Spring is upon us, finally, and my travel bug is waking up. I've always wanted to RV it across Canada, and while surfing the web in search of a classic rentable Airstream and other comely homes-on-the-move, I found the Solo Mini Home. And I want one!!! (What else is new.)
Solo Prototype; exterior and kitchen.
The Solo Mini Home does go a little bit beyond my two-week-long requirements, but it's AMAZING, and is part of Sustain Design Studio’s groundbreaking line of sustainable and off-grid RV’s, Travel Trailers, Park Model Homes and Manufactured Homes.
Solo Prototype; interior and bathroom.
Founder Andy Thomson has been a life-long enthusiast of affordable green building and low-impact living, and having completed his Architecture studies in Stuttgart, Germany, returned to Canada to eventually establish Sustain Design Studio.
The SOLO was the first full-scale prototype of the company’s goals to produce an affordable, sustainable, 100% off-grid trailer built on R2000 (a series of technical requirements for new home performance that go way beyond building codes. Every R-2000 home is built and certified to this standard) design principals.
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Available for sale, the newest version of the 8’x36’ SOLO snagged a Canadian Design Exchange Award for Residential Interior Design in 2008, and starts at $139,900 CAD.
Here’s Andy’s walk-through of his SOLO, which was featured on HGTV’s Small Space Big Style.
Looks incredible, but my only question is, where do the kids sleep?? I
can’t quite figure out if they all sleep in one bed, or if the adults
sleep in the downstairs living room/bedroom. I don’t know if I could
handle such close kid/parent proximity (and I LOVE my daughter very
much.)
What do you think of this idea? Would you buy one? Do you know anyone who has?
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