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((short description|American construction company))
((Infobox company
| hq_location_city = [[Sonoma, California]]
| hq_location_country = United States
| founder = Jay Shafer
| website = ((url|tumbleweedhouses.com))
))

'''Tumbleweed Tiny House Company''' is a company in [[Sonoma, California]] that designs and builds small houses between ((convert|65|and|887|sqft|m2|sigfig=1)), Many are timber-framed homes permanently attached to trailers for mobility. The houses on wheels are available to be purchased ready made and shipped to consumers, and are individually manufactured and customized for their buyers. The company also offers construction plans for their mobile houses and larger designs, as well as workshops geared toward teaching people how to build their own cottage or tiny house on wheels.

Tumbleweed is part of the [[small house movement]]. 

== History ==
Tumbleweed was founded in 1999 by Jay Shafer, and originally focused on sheds and chicken coops.<ref name=":0">((Cite web |last=Michelle |first=Karas |date=2017-11-27 |title=Colorado Springs tiny home builder to appear on CNBC's 'The Profit' |url=https://gazette.com/colorado-springs-tiny-home-builder-to-appear-on-cnbcs-the-profit/article_fd005389-b5bd-57ee-9c54-39f9cde40c3e.html |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Colorado Springs Gazette |language=en))</ref><ref name=":1">((Cite web |last=Kelleher |first=Carole |date=2016-02-23 |title=The big impact of Sonoma’s Tumbleweed Tiny House |url=https://www.sonomanews.com/article/news/the-big-impact-of-sonomas-tumbleweed-tiny-house/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Sonoma Index-Tribune |language=en-US))</ref> In 2002, Shafer, co-founded the Small House Society<ref>[http://www.resourcesforlife.com/small-house-society/about Small House Society – About] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208073811/http://www.resourcesforlife.com/small-house-society/about |date=December 8, 2016 )), Resources for Life.</ref> in [[Iowa City, Iowa]]. In 2003, he was commissioned by Gregory Paul Johnson,<ref name="Mobile Hermitage">[http://www.resourcesforlife.com/mobile-hermitage The Mobile Hermitage] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903035840/http://www.resourcesforlife.com/mobile-hermitage |date=September 3, 2016 )), Resources for Life.</ref> Small House Society co-founder,<ref name="NYT1">((cite news | first=Steven| last=Kurutz| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/11/garden/11tiny.html| title=The Next Little Thing?| work=The New York Times| date=September 10, 2008| accessdate=2008-09-10))</ref> to build The Mobile Hermitage,<ref name="Mobile Hermitage" /> which became one of Tumbleweed's first commercially sold homes. That same year, the company began selling how-to books and hosting workshops about building tiny homes.<ref name=":2">((Cite web |last=Cox |first=Katherine |date=2017-06-23 |title=Tiny house trend makes its way to NH’s lodging industry |url=https://www.nhbr.com/tiny-house-trend-makes-its-way-to-nhs-lodging-industry/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=NH Business Review |language=en-US))</ref>

In the aftermath of [[Hurricane Katrina]], a few were sold to [[Gulf Coast]] residents who preferred them to government-supplied temporary housing.<ref>((citation |url=https://www.npr.org/2006/05/15/5366823/tiny-houses-find-a-friend-on-the-gulf-coast |title=Tiny Houses Find a Friend on the Gulf Coast |author=Cheryl Corley|publisher=National Public Radio |date=May 15, 2006))</ref>

In 2007, Steve Weissman bought the company, after volunteering with them the year prior.<ref name=":0" />

In 2008 the company reported selling only one house per year, though this had increased five-fold in 2009.<ref>((cite news | first=Steven| last=Kurutz| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/11/garden/11tiny.html| title=The Next Little Thing?| work=The New York Times| date=September 10, 2008| accessdate=2012-10-10|quote=His business is still modest, but in the past year Mr. Shafer has sold five houses and 50 sets of plans, up from a yearly average of one house. The houses range in size from about 70 to nearly 800 square feet, cost $20,000 to $90,000 to build, and resemble birdhouses: boxy shape, wood siding and high, pitched roof. ))</ref> As of 2011, the company reported building "only a few houses" annually. The majority of the houses built to its designs are constructed by customers using Tumbleweed's plans.<ref>((citation |url=http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/35500/tiny-house-builder-tumbleweed-locates-in-sebastopol |date=June 20, 2011| title='Tiny house' builder Tumbleweed locates in Sebastopol | author= Jenna V. Loceff |work=North Bay Business Journal))</ref> In 2012, Shafer left the company and founded Four Lights Tiny House Company.<ref>[http://www.thetinylife.com/jay-shafer-four-lights-tiny-house-company/ Jay Shafer’s New Venture – Four Lights Tiny House Company] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601181739/http://www.thetinylife.com/jay-shafer-four-lights-tiny-house-company/ |date=June 1, 2016 )), The Tiny Life</ref>

In 2012, the company's headquarters were moved to [[Sonoma, California]], although the houses were manufactured in Colorado.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> In 2013, the company began to lean more into selling pre-manufactured homes.<ref name=":2" /> In 2015, they began to advertise tiny homes as a vacation experience.<ref name=":2" />

Between 2011 and 2016, the company grew 50% each year, and its staff leapt from three people to 80 people.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> In 2016, it was the country's top tiny house manufacturer, building about 125 tiny homes each year.<ref name=":0" /><ref>((Cite web |last=St Louis-Sanchez |first=Maria |date=2016-06-25 |title=Colorado Springs quickly becoming tiny housing ‘capital of America’ as trend takes off |url=https://gazette.com/business/colorado-springs-quickly-becoming-tiny-housing-capital-of-america-as-trend-takes-off/article_e6612ff2-9310-5641-a4e7-ec79a4829487.html |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Colorado Springs Gazette |language=en))</ref><ref>((Cite web |date=2016-07-10 |title=An inside look at the US’ largest ‘tiny house’ manufacturer |url=https://www.cbs42.com/news/an-inside-look-at-the-us-largest-tiny-house-manufacturer/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=CBS 42 |language=en-US))</ref>

In February 2017, the company's headquarters were moved to [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]], where it had a 20,000-square-foot factory.<ref name=":0" />

==See also==
* [[Sarah Susanka]]

==References==
((Reflist|2))

==Bibliography==
* ((cite news| first=Small House| last=Style| url=http://www.smallhousestyle.com/2008/09/09/jay-shafer-and-the-tumbleweed-tiny-house-company/| title=Jay Shafer and the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company make small… BIG| publisher=Small House Style| date=September 9, 2008| accessdate=2008-09-09))
* ((cite news|first=Craig |last=LeMoult |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/yourplace/chi-0603310253mar31,1,5733861.story?ctrack=1&cset=true |title=Anti-McMansions have every comfort of home |publisher=Chicago Tribune |date=March 31, 2006 |accessdate=2006-04-01 ))((dead link|date=August 2020|bot=medic))((cbignore|bot=medic))

==External links==
* [https://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/ Official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161019095328/http://www.fourlightshouses.com/ fourlightshouses]

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