Yesterday's Lismore High Campus Tiny Home project ended with huge smiles and a lot of excitement all around after a local family who lives next to the school outbid everyone to buy the Tiny Home built by its students.Lauren Flint, her husband Khan Quinlan and their six children have been living in a four-bedroom house very close to Lismore High since December."Two of our boys are in Year 7, so we wanted to support the school," Lauren told the Lismore App, "This is now my husband and my room, and the kids will have the house," she laughed."This is an instant convenience for us. We've been looking at renovating, and all the different options, and definitely putting a granny flat out the back was an option for us. So, when this came up and the ability to support the school, we wanted to do it."A large crowd had turned up for the Tiny Home auction after about a dozen students gave their time to learn a new skill and create a Tiny Home thanks to initial seed funding of $50,000 from the Regional Industry Education Partnerships (RIEP).Jill McCall from RIEP started the project by offering Lismore High's Principal, Chris Williams, the seed money to create a legacy project that will also benefit the students involved."It was post-flood, so it felt like a really important project in terms of looking at issues around sustainability and issues around housing. They've got a really strong STEM project here, so I thought it was really good in terms of that."They were just absolutely happy to run with it. The school has had such a huge commitment and poured lots of resources in terms of teacher resources, time, energy and enthusiasm into it."The group of students who gave up their time each week, along with dedicated teachers like Dean French and a host of local businesses, then created a quality Tiny Home to sell.At 4:30pm, with six registered bidders, the first bid came in at $40,000. As Dave Eller from the Lifestyle Group worked the crowd and the bidders, the number rose to $45,000, $50,000, $55,000 and then $60,000 before the bidding slowed to single digits with an offer of $61,000."Get out of here. There's a five in that other pocket," Dave said, "I'm sure of it."Dave accepted $62,500 before Lauren came back decisively with the wing $65,000 bid, and Dave brought the hammer down to loud applause from the crowd and big hugs among the family.(Auctioneer Dave Ellery brings the hammer down on the winning bid from Lauren Flint)The $65,000 winning bid not only means more comfortable living for Lauren and Khan, but it allows Lismore High to build another Tiny Home later this year, and there is no shortage of student applications."This is a legacy project," Principal Chris Williams said, "So, it's here to stay, and we want to keep doing this every year. We want to keep fostering strong partnerships and connections with our local trades people, and we want to be the go to for them if their looking for someone to join their team as a tradesperson. We want to give them first dibs."The kids who are working on the home are now working with them."Chris is referring to the two full-time apprenticeships that have come from this project, as well as a school-based apprentice who goes to school four days a week and works one day in the industry. They will complete a qualification across two years of Years 11 and 12. When they graduate school, they would have completed the first year of an apprenticeship.As the first Lismore High Tiny Home project has proved so successful, there are 47 applications for the next build. A situation that really pleases an already happy principal."This money means we can order another kit, and those funds will also pay for the staffing, to be able to release the staff a day a week to work with the kids to buy the consumables for the next project."Two of Lauren and Khan's children started Year 7 at Lismore High Campus this year. In three years' time, they might be picked to build the 2028 Tiny Home and complete the circle.