What you can put where, and what it really costs

Why does this site exist?

Because the official answer already exists and almost nobody reads it. It is a 25-page PDF from MBIE, and the sites that rank for these questions mostly do not read it either — they sell one builder's homes or they repeat each other. So people buy a home before they know where they can legally put it.

So we read it, end to end, and wrote out what it says with the quotes and the links attached. That is the whole idea. It is not clever and it is not proprietary; it is just the work nobody else had done.

How do the rules get checked?

In four steps. Every rule comes from a named document someone here has opened; every source carries the date it was last opened, shown on the page; specific phrases are quoted rather than paraphrased; and where the official source cannot be opened, the figure is not published at all.

1. Every rule on this site comes from a named document that someone here has opened.
2. Every source carries the date it was last opened, shown on the page. Today that date is 15 September 2026.
3. Where the source uses a specific phrase, we quote it rather than paraphrasing it into something looser.
4. Where we cannot open the official source, the figure does not get published — and the page says which figures those are and why. There are several of them and we would rather show the gap than fill it.

The full standard, including how to tell us we have something wrong, is in the editorial policy.

What will this site never be?

Five things, and each of them is a line we do not cross. Not a directory of builders we have not signed. Not a "no consent needed!" site. Not a builder in disguise. Not a lead seller. And not a ranking you can buy — placement is not for sale at any price.

• A directory of builders we have not signed. We publish no builder listings, no years trading, no team sizes and no credentials. Every business named on this site is real, linked, and checked before it goes live.
• A "no consent needed!" site. Every exemption has conditions and the Building Code applies either way. Anyone telling you otherwise is selling something.
• A builder in disguise. We do not build, quote or install anything, and we have no financial interest in you choosing one home over another.
• A lead seller. Your details are not a product. Nobody pays us for an introduction to you.
• A ranking you can buy. Placement is not for sale at any price.

Who writes it?

Everything Tiny Homes. There is no personal byline on this site, and articles are attributed to the organisation because that is who stands behind them. If something here is wrong, it is our mistake to fix, and the contact page is how you tell us.

How are we paid?

Two ways. A one-off Consent & Site Guide, and commission paid by a builder when a home listed here sells. Never by a buyer, never for a ranking, and never for passing on your details. The detail, including what we have not sorted out yet, is on how we make money.

What do we not have yet?

Three things. No homes are listed, because no builder has signed with us. The guide is not on sale, because it is not finished. And there are no reviews or ratings anywhere on this site, because we have no honest source for any. When those change, these pages will change with them.