Site Planning on Fondsites

Tiny Home Privacy and Security Planning: Sightlines, Lighting, Locks, and Thresholds

Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Privacy Is Daily Comfort

Tiny home privacy is often discussed as if it only means curtains. Curtains help, but privacy in a small home is broader than covering glass at night. It includes where windows face, how the entry meets the site, what a passerby can see when the door opens, where packages land, how outdoor lighting behaves, whether storage spills into public view, and how the home feels when someone is resting a few feet from the kitchen.

Tiny Home Foundations and Anchoring: Pads, Piers, Blocking, and Staying Put

Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Ground Is the First System

A tiny home foundation is easy to treat as a background detail because it usually disappears beneath the floor. The cabinets get planned in inches. The loft ladder gets debated. The windows get moved until the view feels right. Then the home arrives, and everything depends on the quiet work under it: the pad, the bearing points, the drainage, the anchors, and the service space that lets someone inspect the underside later.

Tiny Home Outdoor Living: Porches, Decks, Steps, Shade, and Thresholds

Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A Tiny Home Begins Outside the Door

The outdoor space around a tiny home is not a decorative extra. It is part of the floor plan. A porch becomes the place where shoes pause before they become dirt inside. A deck becomes the dining room when the weather is good. A covered step makes arrivals calmer in rain. A chair in the shade can keep a small interior from feeling overworked. Because the home is compact, the first few feet outside the door carry more daily responsibility than they would in a larger house.