Mini-Luxury Living: 10 Small Homes Built on Tiny Islands

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Small House Tiny Home

Island real estate is hard to afford and in many cases difficult to even find on the market, so for those who buy a private island it makes sense to make the most they can out of their luxury land acquisition – in some cases creating amazing houses on tiny island lots.

Small Island Vacation House

This wood home-on-a-rock in Nicaragua is a great example of leaving just enough space around the core to walk the natural edges of the island without letting any other part of the property go unbuilt as the photos above illustrate.

Small Luxury Private Island Homes

Along the St. Lawrence River at the border of the United States and Canada there are many luxury estates and private castles but some of the most impressive buildings are the little residences people have set down on everything tree-covered islands to tiny rocks barely sitting above the surface of the water.

Small Island Home Designs

In other locations people have made entire villas from the limited land available to build on, such as the 23-room island home in Rhode Island (in the image above) or the modern four-story residence on Lake Michigan (pictured below).

Small Island Cool Buildings

Of course, not all buildings on tiny islands are homes – there are luxury resorts and even churches designed to work on the smallest building footprint possible, and then there are lighthouses which can be wonderful but dangerous places during storms as the incredible image above shows.

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