They are called Coodo, Woody or Tiny-house and they are revolutionising living. At a time when technologies allow us to free ourselves from our ties, nomadic homes provide a solution to our desire to escape. Focus on what may be the real estate standard of the future: the nomadic home.

The evolution of the mobile home

Going on the road with one's house is a dream that some people have come close to. In a caravan or its more advanced version, the motor home, the nomadic house offered little comfort until then. In 1999, the first Tiny-HouseThis is an all-wooden house built on a rolling chassis. The general idea is to offer housing that meets the real needs of the inhabitant and, above all, is easy to move.

If the first models offered rather spartan comfort, the new generation of nomadic houses like the Coodo have nothing to envy in terms of design or functionality of traditional constructions. Far from the eco-friendly codes of the nomadic houses designed until now, they offer large bay windows, a vast living room, a kitchen worthy of the most beautiful flats and can be mounted on stilts or on a floating floor. Their system of modules to be assembled allows an extremely high level of customisation.

Minimalist but optimised living

The challenge for builders or individuals who set out to create a nomadic home is to fit everything needed for daily living into a 15 to 20 m³ area. Storage boxes hidden under the floorboards, folding beds, mezzanine floors, every square centimetre must be optimised.

Feeling free ...to stay put

Strangely enough, not all candidates who opt for the nomadic house have a desire to travel. In fact, the first project of the Norman Tiny House builder was sold to an elderly woman who found in this concept a way to maintain her autonomy. Alone or in couple, the followers of the nomadic house see it as a return to the essential. Owning their own house without being tied to a fixed plot of land seems to them a nice way to build a home.

What you need to know is that although they are called "nomadic", these houses are not meant to be moved constantly. On average, a Tiny House owner would move their home once or twice a year. While most are equipped with solar panels, in the absence of a generous neighbour, access to drinking water remains a problem.