HOME DEPOT SHED to TINY HOME – Live in This for Under $8400 Delivered!

[Sky King]

HOME DEPOT SHED to TINY HOME – Live in This for Under $8400 Delivered!​

I may have sold one of the first tiny homes 40+ years ago. An 8'x12' I delivered to BH & the gent was showing me where he was putting everything & was estatic. Well under $1k at the time. Click watch on YouTube and it plays fine.
Here in Michigan you can build up to a 150 sf shed with no permit or taxes so get 2 put very close & use 1 for cooking/eating & the other for relaxing and sleeping with fold down bunks. Most places here allow outhouses. Make a 2 person wood fired sauna in one of the sheds &leave the door open to heat the shed. Put the outhouse near the sauna wall & run an 6" stove pipe & small fan to preheat the privy. No permits codes or inspections needed here for AG buildings.

 

[tx2sturgis]

Going back to 2018 and before that even, I had been looking to do the same thing....I found this one at a local Lowe's Home Improvement...$8674 back in March of 2018.

Prices have gone up, of course, but not unreasonably. You can add windows, insulation, wiring, plumbing, cabinets, etc, but in many places it's not legal to live in something like this unless it's on wheels.

Be sure to check the local laws and ordinances before buying one to live in.

 

[Sky King]

Outhouses can be as clean & odor free as a bathroom if done right.
Here's a Map of. Outhouse laws by state

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/outhouses-legality-by-state

 

[Sky King]

Going back to 2018 and before that even, I had been looking to do the same thing....I found this one at a local Lowe's Home Improvement...$8674 back in March of 2018.

I like the design but it would have to be built on site & this one is built poorly. Look at the siding joints and trim. It looks like it's 16'x24' which is the size I built several of. Don't have an open loft as it gets way to hot up there. Also have a large enough window upstairs & a chain ladder to throw out in case of a fire downstairs. If burning wood screw the stovepipe joints together

 

[shadowmoss]

There are also 'folding' houses listed on Amazon that are metal sandwich panels for around that same price, but delivery is obviously more expensive. No reviews on the ones I looked at. I think when I looked a few years ago the requirements in AZ are a heat source and a separate room with door for the toilet, which can be the basic bucket system.

 

[jacqueg]

HOME DEPOT SHED to TINY HOME – Live in This for Under $8400 Delivered!​

I may have sold one of the first tiny homes 40+ years ago. An 8'x12' I delivered to BH & the gent was showing me where he was putting everything & was estatic. Well under $1k at the time. Click watch on YouTube and it plays fine.
Here in Michigan you can build up to a 150 sf shed with no permit or taxes so get 2 put very close & use 1 for cooking/eating & the other for relaxing and sleeping with fold down bunks. Most places here allow outhouses. Make a 2 person wood fired sauna in one of the sheds &leave the door open to heat the shed. Put the outhouse near the sauna wall & run an 6" stove pipe & small fan to preheat the privy. No permits codes or inspections needed here for AG buildings.

This under-200-sqft exemption is surprisingly common in rural areas.

Last time I looked, in my state, Washington, a home is defined as having
1) sleeping space 2) bathroom space AND 3) cooking space. An outbuilding of 200 sq ft or less can have any 2 of those three functions and still be legal in any zones with that 200 sq ft exemption.

If you are interested in doing this, you MUST check with your local permitting authority.

 

[Southbound]

I'm still thinking about something like that, or maybe one level. I hate paying for apartment life, and I have a family member with 24 acres who would let me put something in a corner. I was looking at that model years ago and just never acted on it.

 

[LargeMarge]

Eugene Oregon.
We worked with local bureaucrats to modify their participation in the state Building Code and Occupancy Code.
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A shed described in Post Number One and Two is probably legit.
Up to that arbitrary bureaucratically-limited arbitrary 200sf, pretty much anything goes.
But!
Read the arbitrary code, and the Astute Observer might discover a dozen ways to increase the livable space.
A couple examples:
1) a 'bay-window' type kick-out on each of the four walls increases the visual and visceral sense of openness.
That kick-out can be any size just short of the entire wall, but must be supported by the main structure... no posts touching the ground.

Could this be a galley?
Could something like this be your head?
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2) a loft, arbitrarily-limited to a bureaucratically-limited arbitrary 55"/140cm in height.
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In other words, square feet of the foundation might not necessarily correlate to cubic livable space.
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[edited to add]
Although the illustrated sheds are a quick throw-up, I suggest something significantly more durable.
If I was me, I might look at concrete or cinder-block with a steel roof and steel door.
Insulate the exterior, then clad that with traditional house-stuff such as brick or siding.
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