Using materials for the Tiny house is no problem depending on your location but the common materials can be used constructing this concept. From corrugated sheeting, wood and drywall you could even use bamboo or hemp to build your future Tiny House.

Corrugated Sheeting:

Corrugated Sheeting can be used and walls and a roof as a very cost effective Tiny House but with cost cuts comes problems, like insulation during the warm summer and the cold winter.

Corrugated sheeting is easy to get and to work with witch requires minimum skill level to construct.

Materials used:

• Corrugated sheeting
• Wood
• Nails
• Think pink or insulation alternative.
• Drywall.

This is a very economic friendly design with a limited life span.

Brick and Concrete:

Using brick and concrete would be very familiar and first thought to the common South African but would be very heavy and a big foundation would be required to carry all the weight. Depending on the site limitations that would determine what type of foundation would be appropriate for the Tiny House

It would be a very comfortable and stable home insulated from the elements and built to withstand the elements.

Materials used:

• Cement
• Bricks
• Reinforced steel

This is not a very economic friendly design but one designed for the purpose of a stable and comfortable Tiny House and requires a good building skill set.

Gum Poles:

Gum poles are widely available around South Africa and a common material used in building cabins or even poles for electrical and telecommunication systems. It's a very strong pole that can be used as beams and columns in the construction of a Tiny House there are designs that consist entirely of gum poles and how it could be used.

It is very common material to get but not so easy to work with and need an above average skill set to do so. Gum poles are a expensive material to use and would provide a stable insulated Tiny House but an fire risk.

Bamboo:

Bamboo is a type of grass that takes 4-5 years to reach full maturity and the optimal time to harvest for the use of construction of houses and buildings and even used as scaffolding to construct sky scrapers in China.

Bamboo is a very strong fiber that is used to build furniture, utensils, and buildings. What ever you can use wood for you can use bamboo and do even more. It is very strong, light weight and easy to work with if bamboo is not treated correctly it weathers and thus needs to be maintained in the long term.