As building costs soar, some builders are seeing increased demand for smaller, cheaper homes — and for many customers, that means portable, factory-built houses.
Mr Zadow said many people opting to live in a tiny home were doing so to reduce maintenance costs and clutter.
Master Builders Tasmania chief executive Matthew Pollock said portable and prefabricated homes were an "important piece of the puzzle" to meet Tasmania's expected future housing demand. "It's construction in a controlled environment. It means that you're not subject to weather delays. That can reduce the cost of construction.
Mr Pollock said the construction of pre-fabricated homes had taken off in other parts of the world and he expected it to do the same in Tasmania over the next decade.
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