A woman built her mom a $33,000 tiny home on her family's Texas property. Here are 5 things she learned from the process.

The Heidecker family built a tiny home on their property.

Yeli Heidecker

• Yeli Heidecker and her husband built a tiny home on their Texas property for her mom.
• They love the space, but they learned a few lessons after building it.
• They recommend that others think carefully about where they build tiny homes and how they will function.

Yeli Heidecker and her husband had no experience with small spaces when they decided to build a tiny home for her mom in the fall of 2025.