Living big in small spaces

Tiny Houses with VELUX skylights

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VELUX skylights add an extra dimension

Due to cost of living pressures and an increased focus on sustainability, the tiny house industry in Australia is booming. They’ve seen a tremendous increase in popularity over the last few years due to their appeal in minimalism and affordability. This housing alternative is attractive to many with living ‘off-grid’ in the search for a simpler lifestyle and reduced ecological footprint. But how do you make a tiny house livable? VELUX skylights are the answer...

MAKE SMALL SPACES FEEL BIG

According to the Australian Tiny House Association, a tiny house is a movable dwelling of up to 50m2. You need to use every trick in the book to make it feel spacious. One of the most useful tricks is installing VELUX skylights. It’s like adding an extra dimension...the sky becomes part of the space.

ROOM WITH A VIEW

Regardless of weather and time of day, VELUX skylights offer wonderful views. Clouds passing by, rays of sunshine making patterns on the floor or on the walls, the moon and the stars at night...all of this makes you feel like you’re in a bigger space.

The VELUX skylights provide an abundance of light and space. The tiny house feels much bigger with the skylights Kylie Emans, tiny house owner

An abundance of natural light

Small spaces with a lack of natural light are the stuff of nightmares. Natural light is arguably the single most important factor in making a tiny house livable. Skylights are an extremely efficient natural light source...

THREE TIMES MORE LIGHT

Compared to a conventional vertical window of the same size, a VELUX skylight will provide three times more light. Combined with the fact that wall space comes at a premium in a tiny house, the obvious solution is to install VELUX skylights on the roof. They look great, too...

COMPLETE PRIVACY

Vertical windows require blinds to provide privacy. But blinds block light so you’ll have
to choose between natural light and privacy. VELUX skylights combine abundant natural light with complete privacy. You can even have them with blinds for those occasions when you want to control the light.

SEE OUR FULL PRODUCT RANGE

Discover our full range of solar-powered, opening and electric skylights for any home: big or small.

EXPLORE SKYLIGHTS

Climate control at your fingertips

No one wants to have the air conditioning running 24/7. When you install blinds with solar powered VELUX skylights, you have complete control of how much fresh air and sunshine you want inside — all you need to do is press a button...

VENTILATION AND LIGHT CONTROL

Solar powered VELUX skylights allow you to let hot air out and cool breezes in. If it starts raining, you won’t have to do a thing... the skylights will automatically close. There’s a huge range of models and sizes, including solar powered blinds that are designed to fit perfectly with VELUX skylights.

REMOTE CONTROL

Solar powered skylights and blinds can be quickly and easily operated with the press of a button on the remote control supplied. Program your remote to operate products individually or as product groups. The VELUX remote control is easy to use...you literally have a natural climate control system at your fingertips.

The VELUX skylights are openable so you get a beautiful breeze through whenever you want. With solar powered you're in charge of the sun as well. You can have as much or as little sunshine coming through as you want. Kylie Emans, tiny house owner

VELUX skylights are built for the bush

Australia is a harsh environment for any skylight...but VELUX skylights are made for it. Heat, cold, rain, hail, cyclones, bushfires — VELUX skylights have passed every test in the book with flying colours.

KEEPS OUT THE HEAT AND THE COLD

RAIN AND HAILSTORMS? NO WORRIES...

VELUX skylights have passed the same watertightness test as roof tiles. Handy in a country where severe drought can turn into torrential rain in a matter of minutes. Hailstorms don’t affect VELUX skylights much either. During testing they were hit by artificial hailstones the size and weight of cricket balls at speeds of up to 172 kph.

BAL 40 BUSHFIRE TESTED

Don't take our word for it...

"I designed this tiny house for the owner and he allowed me to design it specifically for its secluded location. During the design process, I was surprised to learn that skylights were even an option. Oppressive heat, rain, hail, bushfires...we have it all. But VELUX skylights are tested for everything."
- Jamie Reid, property manager

velux skylights made for australia climate

VELUX makes the difference

Designer Eco Tiny Homes in Ulladulla NSW is one of Australia's leading tiny house builders. Director Grant Emans started the business from his backyard but it quickly took off and within five years the production reached 85 tiny houses a year. VELUX skylights offer big benefits at a small cost.

We use VELUX in all Tiny Homes

"Even though we were among the first in Australia to start building tiny houses, I soon realised we needed a point of difference to succeed. Quality of workmanship and materials is one way to stand out. But a far more visible one is the VELUX skylights. We use them in every single tiny house to create light, space and ventilation.”

"We use VELUX skylights in every single tiny house to create light, space and ventilation"

- Grant Emans, Director, Designer Eco Tiny Homes

STAMP OF QUALITY

“Quality in workmanship and materials is what we’re all about. We only employ licensed tradesmen and apprentices, even though unskilled labourers would save cost.
All windows are double glazed and our showpiece is of course the VELUX skylights. Our customers know that VELUX is the best skylight money can buy and, by extension, our tiny houses are the best money can buy.”

COST EFFICIENT AND EASY TO INSTALL

“VELUX skylights don’t actually add a lot to the cost of building a tiny house...the product is reasonably priced and the installation is easy. But they add a lot to the end result. If you’ve seen a tiny house with VELUX skylights, you wouldn’t buy one without. VELUX skylights make a big difference to our customers’ quality of life...and to our business.”