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Posted: 7/17/2022 9:22:48 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 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. This. |
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Posted: 7/17/2022 9:24:03 AM EDT
[#2]
Quote HistoryQuoted: 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. Yeah, some here will laugh at this to. |
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Posted: 7/17/2022 9:29:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That's the biggest shed I ever saw. It's literally the size of a house. Yup. HD near us had some 2 story sheds but they're $12-15k and under 200SF on the footprint. The one they built would've made for an awesome air-bnb. |
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Posted: 7/17/2022 9:31:55 AM EDT
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They'll come and inspect it if you tell them you're building it is about all here. As a shed they'd do two inspections for the foundation, a form and a finish. Then two for the building, rough and finish. I think they want a plot plan before you start too. Which is kinda nice if there's any pipe line or whatever under ground you might want to avoid, flood zone, easements etc. It doesn't cost much fifty bucks or so, here anyways.
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Posted: 7/17/2022 9:32:17 AM EDT
[#5]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Smart move...I've looked into these. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/35509/Screenshot_20220124-212007_Samsung_Inter-2456033.JPG My wife and I’s first apartment was 750sq feet downtown. Those sheds would be a breeze 
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Posted: 7/17/2022 9:33:12 AM EDT
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Who the hell they trying to kid? That ain't no shed.A lot of Americans live in homes that size. People were living in slab homes right after the war, my folks did. The problem is people nowadays think they have to have some damn mansion. In the town where I live there are quite a few homes smaller than that. Too many are simply living beyond their means.
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Posted: 7/17/2022 9:33:43 AM EDT
[#7]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I admit I've walked around one of those and thought it would make a kickass mountain house. I checked one out and thought it would make a cool bar / man cave. Like this, only bigger.  Tour of my PubShed. #pubshed, #backyardbar, #mancave, #mybar , |
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Posted: 7/17/2022 9:33:50 AM EDT
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Yeah bc just anyone can afford to pay $9k+/mo in rent/mortgage payments.
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Posted: 7/17/2022 9:34:23 AM EDT
[#9]
Quote HistoryQuoted: And it passed code inspection? The only permit needed for my house was the septic tank. It's nice living in America. |
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Posted: 7/17/2022 9:34:38 AM EDT
[#10]
I’d like to have a small house like that.
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Posted: 7/17/2022 9:35:18 AM EDT
[#11]
Good for them. Hope nobody comes along and tells them they can't do that.
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Posted: 7/17/2022 9:37:30 AM EDT
[#12]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'd like to have a small house like that. something like this would be perfect.  |
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Posted: 7/17/2022 9:39:38 AM EDT
[#13]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Good for them. Hope nobody comes along and tells them they can't do that. I think you guys missed the part where they sold the shed house and built a new house on a new property. They only lived there a year or two. |
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Posted: 7/17/2022 9:43:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I admit I've walked around one of those and thought it would make a kickass mountain house. I live in a decent 2000 sq ft house i built from the ground up myself. Served it's role well raising my family. I am here alone now. I've honestly thought the same as you checking out some of those. If i had a 3000 sq ft shop or barn on a new property, i could easily live in a modified HD shed. I like build stuff anyway. My youngest brother built him and his new wife a starter home after he and his first wife divorced. 1100 sq ft. I loved the layout. He picked a great floor plan, but he is a smart fucker. Fairly large living room with adjoining kitchen. Two smaller bedrooms with a shared bath and master with it's own bath. We helped him black it in while he rented an apartment. Also helped him with wiring, rock and plumbing, but he did the balance by himself. I'd love to magically lift that little house and set it on a 50 acre plot. Add a wrap around porch, a new, pretty woman and I'd be happy as a clam.  |
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Posted: 7/17/2022 9:43:45 AM EDT
[#15]
82k worth of debt free? Two new cars, a new house, 40k land, a shed and a camper, and debt free was only 82k??
What am I missing here? |
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Posted: 7/17/2022 9:46:19 AM EDT
[#16]
Quote HistoryQuoted: #metoo something like this would be perfect. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/ShippingContainerCottage.jpg/800px-ShippingContainerCottage.jpg Big piece of property, lil shed, lil tight ass yoga instructor 
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Posted: 7/17/2022 9:47:08 AM EDT
[#17]
Home Depot used to sell a mini barn. I think it was around 1200 square feet. My wife and I looked into turning one into a house back around 2011.
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Posted: 7/17/2022 9:47:22 AM EDT
[#18]
Quote HistoryQuoted: And it passed code inspection? Why do you hate freedom. |
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Posted: 7/17/2022 9:47:50 AM EDT
[#19]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I am in the south never seen a 2 story shed at home depot. All the ones around here have them. And they're just like the one in the article. They're actually quite nice for what they are. I don't think I'd ever live in one (hopefully my life never comes to that), but as a hunting lodge or weekend hunting cabin or something of that sort? Yeah, it'd be awesome. |
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Posted: 7/17/2022 9:53:57 AM EDT
[#20]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Big piece of property, lil shed, lil tight ass yoga instructor 5'8" is a bit short for me but we'll make it work somehow. i work with a shitload of tiny girls in that 5'nothing to 5'3.5" range and they hate tall, sexy women.
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Posted: 7/17/2022 9:55:27 AM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: 82k worth of debt free? Two new cars, a new house, 40k land, a shed and a camper, and debt free was only 82k?? What am I missing here? |
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Posted: 7/17/2022 9:55:28 AM EDT
[#22]
Quote HistoryQuoted: #metoo something like this would be perfect. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/ShippingContainerCottage.jpg/800px-ShippingContainerCottage.jpg I like the design but those concrete columns look awful skinny to hold up conex boxes. That design begs for a deck where the steps are. |
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Posted: 7/17/2022 9:57:10 AM EDT
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted: 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? But it got 2 million views! |
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Posted: 7/17/2022 9:59:56 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I like the design but those concrete columns look awful skinny to hold up conex boxes. That design begs for a deck where the steps are. help me design that cabin. it's just a random pic i found on the google machine.
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Posted: 7/17/2022 10:18:42 AM EDT
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I like the design but those concrete columns look awful skinny to hold up conex boxes. That design begs for a deck where the steps are. Shipping containers are fools gold. |
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Posted: 7/17/2022 10:19:58 AM EDT
[#26]
Same size home that i have in the mountains....love it..low taxes...
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Posted: 7/17/2022 10:21:29 AM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: sir, the fugitive yoga teacher is 5'8" and therefore not little. 5'8" is a bit short for me but we'll make it work somehow. i work with a shitload of tiny girls in that 5'nothing to 5'3.5" range and they hate tall, sexy women. I'm 6'1" Shes tiny to me.
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Posted: 7/17/2022 10:22:41 AM EDT
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted: 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. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: A Georgia couple gave up a 2,000-square-foot home for an 860-square-foot Home Depot shed. 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. I have a beach house that size and we love it. Less to clean. Less shit to go wrong. I can see the appeal. Of course all my toys don't fit there. |
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Posted: 7/17/2022 10:24:26 AM EDT
[#29]
My first house was 925 sq. ft. of living space 3 bedroom 1 bath house. My wife and I lived there for almost 10 years. Probably would still live there if we had been smarter. Having two kids now it would be cramped but doable. We pay for our new house just fine. But I'd honestly down grade and gain some money back if I had my way.
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Posted: 7/17/2022 10:25:26 AM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Hell yes, that would make a great hunting lodge or guest house. A guy I worked with did that in Winchester, Tn. Made a really nice little cabin. Put in a second smaller one next to the cabin to house a generator and keep his 4 wheeler and tool box in. |
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Posted: 7/17/2022 10:30:22 AM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Seriously? Who gives a shit. It's a shed they chose to live out of. |
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Posted: 7/17/2022 10:31:16 AM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I am in the south never seen a 2 story shed at home depot. You are in Florida, most likely the hurricane building codes don't allow them. I have seen this exact shed at HD in Mobile... |
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Posted: 7/17/2022 10:38:56 AM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: That's the biggest shed I ever saw. It's literally the size of a house. Came here to post this. I think the concept is neat but that was not a normal home depot shed. |
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Posted: 7/17/2022 11:08:52 AM EDT
[#34]
What's the definition of Tiny Home? I don't know that I'd even call 860sf a tiny home. My first apartment was 900 sf, and it was pretty good size. There are lots of single family homes, and condos that are approximately 800 sf that sell for a shit ton of money around here.
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Posted: 7/17/2022 11:13:43 AM EDT
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Fake news, they aren’t really “sheds”. They’re more like framed and sheathed small houses. Some are two story. You just have to finish them. I’m sure they spent plenty more finishing it out to code. Story is a “feel good” article that omits major details that would turn it into “Couple buys prefab house and flips it.” Power of presstitution.
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Posted: 7/17/2022 11:21:34 AM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I am in the south never seen a 2 story shed at home depot. They’re not really sheds, they’re small houses that come framed and sheathed with a few basic windows. You can add a few things for an up-charge but you finish them out yourself. $14-$18000 here. We looked into putting one in our backyard. They’re built by a “shed” company to order but, they’re houses. |
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Posted: 7/17/2022 11:45:07 AM EDT
[#37]
Timing is everything in real estate
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Posted: 7/17/2022 11:55:02 AM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: 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. This is how I see it. Took grit and determination and a good attitude. I applaud them. (Provided they did NOT declare bankruptcy) |
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Posted: 7/17/2022 11:59:14 AM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I admit I've walked around one of those and thought it would make a kickass mountain house. Me too. Buy some undeveloped property, plop that down, make it nice like he did and find a way to make it off grid. |
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Posted: 7/17/2022 12:06:06 PM EDT
[#40]
I seriously doubt anyone is meeting hurricane code in one of those without spending some serious money and submitting engineering plans for a dwelling.
Seems more like a discreet project they get away with on their grandpa’s land by calling it a shed. |
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Posted: 7/17/2022 12:07:34 PM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: And it passed code inspection? Oh God. We got one. |
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Posted: 7/17/2022 1:11:18 PM EDT
[#42]
I will be doing something like this in the next few years, I am in a three bedroom house currently and my kids are all grown so I really am wanting to downsize.
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Posted: 7/17/2022 1:13:31 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I will be doing something like this in the next few years, I am in a three bedroom house currently and my kids are all grown so I really am wanting to downsize. https://www.ar15.com/forums/general/AMA-Sold-Most-of-Our-Possessions-and-Moved-Into-a-Van-/5-2424456/ 
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Posted: 7/17/2022 1:42:13 PM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I am in the south never seen a 2 story shed at home depot. I haven't really looked in a while, but probably 7 or 8 years ago, I was looking at the various Lowes and Home Depots in my area. Home Depots tended to have a wider selection in their parking lot (Lowes tended more toward the basic sheds to put your riding mower in), and the selection varied from store to store. Biggest I saw and was able to walk around in at a Home Depot parking lot, was a two story 16x16. Extensive use of OSB (didn't seem to use plywood, at all) and used engineered beams for the upstairs floor joists (to get rid of the need for a support column in the middle of the room downstairs). I later heard that they were having problems with having to chase people out of them (homeless sleeping in them at night, apparently), and some of the stores seem to have removed the sheds from their parking lots, or at least gotten rid of the larger ones. |
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Posted: 7/17/2022 1:45:32 PM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I am in the south never seen a 2 story shed at home depot. They've been here for years, and I know at least one or two being used for houses locally. Hell, there's one about half that size that someone's living in just down the road. |
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Posted: 7/17/2022 1:55:16 PM EDT
[#46]
A place south of me is knocking out "tiny' homes which are selling well enough to keep them busy. They're using cedar and enough of it that you can't find any cedar lumber in the area. I've heard 60K-80K is the average price.
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Posted: 7/17/2022 2:03:10 PM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: And it passed code inspection? Fuck the government telling us how to live. Out here we have no building permits unless for some reason you want to. |
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Posted: 7/17/2022 2:28:59 PM EDT
[#48]
Not that long ago in the US there would be a family of eight living in something like that and they would be the envy of their neighbors!
They got in over their heads, realized it and took steps to rectify, probably built up a nice nest egg while living there. |
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Posted: 7/17/2022 2:38:38 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryBubbles ain’t got no troubles… |
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Posted: 7/17/2022 2:44:21 PM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: And it passed code inspection? in some rural areas where people have camps, there is no code |
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