We moved our 350-square-foot tiny home from the mountains of California to a city in the Pacific Northwest

My partner and I had ever dreamed of having our ain small abstraction connected wheels truthful we could unrecorded simply and person a elastic lifestyle.

So, successful 2019, we began building our very ain mini location connected a 32-foot trailer. After galore months (and YouTube tutorials), it was complete.

For a while, we lived successful it while parked connected his parents' spot successful New Jersey. By 2021, we'd decided to move our 350-square-foot build crossed the state to California, wherever we'd recovered a awesome tiny-home organization successful a nationalist wood astir an hr extracurricular San Diego.

Although I'd been tense astir moving our location for the first time, it worked retired — and our caller organization was wonderful. We loved taking advantage of our easy entree to beautiful trails and upland views and befriended our neighbors, too.

However, aft years of secluded upland living, we wanted a alteration of scenery and to beryllium person to a market shop — the nearest 1 was much than 20 miles away, astir a 35-minute drive.

We besides wanted to beryllium adjacent much activities and beryllium capable to casually return pottery classes adjacent aliases subordinate a section shot league.

So, we group our sights connected Bend, Oregon. We had friends successful the area and loved the thought of living successful the Pacific Northwest, successful a metropolis pinch amended entree to what we wanted.

We spent a fewer months preparing for the move

After researching reliable moving companies, we estimated it would costs astatine slightest $3,000 to relocate our house. So, for months starring up to our move, we put arsenic overmuch money arsenic imaginable into our savings account.

We besides began looking for onshore successful Bend that we could rent to spot our location on. Eventually, we recovered a spot online by connecting pinch homeowners successful the area who were willing successful hosting us.

With onshore successful place, we hired personification to thrust our location to Oregon while my partner and I drove down separately pinch our dog.

Next, we needed to pack. On the agleam side, nary moving motortruck is needed erstwhile you're moving your existent home. Instead, we filled our house.

We packed everything from our shelves and cabinets into boxes, utilizing apparel to wrap plates, pans, and different breakables. Then those boxes were stacked and packed tightly successful our surviving room.

To beryllium other cautious, we besides secured our fridge and washer/dryer to the walls pinch bungee cords.

Moving time wasn't perfect, but it went smoothly capable

On the time of the move, we dealt pinch insignificant car troubles and our first driver canceling, though different was sent successful their place.

By then, we'd already decided to commencement our agelong drive, pinch our canine successful tow.

Luckily, our friends successful the organization were capable to meet the caller driver and facilitate the move. The biggest alleviation came erstwhile they sent america videos of our location being hooked up and safely towed away.

Although the opening of the moving time didn't spell arsenic smoothly arsenic intended, the remainder of it did.

Sixteen hours of driving later, we met the driver and our location astatine the caller property.

Once we arrived, we weren't done. We leveled the trailer and added vessel jacks to thief stabilize and support its weight. Next, we connected our plumbing and electricity.

Then we began the unpacking process. We started pinch our outdoor furniture, turf, and bikes — each of which we'd transported successful the house.

Somehow, nary of our belongings aliases furnishings broke.

Although we won't enactment present forever, it's awesome for now

The first fewer nights astatine a caller spot are ever my favorite. There's thing for illustration looking up astatine the stars successful a caller view, but done the aforesaid acquainted window.

When we first sewage to Oregon, we moreover saw the bluish lights. New experiences for illustration that are what make each the move preparation, anxiety, and alteration worthy it.

So far, our caller spot has been great, and the group we rent it from are incredible. It's been convenient surviving conscionable 10 minutes from a market shop and 15 minutes from the halfway of town.

We person our ain gait and a larger area for our canine to play — and we moreover ended up rescuing different pup. We've besides built a mini shed to usage arsenic an office, creation studio, and gaming area.

We're enjoying surviving present for now, but we would move our location again erstwhile we're fresh for a change. With a house connected wheels, it's bully to ever person the option.