Tiny Homes for Sale in Tennessee

In Tennessee, a KYRAX tiny home is typically classified as follows: A home built to the adopted residential code on a permanent foundation is a dwelling. Whether the state residential code applies at all depends on your county or municipality's status: covered, exempted or opt-out. Whether it may sit on a particular lot is a local zoning question, which is why we check your exact address before you order.

The typical home value in Tennessee is ~US$339K. Our flagship model, the Vale, starts at $119,900 CAD, a fraction of a conventional build (US pricing confirmed at your consultation). Common uses here are Smoky Mountain and lake-country cabins, family units on rural acreage, and homes built to code on permanent foundations.

We ship from Surrey, British Columbia: After the border crossing, the haul runs east and south through the central corridor and reaches Tennessee on I-40, I-24 and I-75, serving Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville and Chattanooga. Plan on an estimated 6-9 days out of the Surrey, BC shop. Customs clearance, oversize permits and routing each move the number, so we quote per site and the figure stays an estimate, never a guarantee. Customs and oversize-load permits set the final window.

Each build is engineered to the values your jurisdiction enforces for your site, confirmed with your building department before the unit is engineered.

Tennessee builds to Tennessee has adopted the 2018 International Residential Code and the 2018 International Energy Conservation Code. Every KYRAX home is built to its US certification pathway: RVIA or NOAH inspection for tiny homes on wheels, ANSI A119.5 for park models, IBC/IRC for modular, with third-party certification for your destination market written into the build contract and confirmed before delivery.

Tennessee does not decide that at state level, and no state does: zoning, the building code and the health authority each decide part of it locally. What Tennessee does set is how the home is classified: A home built to the adopted residential code on a permanent foundation is a dwelling. Whether the state residential code applies at all depends on your county or municipality's status: covered, exempted or opt-out. That usually settles it, because a home treated as a vehicle is often barred as a permanent dwelling however it is powered, while a modular home on a foundation may be allowed on the same parcel. We have not verified septic or utility-connection rules for Tennessee; your building department and health authority can confirm them.

It depends on your jurisdiction's status, and Tennessee does allow opting out. The State Residential Building Code Enforcement Program covers one- and two-family dwellings and townhouses, but a county or municipality can be exempted where it enforces its own codes, or can opt out entirely by a two-thirds vote of its legislative body. In those opt-out or non-code jurisdictions the state standard does not apply to one- and two-family homes. We confirm your status before design.

For one- and two-family dwellings under the state residential programme, effectively yes. That is why we build to a recognised standard regardless. Safety is one reason; financing is another. Lenders and insurers generally expect a home built and documented to a recognised code, and a home built to no standard at all can be harder to finance or insure later. We build and document to a recognised standard whether or not anyone in your jurisdiction is inspecting to it.