Whether it was in the midst of a particularly memorable hike, a weekend of rock climbing, a day at the beach or during your daily commute, we’ve all come across a tiny stretch of desolate land and thought, “If only I could live here…” Well, thanks to the Backcountry Hut Company — an architectural design company based in Vancouver that’s focused on creating spaces that are both beautiful and affordable — you may very well be able to turn your happy place into your dream vacation home.What a view! The Tofino Surf Hut blends right into its surroundings.The company just launched an assembly kit for what it calls “The Surf Shack,” a gorgeous prefabricated structure that ranges in size from 191 to 937 square feet and does not require any sort of heavy machinery to construct. Taking a page out of IKEA’s catalog, the kit arrives at your desired location via helicopter, in flat-pack boxes that take a crew of four about one week to assemble into full-fledged dwellings.It takes just one week to transform these flatpack boxes into an idyllic getaway spot.“We knew we had a great idea and high quality product, but the response has been better than we expected,” co-founder Wilson Edgar said in a press release. “We were getting calls from people from Portland to Brooklyn even before we reached the prototype phase.“Even the dog is digging this serene “Surf Shack” interior.With the tiny house trend catching on in every corner of the country, Edgar says the company has no one typical kind of client. “Our customers seem to come from diverse backgrounds, but they all share an eye for design and a creative desire to play some part in the building experience,” Edgar explained, saying that their first customers have ranged from young tech professionals to semi-retired professors.If you lived here, you’d be home right now!“We wanted to create something that captured a certain essentialism,” said architect Michael Leckie, Edgar’s co-founder. “A product and process that is unique unto itself, that has a practicality, without sacrificing good design.” With two basic exterior and interior styles and a range of sizes to choose from, each structure can be customized to the specific customer. While the exterior is preassembled, customers can choose from a variety of spec interiors or leave that part of the design process entirely to their own devices.The “Backcountry” interior is great for groups, with room for a community kitchen on the first floor and a bunk-bed sleeping area on the second floor.From first contact to final detail, the building experience is a completely collaborative one. Clients work directly with the company to talk about the process and how it all works, while Backcountry’s in-house team of architects assists with permits and documentation requirements. The service is a particularly attractive one to people looking to create their own little slice of getaway heaven in a remote area that might not be able to accommodate a traditional construction team.Whether you’re looking to have a space of your own on a mountaintop or at the ocean’s edge, The Surf Shack can go where more traditional construction projects cannot.“In a lot of cases, our customers want to build on their remote dream property, as a way to escape the 9 to 5,” Edgar said. “Some of those locations can’t accommodate an intrusive, traditional building process.”The “Frontcountry” option is designed for a more urban chic type of space.The company is currently taking orders. Because each kit is customized, prices will vary on a number of factors — including size and interior details — but pricing generally starts at about $45,000 ($55,000 CAN) for the base 10x10 studio structure, plus a retainer for the company’s design services. For specific quotes and more details on all possible options, contact the company directly.H/T: The Daily MailSign up for our daily newsletterEmail addressSign upI would like to subscribe to The Points Guy newsletters and special email promotions. The Points Guy will not share or sell your email. See privacy policy.All images courtesy of Backcountry Hut Company.
