With all the magic of Middle-earth, these innovative hobbit houses appear to be plucked from the pages of The Lord of the Rings. Whether buried beneath the earth, or decorated to resemble Bag End, these fascinating homes are far from fictional. Click or scroll through, grab your hooded cloak and let’s explore the real-life hobbit holes located around the world…
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Aptly named, The Hobbit House lies in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, just 40 minutes away from downtown Nashville. Quaint and cozy, there’s nothing ostentatious about this petite pad. In fact, it was designed to authentically mimic the houses of The Shire, despite the fact it isn’t hidden beneath the ground. “It had a perfectly round door like a porthole, painted green, with a shiny yellow brass knob in the exact middle,” said J. R. R. Tolkien in The Hobbit.
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The rustic tiny home is made entirely from earth and offers a unique interior aesthetic, thanks to its exposed mud walls. Of course, there’s a quaint, rustic fireplace for cozying up at night, as well as a small kitchen for rustling up a hearty pie or a warming stew.
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Designed to accommodate two people, the Hobbit-inspired retreat also boasts a snug bedroom with tiny porthole windows that look out over the pretty surrounding landscape. Fallen in love? Then it’s currently available to rent via Airbnb.
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Over in Washington, USA, you’ll find this surreal yet sweet property, inside the Sharingwood Cohousing Community of Snohomish. The petite pad landed on the market in April 2021 and sold for a remarkably high $432,500, despite its miniature size.
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The house features a cozy living room, a small kitchen, one bedroom and two bathrooms, all squeezed into 921 square feet of space. Yet thanks to its high ceilings, light color palette and ample windows, the interior feels nice and inviting. There are built-in seats formed from cob, while the bathroom boasts a stained glass porthole. Organic furniture and handmade decorations can also be found throughout the cozy cabin.
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The sustainable retreat boasts curved walls and was formed entirely from sustainable materials, including straw and clay. Surrounded by a wild forest, this pad couldn’t feel anymore like Bilbo Baggins’ Shire house. What’s more, the hideaway offers a top floor loft space, decorated with a balustrade constructed from tree branches. The cozy space offers a rocking chair and snug bed. After all, it is a hobbit hole, “and that means comfort”!
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This incredible Hobbit-inspired villa is truly one-of-a-kind. Sandwiched between the Koʻolau mountains and the dreamy sands of Waimānalo Beach, this Hawaiian retreat is distinctive and masterful in equal measure. Built in 2003, the property’s craftsmanship is so unique that it was featured on HGTV’s Extreme Homes.
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The storybook-style home was recently for sale with Corcoran for a cool $2.9 million but every single penny would be worth it. Outside, you’ll find a quarter-acre garden with quaint, winding pathways dotted with Koi ponds and footbridges. There’s a shaded cabana for watching the world pass by, as well as an outdoor hot tub and private garden decorated with a natural waterfall. Inside, things get even more magical…
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The 3,603-square-foot residence features four bedrooms, three bathrooms, a large living room and a kitchen. Many of the rooms open up directly onto the garden, including some of the bathrooms, while others boast soaring cathedral ceilings, rustic lava rock walls, bamboo accents and Indonesian hardwoods. There’s also an apartment on the property, which could serve as guest quarters or a vacation rental. Either way, enchanting abodes don’t get much better than this!
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Tucked away in picturesque woodland in River Falls, Wisconsin, this earth home sits on three-and-a-half acres of land. The ideal hobbit hideaway, it has a curved façade and a small door that will take you inside the partially subterranean home.
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Spread over two floors and with 2,200 square feet of space, the underground home is surprisingly spacious. The main living room features a curved ceiling with an unusual round skylight that lets the light flood in and a wood-burning fireplace, so it’ll be cozy all year round.
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The small kitchen, which sits on the lower level has all the appliances to cook up a hearty meal as well as a small eating space. The two-bed earth home also comes with two bathrooms and two furnaces that provide heating and hot water to complete the hobbit lifestyle.
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Nestled in the heart of the Rother Valley and just a short walk from Bodium Castle, this earth house sits in the grounds of a picturesque vineyard. Built by local craftsmen from local materials, it’s hidden from sight and buried into a bank with views over the valley.
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Inside, the fairytale home has 800 square feet of interior space that includes a full kitchen, inside dining and a living area. With a star-covered ceiling, charming round windows and wooden furniture; it’s the ultimate hobbit retreat.
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It may be a hobbit home, but the house still has all the modern mod cons. The two small bedrooms feature TVs and matching wooden furniture, with rustic timber beams and cute wooden cupboards for keeping all of your precious items. Head outside and you’ll also find a hot tub and alfresco eating space which is perfect for the warmer months.
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Insulated from the earth that surrounds it, the home has a tiny 288-square-foot floor plan and features rounded barrel ceilings for the ultimate cozy feel. The main living space has a small seating area with a handmade chessboard and a quirky barrel attached to the wall that’s filled with drinking water.
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The bedroom is framed by a round doorway that was crafted from a cable spool with custom metalwork by a local designer. The room features a handmade chandelier, a fireplace, and views out over the orchards when the door is open.
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This tiny green earth-sheltered house, located in Atlantic Beach, Florida, was designed and built by architect William Morgan in 1975 on a sand dune. The home has now been converted into a modern living space and was last on the market for $1.8 million.
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Actually a duplex, each consisting of two near-identical homes of 750 square feet, the earth homes were actually built as holiday rentals by the architect who was living next door. He didn’t want the new houses to block the view of the ocean so decided to build it underground, in an existing sand dune.
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Due to the mass of sand surrounding these incredible Earthships, the inside is kept to a nice temperature all year round. But if it does get a little warm, there’s always a patio that looks out over the ocean.
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Located near Tomich, Scotland, adventurous Stuart Grant constructed his own real-life hobbit house. Built in the 1980s, the property has had time to age gracefully and is given its authentic look by its moss-covered exterior with a round door.
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A man ahead of his time, The Lord of The Rings trilogy hadn’t even been made when Stuart started this project but by using his neighbor’s cast-offs and collected tree stumps, this house became a home.
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The interior of the home is just as impressive as the exterior with its low ceilings and cozy furnishings. The living room features details you’d expect to see in Bilbo Baggins’ home with mullioned windows, tables carved from tree trunks and beamed ceilings. It might be one of the world’s weirdest homes, but we also think it’s pretty charming!
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This four-bedroom, chocolate-box cottage – the name of which translates from Welsh into ‘little meeting house’ – is built on the site of a ruined chapel and was actually constructed in 1972 by renowned architect Christopher Day. With its curved walls and turf roof, it’s a real-life hobbit house! While the off-grid home has a couple of solar panels to power low-energy consumption LED light bulbs, there’s no central heating or internet. It is a home for those who like to be at one with nature e.g. hobbits.
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Inside, there’s a homely, compact kitchen. The Aga stove heats the entire house while the water supply comes from a spring that feeds into the water tank. Three bedrooms are on the ground floor, while upstairs the fourth bedroom looks out over the valley and beyond.
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Downstairs there’s also the sitting room, which can double up as a study with views across the valley, plus a living-dining room with three large windows and an open fireplace to huddle around when the temperature really drops in the winter.
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Designed by Simon and Jasmine Dale, this quirky build is a real-life fairytale home in the woods and was built using basic tools: a chainsaw, hammer and chisel. A tree in the center was used to prop up the house, which was topped with split logs to create the frame, while the stone and mud from digging were used for the floor, walls and roof.
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Everything inside and outside the house is sustainable, from the materials used to the natural fridge that is cooled by air coming underground through the foundations. The house is quite roomy at 540 square feet and includes a loft bedroom. Despite being dug into the earth, the home has an extended patio running off the loft, with large windows and patio doors to allow sunlight to come flooding in.
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The home cost just $4,300 for the materials but it took four months (and between 1,000 and 1,500 hours of hard labor!) to bring the dream to life. While living in the house, Simon and his family also created a forest garden and worked on ecological woodland management, something they wouldn’t have been able to do while paying a mortgage.
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The magical Earth House Estate Lättenstrasse on the outskirts of Zurich is like something out of a Tolkien novel. Designed by visionary earth architect, Peter Vetsch there are now over 90 of these houses in Switzerland and further afield.
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Vetsch is known for his sustainable homes that are sympathetic to nature. The aim of his earth homes is to allow residents to live within the ground, rather than simply on it. The hobbit-worthy housing estate sits in the city of Dietikon and has nine cozy earth-covered homes grouped around an artificial lake.
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Although they look tiny from the outside, the houses are actually far more spacious inside. Daytime areas, such as the living room and kitchen, have been built facing the south to maximize light while the bedrooms have been situated towards the north, in harmony with the path of the sun.
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Tucked away in the rugged Irish landscape of Southwest Donegal in the village of Glencolumbkille, this grass-covered pod is a modern take on the hobbit home.
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With its curved brick façade and glazed exterior, the tiny home, named the Cropod, has its very own secluded courtyard. With views out over the North Atlantic Ocean, it’s also just a short stroll to the secluded nearby beach.
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Known as the Cropod, the amazing tiny home has just one small bedroom. The open-plan space has just enough room for a living area, a dining table and a small TV. Just imagine waking up to the views out over the rolling hills.
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Set against the picturesque backdrop of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Hobbit’s Dream is located in the town of Fairfield in Virginia. The authentic home will transport you back to Middle-earth and is shrouded in plants and grass with a shingled entrance and curved porch.
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Each corner of the house has been carefully designed to encompass the hobbit theme. The arched porch is dotted with fairy lights and wooden accessories that have been locally carved – it’s the perfect place to sit and curl up with a book, night or day.
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Stepping inside, the main living space features a framed map of the Middle-earth and a cozy fireplace. Through the rounded door frame sits the double bedroom and bathroom.
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If you are looking for something a little more modern, head to Nottinghamshire Pods to get an eco-friendly addition to your backyard. The durable and versatile hobbit homes are covered by a 125-year guarantee and come with a real grass roof as standard.
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Inside, the backyard home shelters come with underfloor heating and bricked wall surrounds, which keeps in the heat. In this model, the solid wood flooring and stylish spotlights make the perfect cozy space.
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With four models to choose from, the dwellings can also be wired to the mains for electricity and water, making it a fantastic option for a quirky guest home. Are you feeling the need to burrow?
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If you don’t have the time or money to buy your own hobbit home, you can opt to take a trip to the place where it all began. Located near Matamata, on New Zealand’s North Island, this beautiful abode is quite possibly the most famous of all the hobbit holes.
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In case you don’t recognize it already, it was built as a set for The Lord of the Rings trilogy and covers 14 acres with 44 hobbit homes. As well as this, the set has a dedicated gardening team who have planted almost 3,000 native seedlings on the surrounding farmland to maintain biodiversity in and around the area.
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Tours run twice a day to show visitors around Hobbiton, including into the Green Dragon Inn, where tourists can stop off for a quick drink or bite to eat and head to the Party Tree, or Bilbo Baggins’ cozy home in the hills.
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Buried into the hillside, this design in Johnson City, Tennessee, has an unusually clean and modern interior. Tailor-made to your needs, the houses are fully insulated with high-efficiency windows and take a maximum of just six days to assemble.
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Completely waterproof, the homes are built with modular components and are assembled by approved builders. Easy to customize, each design comes with a fiber-reinforced polymer framing system and fastenings to secure the structure. The high ceilings, tall windows and expansive living spaces create charming homes that you don’t have to be a hobbit to enjoy!
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Surrounded by rolling hills and mountain views, this whimsical home sits in the town of Bridesville in British Columbia. Known as Halfling Hideaway, the home is surrounded by 400 acres of pristine countryside in the Okanagan Highlands, which is ideal for hiking and skiing in the winter months.
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This magical home could be straight out of the movies with its grass-covered roof, giant round door and cute lanterns hanging either side of the curved porch. Inside, an abundance of carved wood, cozy candles and an open fireplace, and ornate decorative elements inspired by Tolkien’s world creates an enchanting atmosphere.
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The décor is spot on for a Middle-earth household, with an antler chandelier and leather and iron touches lending a Gothic feel to this fantastical dwelling. If you’re tempted to try it, the Halfling Hideaway sleeps two in a comfortable double bedroom, and there’s a compact kitchen which has everything you need to prepare a simple meal.
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Always loved the idea of living in The Shire? Self-builder Bogdan Pekalski designed and created this 484-square-foot hobbit home after years of trial and error, eventually naming it Hobbitowa.
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The house has a living room, bathroom and two bedrooms. Bogdan used roundwood from local willow trees, clay for the interior plaster, lime for the exterior plaster and cob stones for the infrastructure. The awesome off-grid home also has its very own water well, domestic sewage works and photovoltaic panels for electricity.
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Inside, the house has a large open-plan living room with a cordwood floor and a cozy open fire. Sharing the fireplace chimney is a kitchenette with a traditional wood-burning stove. Can’t you just imagine making cocoa in here?
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