Nine tiny homes on the market right now across Australia
In Australia’s soaring property market, even the tiniest of homes can cost a pretty penny.
Studios no bigger than your average parking spot can seek six-figure sums, while one-bedroom cottages are marketed at close to $1 million.
Whether you think they’re cosy, compact, convenient or crazy, here are some of the smallest abodes on the market right now. But be warned, even these tiny homes don’t come cheap.
9/91 Mort Street, Balmain, NSW
You wouldn’t want to be claustrophobic if you were looking to buy this inner-west studio measuring a tiny 13 square metres – smaller than many car parking spaces.
Situated in the former Star Hotel in Balmain, the studio has a loft bed, with a kitchenette and a small living area that you can just about fit a couch in, and a renovated bathroom off to the side.
While it may be small in size, it’s in a prime location, just steps from Mort Bay, waterfront parks and the ferry.
It’s advertised for $348,000, or almost $26,770 per square metre.
95/546 Flinders Street, Melbourne, VIC
Your bed will be front and centre in this 17-square-metre studio on Melbourne’s Flinders Street, which is for sale for $160,000.
It’s one of several studios currently available in the building, and records show it last traded for $130,000 in 2008.
The unit is tight on space but has all the necessities, with a kitchenette, bathroom and some overhead storage space, with the existing owners also squeezing in an open wardrobe, desk and washing machine, not to mention a dartboard – which you could probably successfully hit from the comfort of your bed.
3/41 Roslyn Street, Rushcutters Bay, NSW
In Sydney’s eastern suburbs, this 21-square-metre studio is listed with a price guide of $365,000.
Its smaller size makes it one of the most affordable properties in the area, with selling agent Angelo Bouras of Richardson & Wrench noting he’d sold a larger waterfront studio — spanning 34 square metres — in neighbouring Elizabeth Bay for $970,000 earlier this year. Such properties typically draw interest from first-home buyers, investors, and those looking for an inner-city crash pad.
The Rushcutters Bay studio is on the ground floor of a small period building, has timber floors and panelling throughout, a small bathroom and renovated kitchen. It also has access to a communal rooftop with city views.
7/9 Anthony Street, Melbourne, VIC
Back in Melbourne’s CBD, you’ll find this renovated studio, measuring just 17.5 square metres, for which the vendor is seeking $230,000.
The small living room fits in a murphy bed, couch and small dining table, and flows onto the kitchen, then the bathroom, which manages to squeeze in a washing machine.
Selling agent Alana Kuo of Core Realty said the unit had mostly drawn interest from investors looking to lease it out as a short-term rental. The unit is currently rented out for $325 per week on a 12-month lease. It last sold for $187,700 in 2017, records show.
5/183 Moray Street, New Farm, QLD
In one of Brisbane’s most affluent suburbs, this New Farm apartment is seeking offers of over $299,000.
You enter the 23-square-metre apartment via the bedroom, which opens to the living area and kitchen, as well as a covered balcony that adds an extra eight square metres of space. The unit comes with a car bay, which at 14 square metres, is more than half the size of the apartment.
The property is close to the Howard Smith Wharves precinct, the Riverwalk and CBD, as well as local restaurants and cafes.
Records show it last sold for $225,000 in 2014.
14/415 Elizabeth Street, North Hobart, TAS
Coming in at 34 square metres, this stylish studio with parking is almost on the spacious side, compared to some of these other humble abodes.
Dubbed Tiny Dancer, the North Hobart studio is advertised for offers over $315,000 and had been described as a lovely space for out of towners seeking a city bolthole or a fabulous investment opportunity – it’s rented out until November for $290 per week but has also been rented out for short-term lets.
Hobart apartment prices have shot up over the past year, jumping 27 per cent to a median of $523,856, CoreLogic figures show.
223 Benowa Road, Benowa, QLD
While more spacious than the studio apartments, this is still one tiny home, although it comes with a very spacious 876-square-metre block of land in the Gold Coast suburb of Benowa.
The tiny home – listed for $1.2 million – sits at the rear of the block and has a modern kitchen and living room downstairs, as well as a bathroom and (surprisingly) a walk-in wardrobe, with the bedroom in the loft space upstairs. A fire pit and fairy lights await outside, and there is a studio space next door.
Buyers could potentially live on-site while developing the rest of the block, then turn the tiny home into a guest house or short-term holiday let.
51 Beaumont Street, Waterloo, NSW
Heading to auction next month is this one-bedroom, one-bathroom Waterloo semi on a 70-square-metre block.
The front door of the original condition home opens to the living room, and you then walk through the bedroom to get to the kitchen, laundry and bathroom at the rear of the home. There’s also an additional outdoor toilet, alternatively described as a storage area for those who prefer to keep things in-house.
The worker’s cottage has an auction price guide of $900,000.
126 Buckley Street, Footscray, VIC
This single-storey shopfront, which sits on an 82-square-metre block, is on the market for $739,000.
Described as a blank canvas in the heart of Footscray, the property has residential potential with a mezzanine level for a bedroom. Though there is living space and bathroom below, there’s no kitchen in sight.
The property last sold for $250,000 in 2004.
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