mind letting me know. Great site by the way! Super helpful.

  4. I am looking for a tiny house community in hawaii. We have a tiny house floor plan that we would love to build on a community made for time homes.

  5. If I rent out a tiny home (on wheels) is it considered a vacation rental (and subject to those laws)?

  6. Please contact me regarding purchasing a house for our property on the island. I would like to come by tomorrow 5/30. Please advise ASAP. Mahalo!

  7. Aloha,
    Regarding shipping a tiny to HI. The roll on option with Matson is available and it runs about $17,000 for a fully built 26’x 8’6″ and 12.5′ tall trailer home from CA (either Long Beach or Oakland) you can also ship from Takoma. There are no restrictions on shipping a tiny of this size. You need to provide your measurements at time of booking. Always check to see what is accepted by the shipper before you purchase and plan on bringing to HI.
    Ann

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