Build a Tiny House

This Overlake-built house is now part of the New Hope Village on Aurora Ave.
Grades
9
10
11
12
Dates
Cost
$300
Instructors
Mike Davidson
Bill Johns

Students on this project will build a Tiny Home in conjunction with the Low Income Housing Institute https://lihi.org/.  Following their design, we will receive the materials and construct the house which we will then donate to LIHI.  LIHI will then pick up the completed house and install it in one of their low income Tiny House communities.  This project is an opportunity not only to learn about building and carpentry, but also will provide some needed help to low income or homeless individuals or families.   

Special Considerations

You will earn 15 service hours for full participation in this project.

No previous carpentry skills needed.  Students will need to bring their lunch each day. Students are able to earn up to 15 hours of service hours for this project. 

THIS PROJECT WILL TAKE LONGER THAN FIVE DAYS!  Please be sure you will be available for 2-3 days following Project Week to complete the house.

Participants must be willing to follow COVID guidelines.  Participants should only attend illness free. If a participant should test positive for COVID during the project, the student will be isolated, and the student’s family will be required to pick them up at their current location.  The family will bear all the costs associated with the student pick up. 

By selecting the above project, you and your family are accepting the financial responsibility for the cost of the projects.  This includes any unrecoverable expenses incurred if Overlake, or any federal, state or local government forces cancelation of the project, or if you or your family decide not to attend, or if your student becomes symptomatic and has to be isolated. 

Project Week (2023-24)

Mar 25, 2024 - Mar 29, 2024

Contact

Nikki Day
Project Week
nday@overlake.org