Meet Lindsay and Eric Wood
Hi we are Lindsay and Eric Wood and our rocket dog Zoe and this is our Tiny Home Story... (written by Lindsay)
For years my husband and I felt a strong desire for home ownership, however after two years of searching and placing offers on homes/land in Marin County, traditional home ownership was simply not for us.
August 2017, while enjoying some rest and relaxation at my parents house in Ukiah I had an epiphany!
Eric and I would move from San Rafael up to Ukiah, CA and into my parents house (which they leave for 6 months over the winter). During that time we would essentialize our belongings, (essentialize means keep what is only essential and let go of the rest), find a Tiny Home builder, move into our dream Tiny Home and travel the US as digital nomads.
We successfully moved 9 truck/van loads of furniture and boxes during the month of October 2017
We flew to Texas in November 2017 and found our builder and by January 2018 we were done with the design process and in contract for our dream Tiny Home.
Two weeks before we were to pick up our Tiny Home, our builder called us and told us they were going out of business.
Uh, excuse me!
Yep, that happened, they went bust on us. On July 15, 2018 after ~6 months into the process, we had to pick up our incomplete Tiny Home in Provo, Utah. That whole process was a shock...to give you an idea...it was 100degrees F and we were handed an "As is agreement". This means that anything after we signed that agreement was ours to deal with. It was either sign that document or walk away and hire lawyers to get back the $65k we had spent towards our Tiny Home.
We signed.
After a very nervous trip back to CA (we finally got the hang of driving it somewhere around Nevada but still was a bit new to drive something that tall and long). Not to mention every bridge we went under was fine but we still said this mantra, "I receive clearing". If anyone is familiar with Bach remedies, we downed an entire bottle of rescue remedy as our nerves were shot from the whole experience.
Once back in Ukiah, to inspire us not to waste a minute in shock, we signed up to showcase our Tiny Home at the Bioneers Conference (located in San Rafael) which was exactly three months away. With this deadline above us we spent most days sweating and working in the hot summer sun getting our Tiny Home completed. Note: the massive Mendocino Complex fire was one valley over and the smoke eventually found its way to snuff us out.
The day came for us to drive down to Marin for Bioneers and we were way behind...we doubled down, hired more workers to help us and in the end drove out of my brothers driveway at midnight only to arrive at 3am at the Bioneers conference. WE MADE IT!!
We didn't stop there. After Bioneers we showcased our home at WCS Talks at Google campus in Sunnyvale, CA
As of March 2, 2019 all utilities (electric, water and tank systems were a go) We drove our Tiny Home out of Ukiah and are currently on our Southwestern Tour.
The pictures below showcase our journey from San Rafael to Ukiah to picking up our Tiny Home and meeting our goal of making it to Bioneers.
To join us on our Tiny Home journey click on the button below to sign up on our email list so we can stay in touch.
(We will not sell your email to anyone cuz that's not cool and we are working on staying in touch on a weekly basis)
For years my husband and I felt a strong desire for home ownership, however after two years of searching and placing offers on homes/land in Marin County, traditional home ownership was simply not for us.
August 2017, while enjoying some rest and relaxation at my parents house in Ukiah I had an epiphany!
Eric and I would move from San Rafael up to Ukiah, CA and into my parents house (which they leave for 6 months over the winter). During that time we would essentialize our belongings, (essentialize means keep what is only essential and let go of the rest), find a Tiny Home builder, move into our dream Tiny Home and travel the US as digital nomads.
We successfully moved 9 truck/van loads of furniture and boxes during the month of October 2017
We flew to Texas in November 2017 and found our builder and by January 2018 we were done with the design process and in contract for our dream Tiny Home.
Two weeks before we were to pick up our Tiny Home, our builder called us and told us they were going out of business.
Uh, excuse me!
Yep, that happened, they went bust on us. On July 15, 2018 after ~6 months into the process, we had to pick up our incomplete Tiny Home in Provo, Utah. That whole process was a shock...to give you an idea...it was 100degrees F and we were handed an "As is agreement". This means that anything after we signed that agreement was ours to deal with. It was either sign that document or walk away and hire lawyers to get back the $65k we had spent towards our Tiny Home.
We signed.
After a very nervous trip back to CA (we finally got the hang of driving it somewhere around Nevada but still was a bit new to drive something that tall and long). Not to mention every bridge we went under was fine but we still said this mantra, "I receive clearing". If anyone is familiar with Bach remedies, we downed an entire bottle of rescue remedy as our nerves were shot from the whole experience.
Once back in Ukiah, to inspire us not to waste a minute in shock, we signed up to showcase our Tiny Home at the Bioneers Conference (located in San Rafael) which was exactly three months away. With this deadline above us we spent most days sweating and working in the hot summer sun getting our Tiny Home completed. Note: the massive Mendocino Complex fire was one valley over and the smoke eventually found its way to snuff us out.
The day came for us to drive down to Marin for Bioneers and we were way behind...we doubled down, hired more workers to help us and in the end drove out of my brothers driveway at midnight only to arrive at 3am at the Bioneers conference. WE MADE IT!!
We didn't stop there. After Bioneers we showcased our home at WCS Talks at Google campus in Sunnyvale, CA
As of March 2, 2019 all utilities (electric, water and tank systems were a go) We drove our Tiny Home out of Ukiah and are currently on our Southwestern Tour.
The pictures below showcase our journey from San Rafael to Ukiah to picking up our Tiny Home and meeting our goal of making it to Bioneers.
To join us on our Tiny Home journey click on the button below to sign up on our email list so we can stay in touch.
(We will not sell your email to anyone cuz that's not cool and we are working on staying in touch on a weekly basis)
