Stage 1: The Start Of Our Tiny Home Building Journey

Stage 1 Complete — The Tiny Home Journey Has Officially Begun

Evergreen Tiny Homes Build Update | August 25, 2026

Every great build starts with a single day. Ours was August 25th, 2026.

That's the day Evergreen Tiny Homes officially broke ground on our very first tiny home — and we haven't looked back since.

Where It All Starts — Under Your Feet

Before walls go up, before windows go in, before any of the details that make a house feel like a home — there's the foundation. And in a tiny home on wheels, that means starting from the ground up. Literally.

Stage 1 was all about insulation — and we completed it in our very first weekend.

It sounds simple. It wasn't.

The Work Behind Stage 1

Here's what this actually involved: measuring each bay of the trailer frame individually — 18 center bays and 10 side bays — because no two were exactly the same size. Every single one had to be measured, cut, and filled precisely. There's no room for gaps in a New England build. Gaps mean cold air. Cold air means a home that fails its owner on the worst February night of the year.

We filled each bay with 3 layers of rigid insulation foam, layered and fitted by hand.

The result?

• Center bays: R-32

• Side bays: R-39

Translation? This tiny home is going to stay warm.

For context — most standard new construction homes in New Hampshire are built to R-20 in the walls. We're building a tiny home that outperforms them from the floor up. That's not an accident. That's the Evergreen standard.

Why This Matters for New England

We didn't adapt a Sun Belt tiny home plan and hope for the best. Every decision we make — from insulation values to material choices to build sequence — is made with New England's climate in mind.

When it's minus ten degrees in Rochester in January, our buyers aren't going to be thinking about whether their home can keep up. It will. We made sure of that before we ever picked up a framing nail.

NOAH Certified — Stage 1 Official

On September 3rd our Stage 1 insulation was inspected by NOAH — the National Organization of Alternative Housing — and we passed.

That certification matters. It means our insulation work wasn't just done — it was done right, verified by an independent third party, and documented as part of our build record. Every stage of this home will be built and inspected to that standard.

Stage 1 is officially complete.

What's Next

The subfloor goes on next — and that's where this build starts to feel like something real.

We'll be right here documenting every step. If you're following along on this journey with us, thank you. If you're just finding Evergreen Tiny Homes for the first time — welcome. We're a husband-and-wife startup building high-quality tiny homes purpose-built for New England's climate, and we're sharing the whole journey right here as we build it.

Follow along. Share with someone who needs to know this is possible.

See you at Stage 2.

— The Evergreen Tiny Homes Team Rochester, NH

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