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Posted: 7/17/2022 8:23:31 AM EDT
A Georgia couple gave up a 2,000-square-foot home for an 860-square-foot Home Depot shed.
Nick Lucido and his wife, Meghan, found themselves in financial trouble, which forced them to sell their home in the town of Cumming. "We never missed a mortgage payment," Nick told The Post. "We were both just really young young professionals. And we had two brand new cars, brand new house, and we were just over our head in debt." In March 2020, at the stateside onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the Lucidos purchased a plot of land spanning 8.46 acres for $40,000. "We saw a two-story shed in the Home Depot parking lot, and said 'I think we could make that work.'" From there, they purchased the shed and starting slowly working to turn it into a home. According to Nick, they lived in a camper van until the shed was ready for use. They revealed, in an Instagram post, that this unusual move led them to being debt-free, paying off $82,000 in nine months. In a now-viral TikTok video, with nearly 2 million views, Nick showed off the shed house. “If you go to any Home Depot, at least in the southeast, you go inside of their parking lot, you’ll typically see sheds … this right here is actually a tiny home, Tuff shed from Home Depot, two stories, 860 square feet, one-bedroom, full kitchen, full living room, the porch, then of course we got a chicken coop back there … a deck with our above-ground pool and a trampoline for the little one, of course.” Many of Nick’s followers were curious to know where their son slept. The TikToker decided to do a full interior house tour, where he showed viewers his son’s crib in the sole bedroom. mOAR |
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Minimalist lifestyle endorsed by the hard left. "You will own nothing and be happy." The state will probably foreclose for back due property taxes.
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So I guess the moral of this story is to be irresponsible and live beyond your means, but if you do this according to this TikTok video, all will be forgiven and everything will be okay?
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Good for them.
They realized they were in over their head and took the steps to get on a path of financial responsibility and freedom. And paid off their obligations instead of just filing bankruptcy. |
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Good for them but the eye of Sauron is about to focus on their tiny home and how it’s permitted.
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I admit I've walked around one of those and thought it would make a kickass mountain house.
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Quoted: And it passed code inspection? View Quote Maybe, maybe not. There are no code enforcements in rural areas in Texas. Yes I know, that’s not Texas. On a septic yes, but not required or enforced on structures. I know a guy that builds a cabin very similar to that for people. Builds the hell out of them. Many as hunting or weekend cabins but quite a few as homes. |
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I mean kinda cool. Some people here are gonna bash them but they bought something that's not on their parents land, made a shed work for a house and sold it for a profit.
What’s to hate outside of you not doing that? They also paid off their debts and didn’t do so by declaring BK meaning no tax payer burden known. |
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There has to more to the story. That had to put another 100k or so building that full kitchen, wood floors, walls, etc in that "shed".
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Supposedly he's sold it. If he was upfront in all his declarations in the sale, it's the new owners problem. Quoted: There has to more to the story. That had to put another 100k or so building that full kitchen, wood floors, walls, etc in that "shed". Of course there is. It wouldn't be viral if it was completely honest. Those things are only $20-30k, but it's just the structure. You'll need a foundation, insulation, electrical, plumbing, flooring, sheetrock, paint, etc. |
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That's the biggest shed I ever saw. It's literally the size of a house.
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Story seems a little off as told, but I guess if it worked for them.
I’d like one of those as a shack on a parcel of empty land. |
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Yeah the tiny homes HD sells are just basic frameworks. You have to add insulation, drywall, plumbing, tile/floor, electric, etc.
Still, good on them. |
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They fixed it up pretty nice. Good for them making the necessary lifestyle cuts to improve their finances and move ahead in life.
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If you're really really rural, sure. But the tax man cometh for your shed now because you had to get you some 'views'. If you'd kept your mouth shut, you'd have been able to keep enjoying it.
It's just a matter of time now before you see people renting sheds in their yards to people. Then none of will be able to have a shed, at least not without 'inspections' to make sure that there's no income. Fuck, this country is swirling in the toilet. We're not free at all, and it happened at the local level. |
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Quoted: A Georgia couple gave up a 2,000-square-foot home for an 860-square-foot Home Depot shed. View Quote 860 square feet isn't bad for a couple, even with a couple small kids. People forget those 1950's single floor ranch homes with 3 bedrooms and one bath that were about that size. |
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This must be the shed model in question or at least close to it:
a TWO STORY Home Depot Tuff Shed Conversion (YOU CAN LIVE IN!!) Looks like less crappy of construction than I would have expected from anything you buy at Home Depot which is a plus. |
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That is pretty nice, my wife and I could definitely live in something like that. That said, it isn’t a shed. It’s a small house built by a company called “Tuff Shed”.
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Quoted: That is pretty nice, my wife and I could definitely live in something like that. That said, it isn’t a shed. It’s a small house built by a company called “Tuff Shed”. View Quote Yeah, not even a tiny home really. That's just a straight up small house and if you get it set on a proper foundation I don't really know that there would be much difference once it's all finished out. |
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A trampoline for the little one and a chicken coup, of course..
Mortgage and two brands new cars and tons of debt. Professionals? Yea, professional idiots |
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Quoted: So I guess the moral of this story is to be irresponsible and live beyond your means, but if you do this according to this TikTok video, all will be forgiven and everything will be okay? View Quote That’s just it, nothing was forgiven. They dumped the big house, cars, etc and bought a chunk of land and the shed. And paid it all off in 9 months. That’s what I call winning |
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Quoted: Maybe, maybe not. There are no code enforcements in rural areas in Texas. Yes I know, that’s not Texas. On a septic yes, but not required or enforced on structures. I know a guy that builds a cabin very similar to that for people. Builds the hell out of them. Many as hunting or weekend cabins but quite a few as homes. View Quote X2 Some counties still don’t have any building inspectors. Our county didn’t get one till last year. |
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Quoted: Yeah, not even a tiny home really. That's just a straight up small house and if you get it set on a proper foundation I don't really know that there would be much difference once it's all finished out. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: That is pretty nice, my wife and I could definitely live in something like that. That said, it isn’t a shed. It’s a small house built by a company called “Tuff Shed”. Yeah, not even a tiny home really. That's just a straight up small house and if you get it set on a proper foundation I don't really know that there would be much difference once it's all finished out. This. That’s not a shed, it’s a house kit. |
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Back when High schools had shop classes, they build and sold small
houses. There are a few in my town. I've heard no complaints about them. I have been inside one and it seemed decent enough for a single guy. The owner was an older guy. |
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Quoted: That's just it, nothing was forgiven. They dumped the big house, cars, etc and bought a chunk of land and the shed. And paid it all off in 9 months. That's what I call winning View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: So I guess the moral of this story is to be irresponsible and live beyond your means, but if you do this according to this TikTok video, all will be forgiven and everything will be okay? That's just it, nothing was forgiven. They dumped the big house, cars, etc and bought a chunk of land and the shed. And paid it all off in 9 months. That's what I call winning The article basically made it out that they bought their shed, lived in it for a while, sold it for a big profit, winning. I feel like their story here is the exception rather than the rule, and most of the people who would read this don't get that. |
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Quoted: Good for them. They realized they were in over their head and took the steps to get on a path of financial responsibility and freedom. And paid off their obligations instead of just filing bankruptcy. View Quote Yeah I don't get the hate over the fact that this couple woke up to the consumer debt lie, manned up, and fixed their lives. We all should be so responsible. |
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Quoted: If you're really really rural, sure. But the tax man cometh for your shed now because you had to get you some 'views'. If you'd kept your mouth shut, you'd have been able to keep enjoying it. It's just a matter of time now before you see people renting sheds in their yards to people. Then none of will be able to have a shed, at least not without 'inspections' to make sure that there's no income. Fuck, this country is swirling in the toilet. We're not free at all, and it happened at the local level. View Quote Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) is already on its way to being implemented. CA leads the way in taxing your money or housing shitheads on your property. Kharn |
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860 square feet is not a "shed". I have yet to see a shed that big in any Home Depot. There are nice condos and smaller homes smaller than that in square feet. I am done believing any people do this without gaining some sort of fame after letting the local news source telling them their plight. People these days want the money and think their 10 minutes of fame will make them rich.
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Good for them. Didn't see how much they banked selling the old house but must of made a boat load to spend $40,000 on land, the tiny home, and to fix up the tiny home.
Notice they sold the "shed" and land for a profit and built a new home on a new property. Sounds like they are heading back where the started . |
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Quoted: And it passed code inspection? View Quote Why not if all finish work was done to code? The only code failure i ever saw was a man who built his own lake house. Built it as a retirement home in his spare time. . His only mistake was 24" center framing. He had to rip out the sheetrock and piecemeal fix it with 16" center framing. Once he'd corrected that, insurance company reinspected and gave the green light. An older friend of mine needed a smaller, easier to clean home for he and his wife for retirement. He bought a larger single story "shed" as a core. Added two add on rooms, a porch, back deck, wired, plumbed, rocked and finished out. All 1200 sq ft tied under a new roof. Actually turned out nice. Small, but big enough for the pair. He sold his other place on the lake and they live in the new one now. Good timing, too. He was disabled in a car wreck not long after he completed it. |
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