Jeff Wilson spent one of his two years as dean of Huston-Tillotson University in Texas living in a dumpster.
The experience made him embrace minimalist living, and inspired him to launch a tiny housing startup, called Kasita, in 2015.
"While the experiment was extreme, the experience I gained by living small and simple made a big impression," Wilson says. "At the end of the year, I left the dumpster with the concept for a new category of housing — a beautiful, small footprint home designed as a solution for the growing housing crisis."
Based in Austin, Texas, Kasita offers housing units that can sit by themselves or stack to form apartments. The pre-fabricated homes can be assembled off-site and delivered in two to three weeks, Wilson says.
The startup is now selling its first units, which measure 352 square feet and cost $139,000, across the US. There is currently a waitlist for preorders — $1,000 holds a spot.
Keep scrolling to check out the units, which will likely be ready for delivery in June 2017.
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Kasita (a startup that gets its name from "casita," the Spanish word for "little house") sells tiny housing units that encourage a minimalist lifestyle.
The interiors have a modern look. At 352 square feet, white walls help the units look larger than they are. (For comparison, the average one-car garage measures about 260 square feet.)
The main, open-layout space functions as both a living room and bedroom. In the model unit, a bed pulls out from the sofa (though the units come unfurnished).
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