Tiny House Consultant and Builder
Josh Lotz-Keegan
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Building with wattle and daub is a practice that has a somewhat forgotten history in New Zealand. By using this traditional technique combined with locally sourced materials. I see my tiny homes as temporary expressions on the land. Just like an animal which absorbs large amount of nutrients and then deposits these in concentrated amounts as fertile manure, If let to fall apart over a hundred years or so, the only remnants of these tiny houses would be four concrete plinths in the ground, a few panes of glass and some crumbling tin roof. Other than that, the only sign of the rest of the house would be an intensely fertile spot of land with traces of lime, straw, wood pulp and cow manure. Compare this to standard building which uses large amounts of concrete and polystyrene foundations, CCA (copper, chromium, arsenic), plywood glue and acrylic paints etc. This way of temporary buildings sources materials from the land or neighbouring properties, including clay, straw, cow manure (for the clay mix) bamboo and round timber from the land or if building completely from square timber from locally sourced sustainable sawmills which require no treatment for use above ground.

I offer services ranging from consultancy for your existing plans to complete builds. Prices range depending on specifications please express interest for a quote.

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