Off-Grid Tiny Home Aims to 'Leave You Speechless' With 3-Bedroom Layout, Elegant Styling

Tiny living is not a new concept, notwithstanding the increased wave of recent attention. It's been a mainstay for nearly three decades after first emerging as a housing alternative for those concerned enough about climate change and their own carbon footprint to want to trade a brick-and-mortar house for one with wheels.

In recent years, though, tiny living has evolved and grown, becoming a viable alternative for anyone looking to cut down expenses, their carbon footprint, or to live a more mobile life – or whatever combination of these. Tiny houses are the new "it" thing on social media, too, fueling a flurry of assorted content that can then be monetized.

Virtual trends aside, there's a good explanation for the popularity of tiny houses, and it can be traced back to their many touted benefits. Park model tinies, which are larger than regulation will allow you to tow with your daily and require special permits to move, have the same benefits but in an even larger package.

The bigger the home, the more the features inside. It's still downsizing but it's on a much larger and more comfortable scale, though you lose some mobility in the process.

The unit shown in the video tour below is called the Granite Peak and it's a customized Kropf Industries Island model – the Island 5065WD, to be more exact. Kropf Industries offers the Island in a handful of configurations and with even more options to choose from so, in the end, you end up with a tiny that's as unique as your needs.

The Granite Peak is the first Island model to be offered with extended off-grid autonomy and it can be specced even further to rely even less on the grid. As it is now, it makes it own energy using the 10 solar panels mounted on the roof and a large battery bank, so it's perfectly capable to run appliances on solar. However, it relies on city water and sewage, but holding tanks can be added as an option.

Granite Peak is 36 feet (11 meters) long and 11.5 feet (3.5 meters) wide, and is built on top of a triple-axle trailer that's meant to stay put once you've reached your destination. Hopefully, that can be a remote piece of land you won, so the interior will match: under that "granite" board and batten siding hides a home styled like a cabin, with wood panel interiors and a very masculine, dark color scheme.

Still, it can perfectly live as a family home full-time, offering sleeping for as many as eight people in total, a gorgeous and very large kitchen, a large bathroom, and plenty of space to move around.

That's the great thing about park tinies and it also applies in this case: a larger footprint allows to have residential-size appliances and features. A home like this one is certainly much more spacious than most city apartments.

The layout is a double lofted one, but with both lofts located at one end of the trailer – one above the bedroom and the other over the bathroom. This allows the living room to have double-height ceilings, which works perfectly with the cabin theme.

The living room doubles as a guestroom thanks to the sleeper sofa, and becomes a lounge at night, thanks to the wall-mounted entertainment center with a fireplace underneath. This room spills into the dining area that separates it from the kitchen space.

The kitchen is comprised of two large blocks offering a gamut of appliances (four-burner gas range, oven, microwave, dual sinks) and countless options for storage and counter space. Plenty more storage is available down the hall, which in itself is a phrase you're not likely to come across when reading about standard tinies. Hallways, like doors and rooms, or space to move around freely are the first things to go in the design of a tiny house.

The main bedroom is at the other end of the trailer and is, again, impressive for how home-like it feels. With a queen bed as standard, it also features double wardrobes, a chest of drawers, nightstands, and even in-wall storage.

The lofts are standard for most tinies in the sense that they don't have standing height. But they're spacious, well lit and aired, and even integrate storage. As presented in the video tour, one is a lounge and the other is a child's bedroom.

Finishes inside the Granite Peak include shiplap walls, ebony fusion laminate countertops, ashlar rock backlsplash, black appliances and black hardware, and natural wood floors. A washer and dryer can be provided as an option, and the window AC can be switched for something more efficient, like a mini-split.

There's no word on how much the Granite Peak would sell for, but here's another thing about park tinies: for all the incredible pluses they come with, they also tend to be more expensive. A Kropf Industries Island retails for anything between $67,000 and $195,000, depending on its condition, features, customization, and the dealer who's selling it to you.