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Tiny house floor plans

A tiny house is a home of 400 sq ft or less, not counting lofts (IRC Appendix Q); on a trailer it is usually 8.5 feet wide. Our plans have 221 to 306 sq ft, and in a sleeping loft the part under 5 feet of headroom doesn't count as finished area.

Plans
3
drawn to scale
Sizes
221 to 306 sq ft
finished area, ANSI Z765
See the plans Open the first plan in the editor

· How we calculate · Example plans, not real addresses

24′ 6″9′BEDROOM52.5 sq ftLIVING ANDKITCHEN85 sq ftBATH25.4 ft²STORAGE17 sq ft
Tiny house on a trailer, 8.5 × 24 ft

The plans

Tiny house floor plans, 3 examples

Each plan is drawn to scale and measured room by room. Open one in the editor and change it to fit your lot.

Tiny house on a trailer, 8.5 × 24 ft

The classic trailer size: a bedroom at one end, a bathroom and storage at the other, and a living room with a kitchen wall in between.

Finished area
221 sq ft
21 m² · ANSI Z765
Not counted
Nothing
all of it is finished space
Layout
1 bed, 1 bath
one floor
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Tiny house on a trailer, 8.5 × 24 ft floor plan: 221 sq ft (21 m²) finished, 1 bed, 1 bath · one floor, drawn to scale with every room labeled.
25′ × 9′ outsideExample floor plan, not a construction drawing

Rooms · Tiny house on a trailer, 8.5 × 24 ft

Room areas, Tiny house on a trailer, 8.5 × 24 ft
RoomFloorSq ftCounts as
BedroomFloor 152Finished, counts
Living and kitchenFloor 185Finished, counts
BathFloor 125Finished, counts
StorageFloor 117Finished, counts
Finished area, ANSI Z765221outside the walls

Tiny house with a sleeping loft, 8.5 × 26 ft

Two feet longer, with a sleeping loft over the bathroom and closet that you reach by a ladder. Downstairs is all living space and kitchen.

Finished area
239 sq ft
22 m² · ANSI Z765
Not counted
92 sq ft
listed apart, see below
Layout
1 bed, 1 bath
2 floors
  • 92 sq ft under 5 ft
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Tiny house with a sleeping loft, 8.5 × 26 ft floor plan: 239 sq ft (22 m²) finished, 1 bed, 1 bath · 2 floors, drawn to scale with every room labeled.
27′ × 9′ outsideExample floor plan, not a construction drawing

Rooms · Tiny house with a sleeping loft, 8.5 × 26 ft

Room areas, Tiny house with a sleeping loft, 8.5 × 26 ft
RoomFloorSq ftCounts as
Living roomFloor 178Finished, counts
KitchenFloor 162Finished, counts
BathFloor 131Finished, counts
ClosetFloor 127Finished, counts
Sleeping loftLoft78Under 5 ft, not counted
Finished area, ANSI Z765239outside the walls

Tiny house on a foundation, 12 × 24 ft

Wider than a trailer allows, so the bedroom is a real room with a door, next to a bathroom and a small kitchen.

Finished area
306 sq ft
28 m² · ANSI Z765
Not counted
Nothing
all of it is finished space
Layout
1 bed, 1 bath
one floor
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Tiny house on a foundation, 12 × 24 ft floor plan: 306 sq ft (28 m²) finished, 1 bed, 1 bath · one floor, drawn to scale with every room labeled.
25′ × 13′ outsideExample floor plan, not a construction drawing

Rooms · Tiny house on a foundation, 12 × 24 ft

Room areas, Tiny house on a foundation, 12 × 24 ft
RoomFloorSq ftCounts as
Living roomFloor 1111Finished, counts
KitchenFloor 138Finished, counts
BathFloor 126Finished, counts
BedroomFloor 187Finished, counts
Finished area, ANSI Z765306outside the walls

What counts

What counts in the square footage

The loft in the 26 ft plan is 92 sq ft, all of it lower than 5 ft, so under ANSI Z765 none of it counts. Measured to the outside of the walls, the floor below is what you have.

Each room is measured inside its walls. The finished area of a house is measured to the outside of the exterior walls (ANSI Z765), so it is larger than the rooms added up.

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Questions

Tiny house plans: questions

About these tiny house plans. Can’t find your answer? Send us a message.

What is the best layout for a tiny home?

Put the wet rooms (kitchen and bathroom) together to keep pipes short, give the living area the windows, and use a loft or a corner for sleeping.

Is 400 sq ft a tiny home?

Yes, up to 400 sq ft is the usual limit (IRC Appendix Q, not counting lofts). All plans on this page are smaller: the largest has 306 sq ft.

Can I use these tiny house plans without paying?

You can open and change every plan here for free; exporting it as a PDF, DXF or FML file costs $5 per home.

Can I change these plans?

Yes. Click Open in the editor under a plan and it opens as your own plan in the Squaremetry editor, with the same numbers as on this page. Move a wall and every area and the total update.

Is this a construction drawing?

No. This is an example floor plan, not a construction drawing. The Squaremetry team drew it for this page; it has no address. For a permit you need drawings from a qualified designer.

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