Tiny Homes for Sale in Texas

In Texas, a KYRAX tiny home is typically classified as follows: A tiny house on wheels is titled as a trailer or travel trailer by TxDMV; a factory-built modular unit under the TDLR IHB program is treated as site-built real property. 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 Texas is ~US$335K. 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 Hill Country and rural guest or weekend cabins, RV-community and tiny-home-community placements for movable units, and IHB modular units placed as permanent dwellings on foundation lots.

We ship from Surrey, British Columbia: Cross-border from British Columbia through the western US Interstate network toward Texas (typically I-5 south then east via I-10/I-20/I-40 corridors); exact routing set by permits and load dimensions. Estimated 5-8 days over the road from our Surrey, BC shop, depending on destination metro, border processing, and any oversize-load scheduling. This is an estimate, not a guaranteed delivery window. Customs and oversize-load permits set the final window.

Each build is engineered to the values that govern here: frost depth: About 0-6 in across most of the state; roughly 12-24 in in the Panhandle and high plains (e.g., Lubbock, Amarillo). Confirm with your local building department; snow load: About 0-5 psf across most of Texas; up to about 15 psf in the Panhandle (Lubbock about 15 psf); design wind: About 105-115 mph inland (ASCE 7-16/22, Risk Category II), rising to about 130-150+ mph along the Gulf Coast hurricane zone. Statewide tornado and hail exposure is a major design driver even where basic wind speeds are moderate.

Texas builds to Statewide statutory minimum is the 2012 IRC (2012 IBC for commercial/multifamily) via HB 738, effective Jan 1, 2022, with the 2015 IECC for energy. This is a floor; cities and counties permit locally and many adopt newer editions (2018/2021 IRC) plus local amendments. 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.

Texas 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 Texas does set is how the home is classified: A tiny house on wheels is titled as a trailer or travel trailer by TxDMV; a factory-built modular unit under the TDLR IHB program is treated as site-built real property. 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 Texas; your building department and health authority can confirm them.

Often not, and it depends entirely on your city or county. Because Texas titles a tiny house on wheels as a trailer or travel trailer through TxDMV rather than as a dwelling, many jurisdictions prohibit it as a permanent residence or restrict it to RV parks and designated tiny-home communities. Unincorporated rural land is generally the most permissive. There is no statewide rule, so confirm with your local jurisdiction before you buy.

A modular unit built to the Texas Industrialized Housing and Buildings (IHB) program, administered by TDLR under Occupations Code Chapter 1202. An IHB unit carries a TDLR decal affixed before shipment and is treated as site-built real property, distinct from an RV or a HUD-code manufactured home, which makes it far easier to place on a foundation lot than a wheeled unit. Local zoning still controls whether a given lot allows it.