A Southern California couple packed up their two young daughters and headed east to Nashville, Tennessee, to chase a dream of a music career and more affordable housing. Now, they claim that the builder of their tiny home, the creation which was documented on the A&E reality TV show Tiny House Nation, disappeared with their house in March.

Rebecah and Ben Richards wanted to live in a home that agreed with their minimalist lifestyle, so they ought out a builder to create their tiny house. The couple ultimately went with builder Mike Bedsole, the owner of the Tennessee-based Tiny House Chattanooga construction company, KABC reported.

Bedsole not only sold the couple on a home kit, but also convinced the Richards to participate in the A&E show.

After receiving a quote from Bedsole, he told them about the show. According to Ben Richards, Tiny House Nation provides participants with a trailer for the house to sit on. However, Richards claims the builder said they would need to go with his supplier.

According to KABC, the Richards paid Bedsole $11,500 for the trailer, confirmed with bank receipts and emails from Tiny House Chattanooga.

"Our expectation was that he was registering the title in our name as he requested all the documentation to register the title," Richards said. "So, as far as we knew, we always had the title in our name, and it was only later that we found out that he'd actually registered the trailer in his name, not in ours."

As cameras started rolling, the Richards had yet to secure a loan for their home due to the trailer's size. Because of this, they were told A&E could not film their episode. Shortly after, however, Bedsole had called the couple.

"He had spoken to the TV show and made arrangements. He said as long as we paid for the trailer in full that he would commit to doing the TV show and guarantee to the have the home completed by filming," Richards told KABC.

For appearing on the show, the Richards were given approximately $47,000. They say Bedsole refused to give them a final cost for them to pay the remaining balance.

According to the couple, after filming was complete, the house still needed significant work. With nowhere else to go, and still waiting on their finances to come through, they moved their family into the house on Bedsole's construction site, three hours outside of Nashville. They say the property, where they lived for five months, was next to a jail.

In March, they found out Bedsole was being evicted from the property for failing to pay rent and that the home needed to be moved.

"We spoke with the attorney and he said if you move the tiny house we'll have you arrested for stealing, and we said, 'What are you talking about?' and he said, 'You don't own the title to the house,'" Richards told the news station. "Based on the fact that the builder has the title in his name he had to rule in position to the builder and he gave us 10 days to vacate the property. And during those 10 days the builder took the house off the property."

"One day our house was there. The next day it was gone!" Ben wrote on Facebook on June 19. "All we could do was put our personal items in storage, then drive back to California with a few suitcases strapped to our Prius."

The couple has set up a GoFundMe page in hopes to hire a lawyer who will help them get back their home.

While Tiny House Chattanooga did not immediately respond to Yahoo Lifestyle’s requests for comment, the company did appear to address the controversy on their Facebook page on June 20.

"For those of you who are asking, Tiny House Chattanooga abides by all laws and regulations when conducting a build and sale. Tiny Houses, like vehicles, are registered with VIN's and titles, which are signed over upon completion of payment," the post reads in part.

Ben Richards and representatives from A&E did not immediately respond to Yahoo Entertainment’s requests for comment.

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