NEVER give any contractor money up front. Pay as they do the work. This is what the US Builder Association recommends.

She's made so many clever additions to this little house. I admire the way she took charge of what was basically a shell and turned it into a functional home -- including making it a happy place for her cats.

I'm so happy she's taken such care and attention with her kitties and she didn't just get rid of them when they didn't fit in to her life. Good for her! Such an adorable and cozy home.

This is a realistic depiction of tiny house life, in my opinion & from my experience. As a tiny house dweller myself, the struggle with storage solutions is real, even if you do downsize dramatically, especially if someone else built your house. She has done an excellent & inspiring job of solving those challenges! Go girl!!!

Being a cat woman myself, I love this build. The tool box is so adorable and useful without being ugly. I would kill for a catio!

You have a better cat set up than people do in huge homes. You have some lucky cats!❤

When posting videos like this, it's really helpful to know who the builder is. I think if this were my home, I would eventually make the outside deck area a screened in porch because cats! Hang out there, watch a movie, read a book, chilling the with kitties. Such a cozy and lovely home.

Finally someone who actually lives in their house amd has stuff!! I hate all the videos of empty super clean "minimalist" tiny homes!

What a sweet lady! I love how creative she is and and I love her home. Love her little cat family too!

Don’t know why more people don’t have a shed. Seems like such a smart idea. You can rotate stuff through your house.

I love that she modified the house to accommodate her furr babies ❤ no doubt the cat cafe is gonna be beautiful

This is gorgeous. This young lady has done miracles in her tiny. Now the place is very confortable, she made by herself all the necessary equipments she needed and the result is super. Congrats girl, you did it perfectly according to your needs. Your kitties are so lucky to have you. I wish this young lady a very sweet and kind life in her tiny home. All the best for you lovely lady.

I’m in love with the gorgeous blue and white exterior and how she got a custom shed to match! Saving this video just for that inspiration! She’s done a fantastic and creative job fixing all her storage issues and making this a super cat friendly house! But, after having cats myself, and knowing the smell of the litter box I would definitely have to build a little bump out box for the litter box, on the side of the house with an extractor fan.

She should design tiny homes. Love this! Especially how she considers her cats. 😻

I absolutely adore her and her house and as a senior citizen with three cats I could see myself living in a little place like that😊😊😊

I love how integrated the cats are into her living space. ❤

Adorable. Love all of it. My daughter is also cat mad and lives in a 26ft vintage caravan. Her cats have enclosures off two windows. Like Ashley everything is about the cats. Well done!

Cute! I love that she's made so many upgrades herself

Ashley!!! I used to go to a Bible study with her. Such a sweet person! I love this house!

As a cat woman with 4 cats...this would be my dream tiny home. I love her little catio. For ages I've wanted to make a similar cat box attached to one of my windows, so they could have their own window box to bask in the sun in. I love the idea of the cat door in a plexiglass inset to allow them to go in and out. Plus I love all the cat stairs/catwalks, including the wall mounted bed. Honestly, all her cat themed touches are amazing. I envy her her tiny house, and her cats are beautiful. I have 3 black cats, with one being long hair, and an orange and white tabby. I'd probably want a bigger house than hers. My cats and I currently live in a 500sqft apartment, so they definitely enjoy more space.

What a cool young woman! Love her vibe and can-do attitude. She’s created a cozy and lovely home for her and her furry family. The cat implements in the home are clever and I’m going to steal the little cat steps along the wall idea. I wish her builder would have automatically built the storage beneath the stairs which is very standard fare. She shouldn’t have to do those… thank you for sharing!

I Love her creativity and use of space. She should be called Creative Cat Lady.😻

She has made her tiny house adorable and purrfect!

I, too, am very much a Cat lady. If they come, they get fed & always fresh water. Presently, I have "20". People always want kittens so can't find homes for older ones. I spay/neuter all I can catch. Am on fixed SS income, when the vet bills arrive, that is tough for me, buttt. I, too, buy/find cat 'items'. Have about 10 cat cups. Usually find them at Dollar Tree. Kudos to you and your babies. JudyK/general Maquoketa, IA country area

Now this lovely lady has done a great job on making her tiny house a home.👍👍❤

I really enjoy watching the videos where people show how they creatively made their life work in the space they could afford, as opposed to super expensive tiny homes with everything built-in & perfect. This girl reminds me so much of my daughter. I really loved the thoughts to her cats.

I love everything about this house! The patio is such a great addition - as is the catio! It's a really nice colour as well.

Loved how Ashley held her tools saying never with out them. Wonder if she has a tool belt to hold in the ready. Just a female vision of Tim Allen from Tool Time... No grunting but she does have the gleam when talking tools.👍👍👏🎉😺😺😺🤟

Our fur babies are adorable ❤. I'm also a cat mum to a black domestic shorthair called Buffy

I wanted to go tiny, but a tiny house was not practical for me, so I moved into a 1 bedroom, ground floor apartment with a patio. It's near family and I love it. Your tiny house is one of the best I've seen. I love the adjustments you've made to it. The kitchen shelves are lovely and the baskets are adorable! You've given me some ideas for my bathroom, though I suspect that your bathroom would fit in it at least twice, it's still small. I do have a laundry room off of it, which is delightful. I remember how thrilled my aunt was when her younger brother installed her stackable washer/dryer unit in her front hall closet so she didn't need to go downstairs to do laundry. I feel the same way. Looking at your staircase, I think you might be best served by installing drawers on the stairs themselves, like the two you already have. The house was obviously designed and built by men who have never lived tiny, otherwise you would have storage everywhere. Tiny house guys get it, though. One guy built drop-down cupboards between the joists of his loft floor in the kitchen. Of course, my first thought was I would be permanently concussed from bumping into them when I had them open, but they did look handy. Your bedroom loft is excellent! I love the bookshelf and side table. I love that you built and adapted so much of your home furnishings. Now the catio is simply brilliant! There is no other way to describe it. And the way you fit their litter box in is perfect. However, the cat loft takes the whole design to Spoiled Princesses Level! The catwalks and steps are exceptional! My cats would love all of that. And using the ladder as a scratching post! Well, it reminds me of my 4 ft wooden step ladder that I covered with sisal, added boards to make the paint shelf and top big enough for cats to sprawl on and wrapped them in carpet. It was a lovely cat tower, especially after I added the hammock, which they loved. They could lay in it and watch the birds. It was also a lot cheaper than the cat towers sold in stores. I do believe that the outside of your home is, perhaps, the best part! The deck is beautiful! It makes your home so welcoming and the chairs you built are gorgeous! So comfortable! I think your little table and chairs are really cute too. I love that your shed matches your house. I am also amazed at how organized everything is. I would love to see another tour of your home after you get it finished.

I ADORE your devotion to your cats! Great layout! 😻

Sweet person! I am glad your kitties have their own spaces. I like what you did with your home.

She did such an amazing job. These builders really took advantage of her. But she turned it around and made the best of that tiny house and made all the custom improvements that truly make a house a home! After her improvements, it turned out just darling! I’m so impressed with her vision and her skills! I think she did amazing with her storage solutions. I’m thoroughly convinced that she could out build her builder any day!

Beautiful! $34,000 is very cheap…she got a great deal. The wood is gorgeous⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Kudos to you for taking a Tiny shell and turning it into a very functional and cozy space! What a confidence builder to make the additions and changes as you go. BTW: the Adirondack chairs are something you should hold onto for the rest of your life. I know your dad has got to be proud of your accomplishments. Way to go...............

Adorable! Love the matching shed and her tool chest. The catio is ingenius! Thanks for not letting your cats roam freely. Too dangerous! As far as removing the bathroom door, you could always use a tension rod and curtain. It would help, too, with retaining heat in the bathroom after showering. Always open then to air out. Enjoy!!

I enjoyed watching your sweet cats and how they can go outside too!

Such a nice home! Love the cat friendly upgrades such a thoughtful cat mom! ❤

The issue is where to park it 🤷🏻‍♀️

Love the color of your house, great cardio, and nice woodwork/carpentry! Well done!!

I love how the kitties have their own loft space and patio. So cute! ❤

You are so upfront and truthful about yourself and your home and how it wasn’t all like a big satisfying feeling and because of your true feelings it’s so much easier for us to be prepared and to not set ourselves up for such a high expectation that we are then disappointed because you have just about everyone building it up so much and never say anything negative so I already love your intro you also told about the contractor and I have heard some very bad things about some shady builders and so many scammers now a days I am shocked when a homeowner gets scammed and they lose because our laws protect the crooks . You have to prove that you are not wrong and they are so good at this they know the laws and hardworking homeowners are not thinking about such things!!! I you are really doing well and love your catio but your entire home is great

I would add a barn door to the bathroom and she can move the items she has on the wall where the barn door would rest no loss of space and less money than a pocket door

The house is beautiful. I love it❤. & I love the cat walks, it’s nice for the cats to have their own space and little cat walks.

Very cool tiny house! Love how she made extra storage areas and also the cat spaces for her cats are awesome!😊

Nice work! Congratulations! Great storage and cat space ideas.❤❤❤❤

Nice. Lovely living. But the rent should be max 200 $. Do not see why they need to charge more than that.

Best home ever. Love the shed, patios and the catio!!! So many excellent ideas. Love your builds!!!

Cats are so beautiful.

2 cats, 120 sq ft. TH , 5 years later and doubling the size. Happy to see another female doing the tiny life with her cats and tools ❤

The builder looks like Incredible Tiny Homes located in east Tennessee. Love the wood everywhere! Now this manufacturer uses barn doors instead of regular doors for bathroom and bedroom doors. They are good quality and slide on a track. Very clever lady to make all the shelves, etc. to make it hers!

Best build with modifications I've seen, but then I love cats! 😹😻😹

I love all the extra adjustments made for your fur babies . its a cozy tiny home and i love the colour.

So many awesome things about this tiny home and owner. Love all the cat features! ❤️ I really wish Canada, and specifically Ontario, had tiny home communities like the US does. Love the deck and love the shed!

Hi Ashley. I love your home, your cats and your catio! I also live in a tiny home in Tennessee and have 2 cats. I have part of my catio built, but haven't finished it yet. That will be a spring project. You've done some very cleaver things for storage. Great job. I like everything you've done inside for the cats too! Enjoy your home!

Ashley did such an amazing job! Wow! Love those kitties as well.

Great place. Rental costs are so high though. The initial and ongoing costs these days are absurd and entirely unfair on people. What is happening to so many with housing costs is unacceptable.

I love her little house!! And her cats 🐈 🐈‍⬛ 🐈 as a fellow cat lady, I love how she accommodated them 😻

I love this house, this woman, those cats, that outdoor living area, the cat loft, even that spacious park! If i weren't a married farmer, i would want to be her tiny house neighbor! Best wishes to her.

Love her, love the cats, love the cat mugs, and the tiny home!

You have a beautiful tiny house and I love all the thought and care you put into your house for your 3 cats...thank you for sharing 💜🇦🇺

I love everything about this tiny house except for the litter pan in the kitchen.

You rock Ashley!

Just to let you know - an outswing door - anyone can take the pins off outside and remove it.

Love the cat house!😻

Awesome space!!! You could hang painters cloth curtains on your porch for added privacy. Paint a very wide horizontal stripe on them for fun. Love your cats❤❤

Your tiny house is cute as a button! Love your kitties. I can def picture you opening a cat cafe and making a go of it!!❤

Hey cat lady! Nice job!❤

I think she did a wonderful job on that home, I would suggest as a cat owner that in the summer months she put additional screening over that chicken wire to protect the babies from mosquito's and keep them out of the house.

Ellie, Landon and Lulu are adorable❤😊YOU did a wonderful job on your build😊❤

Love your tiny house Ashley. The whole home is very cosy and the colour of the exterior is nice. You three beautiful cats are adorable. I like cats as well. You are very talented those chairsare nice alsoyour cute little bedside cabinet.

the dream!

She's done a great job customising the house to her own needs.

It's nice to see one of these episodes where the owner has cats! I've always wondered how you could accommodate multiple cats comfortably.

Your tiny house is so cute....I love it and love how you accommodated all your kitties :)

Excellent outlook, and determination to meet her needs. I like the ongoing plan to improve storage. Great job making it your own place, and your kitties. 🥶🖤🔔👍🏻💓

Creative, cute and functional! 😻😻😻

Looks great!! Cats look So happy 😊

Love her energy! She’s a go getter and not superficial

The cats are adorable and I love love love the catio. Having cats is a big concern for me about going tiny down the road and she’s made it work. I wouldn’t love the litter box being in the kitchen. I also love the outdoor screen for movie nights. I agree with another commenter who mentioned they’d enclose the deck/make a screened area to enjoy the outdoors without mosquitoes and the cats could cuddle outside with their human. Just an fyi, the front door swinging out vs in may be a fire hazard/not acceptable to code.

Great job making your tiny home for your own style and needs! You definitely seem very happy and excited about your space. 😊

Love this tiny home! And the cats look very happy there too❤️

So adorable. I love all the cat mugs and the cat patio.❤

She got a great tiny house for that price. I love the additions she made to make her and her cats comfortable.

Love this girl's creativity ❤

I SUPER ❤ this! Kudos to you on a great home. Very informative and inspiring! 👏🙏✌️

Love this tiny home.

Eventually, every resident of the ITH communities will have a video. I could never live tiny, but I do appreciate their creativity, although my eyes roll when they showcase that they own a drill or cat inspired coffee mugs. I really wonder how long they will live in an 8’ x 20’ room. The killer is resale when they move, I just don’t believe that once they set it in place that it will likely ever be moved again. I’m thinking that for $40k there should be regular mobile homes available in the Tennessee area.

That was fun!...going thru the house with her telling us about it. Her joy is contagious to me. Love seeing how pets can be incorporated into tiny homes, esp when their happiness matters this much! I have 5 rescued cats, so good to know that 3 in house works! The home seems very cozy, comfy for all living there & cuz' she builds things, makkes the home unique & purr-fect for all 4 of them! Thanks for sharing!

Love this house & her kitties.❤

I love it! I also love that her furbabies are her priority! So sweet!

I love this woman. She's so creative and personable.

Oh, I love the shed & work bench! Lots of great ideas!

Love this tiny home with kitties!! Truly lovely.

Congratulations on your tiny at Acony. Amazing how much character you have built in for you and your fur babies. ❤❤❤❤❤

Love many of the additions you’ve made your tiny home to accommodate your and your babies’ needs. Agree about doing doors on your steps to be able to move your stored items more easily. Thanks for sharing your home with us! Enjoy!!!

❤ this home, all the wood, the tin roof & of course, the catio!

But the cat has a bow tie!

I like the idea of starting with the basics. Then adding your own personal design as you go. Our likes and dislikes change over time. Redoing the bathroom or the storage in the stairs. Can be thought thru and be according to her own personal needs.Great Job!!

Very beautiful home & sweet young lady! Thanks for sharing your lovely home & kitty kats! 😊❤️👏🏾👏🏾