Craftsmanship runs in Gonçalo Marrote’s veins.
His father was a carpenter, and so was his father earlier than him. In 1990, the Marrotes based Madeiguincho, a Portugal-based, family-run woodworking firm specializing in furnishings.
Drawing from his architectural schooling and impressed by his travels to locations like Berlin, New York, India, and Nepal, Marrote steered the corporate towards a brand new frontier in 2016: tiny properties.
“Some folks would say, ‘Why would you modify one thing that’s already good?’ however I needed to do one thing linked to my research and my love for tiny homes,” Marrote informed Enterprise Insider. “I made one, folks favored it, after which I made two, and the corporate began to develop.”
Up to now, the corporate has constructed 25 tiny properties, with costs beginning at €55,000 (about $58,600). The properties range in dimension, starting from 10 meters (about 108 sq. toes), 12.5 meters (about 135 sq. toes), to 17.5 meters (about 188 sq. toes).
Marrote, with a deep appreciation for nature, designs every custom-built house — no two are alike — to really feel like an extension of its surrounding pure atmosphere.
“About 90% of our product is sourced from wooden,” he stated. “The tiny properties are designed to make you are feeling at one with nature.”
In 2019, Madeiguincho, which constructs the tiny properties in Portugal, collaborating with native builders and designers, started delivery to the US. The primary house landed in a Queens, New York yard, the place it’s getting used as an Airbnb property.
Have a look inside a few of Madeiguincho’s tiny properties.
