An Irish guide to Baltic homes — written from the Baltics

Who I am

I'm Brian. I'm Irish, and for years now I've lived in the Baltics — Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania — the corner of Europe that quietly manufactures a huge share of the small modular and tiny homes sold across the continent, Ireland included.

I didn't come to this as a marketer. I came to it as a buyer. I've bought and renovated property here myself, dealt with local builders and factories directly, and learned the hard way which questions actually matter before you wire a deposit abroad. Living here, I can walk into the places that make these houses and talk to the people who run them. That's the whole reason this site exists.

Why I built ourhouse.ie

An Irish buyer trying to research Baltic modular homes hits a wall fast. The factories' own sites are often thin, half-translated, and priced ex-works with no idea what landing it in Ireland really costs. The Irish resellers are polished but quiet on where the house is actually made and what their margin is. And nobody answers the questions that keep you up at night: will it ship here, who pays the VAT, what's the foundation, is this factory any good?

I'm in a rare spot to answer those, because I'm standing where the supply is. So ourhouse.ie does the legwork an Irish buyer can't easily do from Ireland: gather every option — Irish, Baltic and beyond — into one place, price it honestly all the way to your site, and grade how confident I am that each provider will actually look after an Irish customer.

How I grade what you see

Every provider on the site carries an honest evidence label. I'd rather tell you "I don't know yet" than dress up a guess. The grades run from Listed (found and catalogued, still being checked) through Evidence reviewed (public sources, pricing, delivery notes and company signals checked) to, in time, Factory reviewed — an in-person visit with photos and build notes I put my own name to.

I'm building the factory-review layer out as the site grows. When I publish one, you'll see the visit date, what I saw, what I couldn't verify, and whether the visit was paid for. Until a provider carries that badge, I won't pretend I've stood in their workshop. Here's exactly how the trust labels work →

How ourhouse.ie makes money

I think you deserve to know this up front, because it's the thing most comparison sites hide. ourhouse.ie earns its keep three ways — and none of them involve charging you, the buyer, or selling a better grade.

The hard line I hold: a provider can buy placement, but it cannot buy its evidence grade, and it cannot pay to bury a negative report. Those are kept separate on purpose — the day they aren't, the site is worthless.

What I can't stand over (yet)

Honesty cuts both ways. I'm one person building this in the open, so here's what to keep in mind. Prices move — always confirm the current quote, lead time and warranty in writing before you pay. An "Evidence reviewed" grade means I've checked the public record, not that I've inspected the factory floor. And where a provider hasn't confirmed Ireland delivery, I say so rather than guess. If you ever spot something out of date or wrong, tell me and I'll fix it.