Both tiny houses built by trainee tradies at Ara Institute of Canterbury were auctioned at the weekend to raise funds for students to travel to Fiji to help rebuild communities. More than 100 people turned out to the auction of the brand new tiny houses built by students at the Ara Institute of Canterbury. READ MORE* Trainee tradies' awesome tiny house build* 'Life Box' container house sold at auction, for charity* Raglan tiny house sold in 10 daysEddy Spry of Ray White Ferrymead says the first house sold under the hammer for $65,000, and the second house price was negotiated for sale for an undisclosed price. When the tiny houses were listed, Spry described them as "absolutely awesome": "From what I've seen in the past with tiny houses, I would say these are on par if not better. The two tiny houses were bought by the same person, who plans to put both on his property for additional accommodation.

Source: Stuff May 19, 2019 22:18 UTC