384 sq ft. So many people would appreciate this home! Thank you for a wonderful idea! We single seniors could actually live on our social security in this home.
If you do, your older than the dirt your buried in! The last ones were sold in 1940. That would mean you’re at least in your late 80’s or into your 90’s or more. If you are still alive and cantankerous!
My grandparents house was a Sears house. Two story nice farm house. The neighbor had the same house except a door in the back where my grands had a pantry.
@@americanrambler4972 My father pointed out one to me about 50 years ago. I'm 71. Any one interested in history of old house knows about Sears catalog homes.
After WW2 there were a lot of homeless people in the UK and the Gov built prefabricated homes to house them, there still are some left and people still live in them, and that's nearly 80 years of continuous occupation!
This is a great idea. Put in a nice wood stove, solar panels, and fix it up to be a home. Least they’d be out of the rain and elements and you don’t need to pay rent. It’s yours.
My autistic grandson dreams of having this exact Tuffshed out on our ranch in the Texas hill country. I know one day soon he will be able to realize his dream. Thanks for this post. He did love the second floor and he is 6’4”. When we go to HomeDepot he always checks it out.
Same with our 22 yr old son. We intend to do this and give him some sense of independence and responsibilities of his own. We think it would be really good for him. He is a little over 6 ft too. God bless and I hope your grandson gets his wish. There are all kinds of organizations, or maybe a local church, that might offer to help with the costs. I would look into it, as people are always looking for something like this to do for someone who would benefit so much from it. God bless ❤ 🙏
That is wonderful. My autistic son is great with a garden and wants the same thing. Years ago we were looking for a shed for our home and he said, this would make a great home. I said "no way is my kid living in a shed" and here we are and I want one now too. Look up Country Road Cure online they did everything themselves. The great journey in Arkansas building on land.
Good mornin Rusty! Some just have such closed minds that not even the tiniest of light could ever shine in.. Sad, but true. I bought my 320 sq ft home in Dec 2016- the day before being diagnosed with breast cancer. I started living in it in 2017, after I made it all I wanted it to be. ( mine was part of the barracks from FT. Huachuca 1965 ) If I did this, anyone can. Let the negative nellies keep their neck high debt and worries. Have a most wonderful week Rusty... BIG hugs from near FT. Huachuca- AZ. KIM 🙂
These people that write think that some of the people who do this and even 'vanlife' are homeless and think only some expensive traditional homes are only homes there really are! Screw those people! GO OUT AND LIVE!!!
I actually like the idea of putting in my own insulation. My dream is to dig and finish a basement then place a little house like this on top. I need room to do my canning and food storage. Thank you for this video.
People with closed minds don't survive when nip-n-tuck times are upon them. Great idea. If it won't fit where you live? Then move. Zone me in is akin to "don't fence me in". Great presentation Rusty...
What I would like to find is a place with large machine shed some Call them pole barn.Then put my RV inside of it and let them think I just bought a place with a storage building.Would be my Home base.Pull the RV out to travel and come home to my secret home base when not traveling
My sis in law had her camper next to the pole barn. Slept in that and fixed up a nice living area in half the barn. Lived like that til they built their house.
Great starting house! These are better than a “tiny house” and much cheaper! You can always improve your interior on how you want. Thanks for the tour. ❤
I'd be happy with something like that but I'd need help with the inside because I'm close to 80 years old. I would like to live somewhere I could have my dogs, a garden and some peace and quiet. Thanks for showing me that it's possible 😁
Thank you! Things have gotten quite expensive where I live. My daughter and fiancé are being priced out of the market and we live in the country with 6 acres. Lots and houses go on sale here now and they’re gone in a day and the prices are crazy now. I have water, power and septic already installed at the rear of our property, this would be a great choice for them!
I could live in there easy. I'd put a wood stove in there, a compost toilet, air fryer, mini fridge and few solar panels, and get one of those galvanized tubs for bathing. You don't even need the toilet. Just build an outhouse and do big business outside.
I did walk through both floors of one of these at a Home Depot in Indiana. It did strike me as a livable place for one or two people. However, I would invest in upgrades. There is so much you can do yourself: insulation, flooring, painting, etc. Be sure to check all building requirements where you hope to build first.
If lightning strikes twice, Rusty will be looking for another property to buy, or another RV to buy, or another car to buy. But he might do that anyway, with or without a viral video. Never a dull moment.
I really appreciate these videos, It feels like I'm talking to my southern granddad (god rest his soul) about buying this and he is just happy I'm living my life as he would be. I hope you're doing well in life Rusty
Any place except heavily forested land, county government has overhead imaging of your lot and it's not difficult for them to know if you are full-time. However, it is legal to live in a shed as you wish in many rural places, and some sparsely populated counties do allow you to build your own septic. But I can't think of any counties in Arizona (where I live) where you can build and use an outhouse, cesspool, cat holes or burn pit to do your business anymore. If you are rural here though, septic is sometimes ALL you need to move in and stay. Big 👍 on this video.
All it needs is plumbing, electric, hvac, insulation, drywall, paint, cabinets, trim, flooring, appliances, and landscaping. Its almost complete! Oh dont forget land and permits. 😂😂
Throw $20K for all that and you're still under $50K is what he was getting at. Hell the HVAC could be a 10k btu window ac downstairs and a 5000k upstairs and for heat a cheap wood stove. Thats $2k if not less there.. I think if you can get everything else and DiY it and come out at $50K that's still a hell of a lot cheaper.
I just bought an entire kitchen cabinet set for $30 -- by removing it from a place that was being upgraded. Just walked up and asked to buy it. Why would anybody even think they had to buy new to put in something like this? HVAC? Get serious. Wood stove & windows 😂😂😂😂
Where I live we call that siding Hardi T1-11. They make a lot of trim also. We built a 480 square foot place here in Alaska on a full foundation 11 years ago and all in it was about $100 grand. I did the wiring including the meter base by the road and plumbing The weathering in of a building is the cheapest part of construction. It cost me $4,500 for some framers that had the place weathered in after one day and that is double stud walls.. A few acres of land ,septic, well, power and foundation cost me about $70 grand 11 years ago. We have an off-road place also. Now I’m finishing a duplex and my wife and I will be traveling around down south in the fall and winter.
Memories like the corner of my mind 🎷🎺🎻🎸Nice tour Rusty I remember when you did a walk through a couple years back and went upstairs. Any thing is possible if we want it bad enough 👍 Much love and many blessings
You can buy a used 5th wheel, up to 400 square ft. Park in an RV park in AZ. Buy a second one in the north, same deal. park it permanently in the 2 RV parks. No pick up truck needed. The used 5th wheels you should be buy able for 30 k or less each. Then you have nice weather year round. Another option could be to buy a house in an area where house prices are depressed because of low demand. You can buy some pretty cheap houses that way.
Love it! My brother has something like this as his writing shed. If you stay off-the-grid, store boxes and camping equipment in it, things should be fine
Great idea if you own a piece of land and just want a small affordable shelter place to crash and sleep. Finish off interior and you're good. Get a compost toilet and have a simple kitchenette.😊
Another use for this great TuffShed would be to put it on a lot with a pre-existing home where zoning allows for a guest home. Many people rent out their guest homes. You could use it as income property. No doubt it would pay for itself fairly quickly. Just a thought . . .
Cities are making it extremely hard to do this. Mine for example requires a license to rent a bathroom and a room out of the home I own, and to pay hotel taxes to city and State. It is considered a short term rental, if you want to use it as a guest house in my city (Austin). Also, the separate guest house would require a city inspector to come out. It’s a lot more complicated than people think.
@@Catsandchickens I'm in Arizona and understand another state or city may restrict the rental. Here in Arizona it is permitted unless a subdivision has specific Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions that would bar the use as Austin does. I would think investigation into any such issues would fall under the same due diligence umbrella regardless of where it was placed. Have a wonderful day! 😊
Great video! Would be awesome on some unrestricted land, you could actually put it on a foundation and have a basement if you wanted. Great video, thanks! 👍🏼
Hi Rusty..i love your positive outlook and your open mind.. it will surely keep you young..i really like that you see the possibilities and the positive parts of new tech that can be used to circumvent the downsides of modern life.. yes houses are ridiculous price wise.. thank you corporations and investers for buying up everything after 2008.. and renting them out or air bnb.. so prices sky rocketed because so many houses are permanently off market and yet still nobody really can buy them.. many set vacant a majority of the time.. good on you for helping find a way around the predicament these young generations are in.. you do what you can with what you have! Absolutely!
For those of us not/no longer high maintenance, this is a generous space. I was raised around houses with basements, several of which were finished living quarters until owners could afford to build on top of them. Haven't seen any in many years.
As much as places like L.A. spend on cleaning up tent sites, they could line those areas up with these, put in some porta-potties and a couple showers, and they could have a cleaner community than a bunch of trash tents. As a disabled vet who WAS homeless for a while, I would have LOVED one of these, I wouldn't mind one NOW if I had a place to put it!!
We managed to get upstairs here in Florida and it was impresive. We are defintiely looking into this for our son and possibly our daughter and our grandchild.
I had a huge historic Victorian home I personally restored historically accurate mostly by myself over the years since I bought it in 05 when I was 23. I taught History and also had an antique clock restoration, repair, and service or cleaning business out of my home. It was in Western NC in a historical district. I loved restoring, refinishing, or reupholstering antiques over the years and drove all over the Carolinas & Virginia searching for them for years as well as salvaged historic architectural elements and woodwork I would incorporate into my home. I never considered selling it or moving. After 2020 and all of the mess since in the US with so much going downhill, I knew I needed to sell then & move back to the NC Mountains where I was born & raised. I grew up in a large historic family home so I had only ever felt at home or been at home in large old houses. This time trying something completely different and reasonable for what "storms" I see coming I bought a 1990 mobile home on its own land deep in the remote rural Blue Ridge Mountains on the NC-VA line but a few miles into Virginia. I turned it into a house. I turned it into something perfectly better than even that. I had stripped the mobile home to studs & floor joists or down to its bare bones basically. I sheetrocked or put up tongue & grooved board & beadboard back on everything on every wall & including the ceilings after insulating heavily. I installed and added real & elaborate detailed window and door frames and cases. I replaced all exterior windows and doors with some of the best I could find. Using very good high-quality windows as I only had to replace 12 or so as there were not many windows compared to what I was used to in those large old Victorians. I replaced also all the interior cases & frames adding nice handcrafted panelled doors that came from a fine cabinet & woodwork shop with all solid wood doors inside & outside too. I added real T&G hardwood floors with the thickest plywood underneath. I have all smooth walls & ceilings. Replaced and had custom-made all cabinets & cabinet doors with white & red cedar gorgeous grained & colored wood. With new cabinet doors & frames all handmade by a master craftsman cabinet maker locally. The same place that made my doors. And replaced everything else with far better quality fixtures in bathrooms & kitchen such as sinks, showers & the sort. Everything was rewired and replumbed with extra cutoffs and the type of plumbing I had installed was the sort that does not freeze or bust in extremely cold times. Added new heating HVAC. I added soffits & facial boards on the new roof all steel standing seam sheets. I also used the same material for the siding though I did it vertical to the ground. I added gabled porches on the front and back with well-built porches and railings. Nothing standard like what 90% of other new construction install. I made all the woodwork and porch woodwork different. I got all the woodwork for the interior and exterior including soffits, facials & all of the wood for the porches and their rails or banisters & ballisters & such all cut and made to fit. And the interior woodwork such as window & doorframes like the other woodwork I did not buy the typical sold-in bulk everyone else uses. I made my own. And as odd as it may sound I made them based on Victorian doorframes and woodwork in the house I restored and sold before moving here. I used elaborate designs. With the plinth blocks in the corners on top of the frames. I had intricate woodwork left over such as the window & door frames from having them made when restoring my historic home. I had much of the woodwork that was original from the 1880s recut for the restoration of my home. So I used it all here having far more than I thought I had unused. And was so pleased at how much character it gave the place by adding that sort of woodwork. Now some of this major work, unlike my restoration of my historic home where I did the bulk of it alone. I hired professionals to complete this job as time was a factor. And knowing once I got in it then I could take my time doing the rest and more detailed things needing to be done and other things that were not time-sensitive on me getting in it soon. This place had been 3 bedrooms. When as I said I tore it all out and redid it all new the sheetrock and such I made one bedroom out of the two prior. And a large walk-in closet. I may make an addition to the rear soon. With the baseboards & woodwork with molding in all places that called for it. And with the new solid wooden stained doors and smooth sheetrock walls & the real standard size & thickness hardwood floors. You truly have no idea if you did not know before that you are in a mobile home. I had bricked the foundations but lower than standard as the steel siding goes to about 1 foot above ground level. I bricked them down. I came so close to bricking the entire place and still may do it. I believe it would add much. I added an entirely new complete solar system for electricity & energy backup for that. A complete solar system not just large generators for that backup. But such as one to alone power a cabin in the mountains fully. I now still use electricity as I have a few things to install to change over 100% to solar. I have everything here but only need now to build the steel frames for the solar panels. Frames so I may be able to turn or rotate them facing them to the best sunny spots if the day becomes overcast. But soon when I complete the rest I have yet to do. I intend to be fully 100% off-grid and self-sustaining in every way for the uncertain dark days ahead that we see clearer by the day coming. I plan to build a pond in the back by damming up a natural spring branch. And fill it with fish and such I can have variety in food if one day. I bought a wood stove for heat I have yet to install and hook up to the flu. Along with an iron woodstove for cooking on I have yet also to install. I also redid the water system and having natural springs bubbling out of the ground and mountain behind me I ran a backup water solar system for the deep water well and a backup for that solar pump and gravity-fed cold water back up to the sink-ready to be turned on anytime needed and the well water will seal off until issues are fixed. For the gravity and pump-fed water line, I installed a new old tomey hand water spigot pump Amish made next to the typical faucet at the sink. So I only have to prime this with water and begin to pump to bring water to the sink. It is about 12 to 14 inches tall the hand pump is Iron & brass. I am over 3 thousand feet above sea level so winter is a bit rough for what I was used to but adding all of the insulation of all sorts I could our Appalachian power bill has not been over 300 in the coldest months of Jan & Feb. Averaging 160 to 180 the rest of the entire year summer I only need AC during the day as nights are so cool here. I was spending 5 to 6 hundred monthly in winter months to heat my home in town. And I only heated half of the first floor as I have always lived alone. I have never been happier and never been more comfortable. I will never have another huge old historic home again. Other than the size or shape of this house one would never dream it was a mobile home. I never feel as if I am in a mobile home. This was well worth doing. I wish I had done this when I was in my early 20s when I bought that big old house. But I am recently now 42 and happy so I am glad I finally did it. I am a few miles into Virginia right on the Grayson County Virginia - Ashe County, North Carolina line. I bought and moved here in April 2022. I grew excellent gardens and planted many fruit trees that first summer and was so proud of all of it. I am no far from the Blue Ridge Parkway and less than usual 8 cars all day long drive by me on the road I live on. I did buy some extra acreage in the back of me with nothing on it but thick older growth forest after I had bought & moved into this place. But deeded separately as I bought the extra land after I was already living here. The tad bit over 1 acre with the mobile home including all of the work I put in it with the cost of all the supplies & things I added but not counting labor as mostly it was only me doing the work. Just all I added and renovated it making it really like a stick-built home. I have in it to this day again not counting the extra land I bought after buying this place that surrounds me. So I have less than around 73 grand total invested in only this house & the lot it's on of about 1-1/4 acre. I plan to continue the work by adding a 2-car garage and workshop. And build a greenhouse connecting it to the rear porch to begin growing much of what we will eat. Not only have as I said never been happier. Sorry to type a book chapter-long comment here. I have OCD and obsess over the tiniest details when describing or being described anything. So again sorry for the length.
The shed is very well built. You should see new home constructions. If you ever upgrade the staircase and flooring, you know what I mean. The staircases look worse than old pallet wood; the floors are not even; and there are all kinds of trash behind the drywall.
I thought about this myself if you can find a nice location that would be a nice place to throw your hat and you can slowly upgrade it as you go along thank you sir for your content
I own a 10x15 Tuff Shed Utility Building and they are truly well built with excellent materials. Excellent customer service from the local office before it closed.
2/18/24: 🙏🙋Rusty, I really appreciate you showing these SHEDS to Homes, for those of us who don't want to RENT, a small budget and Have a DIY Attitude....🥾💪 Patty Sue, Maryland
A good plan even though I already have my own RV as a man cave as well as lake front motor home . I've also thought about the possibilities of the Home Depot dwelling.
More of a question would be is what county is going to allow you to live in this structure. That would be the first consideration outside of anything additional.
This is a great option especially in today's housing market. Would also be a great place to have for a vacation house in the mountains. Could power with solar panels, wood stove heat, etc. I like it
Not a bad option for some but by the time you spend all the extra 1000's and all the work including the aggravation you could buy a used or new rv/camper ready to live in. Plus it would be much easier to move if you had to. You could even build an open structure to park it under to save the roof as that's the weak link of most rv's. The list of things to finish out that shed to make it truely liveable is long including heat, air, wiring, plumbing, lights, interior walls etc etc including the kitchen sink. Good luck to all that take on the project! ✌
You would've made a wonderful salesman for this tiny home and others like it. I would offer you a job for Home Depot if I were the boss because of how well you give the facts straight to the point.
A couple of years ago, when I began to watch some of the shed repossession videos. I was surprised to see a number of those repossessed sheds had been converted into living units or homes. Those guys had acquired those sheds and made them into living units instead of paying the bill on the shed, so they were being reposed. And then I saw some videos of people buying them and making them into homes. At first I was appalled primarily because of the lack of foundations and support for those units for living purposes and the lack of proper wiring and plumbing being up to code. I considered them unfit for habitation due to my perceived safety and risk factors. I was and am still concerned they don’t have proper structural site support. I considered the flooring and its sub structure very suspect for long term use. I am still not convinced these are good for permanent housing solutions, but I have come around quite a bit on the use of these for living spaces. But I am a whole lot more willing to accept these as temporary homes and additional auxiliary living units like the old garage apartments of years past. People live in old dilapidated shacks, travel trailers and house trailers whose condition is much worse than one of these sheds will be. There are a whole lot of people and families where one of these sheds set up as a home unit would be a huge improvement in over their current housing situation. So my opinion on living in one of these has improved considerably. If something like this is all you can afford, or can be configured for what you need and want, then so long as it’s compatible for the area you’re placing it in, go for it. These would make for good he, she or kids sheds.
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384 sq ft. So many people would appreciate this home! Thank you for a wonderful idea! We single seniors could actually live on our social security in this home.
384 × 2 = 768 square feet.
Now, it's not all usable space, but still pretty good.
It's horribly inefficient. It's a shed. It would be difficult for a senior on social security to make this shed comfortable and livable.
One of problems is finding a location with utilities to put it.
@@charlottehall5191Bingo
Perfect size for me!
Does anyone remember when Sears sold build it yourself kit houses for 995.00 -5,000.
If you do, your older than the dirt your buried in! The last ones were sold in 1940. That would mean you’re at least in your late 80’s or into your 90’s or more. If you are still alive and cantankerous!
My grandparents house was a Sears house. Two story nice farm house. The neighbor had the same house except a door in the back where my grands had a pantry.
@@americanrambler4972 My father pointed out one to me about 50 years ago. I'm 71.
Any one interested in history of old house knows about Sears catalog homes.
After WW2 there were a lot of homeless people in the UK and the Gov built prefabricated homes to house them, there still are some left and people still live in them, and that's nearly 80 years of continuous occupation!
@@MajesticMe429 My sister and her husband rented a log cabin many years ago that was a Sears log cabin. They were build right back then.
This is a great idea. Put in a nice wood stove, solar panels, and fix it up to be a home. Least they’d be out of the rain and elements and you don’t need to pay rent. It’s yours.
I agree. Great price and you can make into a great house to live in off grid.
I would live in this model no problem. I can totally see it fixed up-it would make a CUTE cottage!!
My autistic grandson dreams of having this exact Tuffshed out on our ranch in the Texas hill country. I know one day soon he will be able to realize his dream. Thanks for this post. He did love the second floor and he is 6’4”. When we go to HomeDepot he always checks it out.
Same with our 22 yr old son. We intend to do this and give him some sense of independence and responsibilities of his own. We think it would be really good for him. He is a little over 6 ft too. God bless and I hope your grandson gets his wish. There are all kinds of organizations, or maybe a local church, that might offer to help with the costs. I would look into it, as people are always looking for something like this to do for someone who would benefit so much from it. God bless ❤ 🙏
A used house trailer meets building codes for electrical and its already plumbed and insulated
That is wonderful. My autistic son is great with a garden and wants the same thing. Years ago we were looking for a shed for our home and he said, this would make a great home. I said "no way is my kid living in a shed" and here we are and I want one now too. Look up Country Road Cure online they did everything themselves. The great journey in Arkansas building on land.
I'm almost 40 living on my parents homestead. I'm about to buy 1. Been a dream of mine for a few years now
@@kelvinboyd7459Where do they sell them?
Good mornin Rusty! Some just have such closed minds that not even the tiniest of light could ever shine in.. Sad, but true. I bought my 320 sq ft home in Dec 2016- the day before being diagnosed with breast cancer. I started living in it in 2017, after I made it all I wanted it to be. ( mine was part of the barracks from FT. Huachuca 1965 ) If I did this, anyone can. Let the negative nellies keep their neck high debt and worries. Have a most wonderful week Rusty... BIG hugs from near FT. Huachuca- AZ. KIM 🙂
These people that write think that some of the people who do this and even 'vanlife' are homeless and think only some expensive traditional homes are only homes there really are! Screw those people! GO OUT AND LIVE!!!
I totally agree never admit you made a bunch of Financial mistakes in life.And Never go woke.. MAGA👍🇺🇸 😂
We bought an Amish built shed/cabin for our hunting property, great concept. Exterior is 100% done and we're making the inside to our tastes.
I actually like the idea of putting in my own insulation. My dream is to dig and finish a basement then place a little house like this on top. I need room to do my canning and food storage. Thank you for this video.
People with closed minds don't survive when nip-n-tuck times are upon them. Great idea. If it won't fit where you live? Then move. Zone me in is akin to "don't fence me in". Great presentation Rusty...
thanks
What I would like to find is a place with large machine shed some
Call them pole barn.Then put my RV inside of it and let them think I just bought a place with a storage building.Would be my
Home base.Pull the RV out to travel and come home to my secret home base when not traveling
We did exactly that but we have a pop up camper in our pole building, it's set up and we use it to spend the weekends at our camp.
Good idea Don.👍
That’s my plan as well!!! Time to get outta hellinois…
My sis in law had her camper next to the pole barn. Slept in that and fixed up a nice living area in half the barn. Lived like that til they built their house.
Great starting house! These are better than a “tiny house” and much cheaper! You can always improve your interior on how you want. Thanks for the tour. ❤
I'd be happy with something like that but I'd need help with the inside because I'm close to 80 years old. I would like to live somewhere I could have my dogs, a garden and some peace and quiet.
Thanks for showing me that it's possible 😁
I'm not woke.. but I live in a shed..😅
Thank you! Things have gotten quite expensive where I live. My daughter and fiancé are being priced out of the market and we live in the country with 6 acres. Lots and houses go on sale here now and they’re gone in a day and the prices are crazy now. I have water, power and septic already installed at the rear of our property, this would be a great choice for them!
Best of luck!
I could live in there easy. I'd put a wood stove in there, a compost toilet, air fryer, mini fridge and few solar panels, and get one of those galvanized tubs for bathing.
You don't even need the toilet. Just build an outhouse and do big business outside.
You got it down pat 👍🙂
That's what we used to do before indoor pluming came along , we had two outhouses.
I did walk through both floors of one of these at a Home Depot in Indiana. It did strike me as a livable place for one or two people. However, I would invest in upgrades. There is so much you can do yourself: insulation, flooring, painting, etc. Be sure to check all building requirements where you hope to build first.
Do you consider well, septic, wiring and indoor plumbing upgrades?
Love this. Building a $3,000 shed/home that is 12x16 to keep under the 200 sqft limit for my county. And a 400 sqft root cellar 😀
good luck
That shed definitely has possibilities for people! Thanks Rusty for another tour ! 👍😁
If lightning strikes twice, Rusty will be looking for another property to buy, or another RV to buy, or another car to buy. But he might do that anyway, with or without a viral video. Never a dull moment.
Lightning strikes in the same place many times
Thank you for the tour, gotta find that land
I really appreciate these videos, It feels like I'm talking to my southern granddad (god rest his soul) about buying this and he is just happy I'm living my life as he would be. I hope you're doing well in life Rusty
Any place except heavily forested land, county government has overhead imaging of your lot and it's not difficult for them to know if you are full-time. However, it is legal to live in a shed as you wish in many rural places, and some sparsely populated counties do allow you to build your own septic. But I can't think of any counties in Arizona (where I live) where you can build and use an outhouse, cesspool, cat holes or burn pit to do your business anymore. If you are rural here though, septic is sometimes ALL you need to move in and stay.
Big 👍 on this video.
Nice hunting cabin or for a camp. Wood burner stove. You can definitely make it work if you can do the labor
I would love to have one of these on my property to finish and decorate.
Me too
Love that you’re doing some legwork for others. I have been following you for years.
I appreciate that!
All it needs is plumbing, electric, hvac, insulation, drywall, paint, cabinets, trim, flooring, appliances, and landscaping. Its almost complete! Oh dont forget land and permits. 😂😂
100% TRUTH lol
Exactly
Throw $20K for all that and you're still under $50K is what he was getting at. Hell the HVAC could be a 10k btu window ac downstairs and a 5000k upstairs and for heat a cheap wood stove. Thats $2k if not less there..
I think if you can get everything else and DiY it and come out at $50K that's still a hell of a lot cheaper.
@@Mixwell1983 20k for all that, you are dreaming, you obviously have not been in a lumber yard or built anything recently.
I just bought an entire kitchen cabinet set for $30 -- by removing it from a place that was being upgraded. Just walked up and asked to buy it. Why would anybody even think they had to buy new to put in something like this? HVAC? Get serious. Wood stove & windows 😂😂😂😂
Where I live we call that siding Hardi T1-11. They make a lot of trim also. We built a 480 square foot place here in Alaska on a full foundation 11 years ago and all in it was about $100 grand. I did the wiring including the meter base by the road and plumbing The weathering in of a building is the cheapest part of construction. It cost me $4,500 for some framers that had the place weathered in after one day and that is double stud walls.. A few acres of land ,septic, well, power and foundation cost me about $70 grand 11 years ago. We have an off-road place also. Now I’m finishing a duplex and my wife and I will be traveling around down south in the fall and winter.
🌷 North Pole Alaska here. What part of the state are you in?
@@krisqueen5939 I live in Meadow Lakes.
Memories like the corner of my mind 🎷🎺🎻🎸Nice tour Rusty I remember when you did a walk through a couple years back and went upstairs. Any thing is possible if we want it bad enough 👍 Much love and many blessings
Yup, I remember the same video too, and it was given well and to the point. Rusty makes a great salesman.
Thanks 👍
You can buy a used 5th wheel, up to 400 square ft. Park in an RV park in AZ. Buy a second one in the north, same deal. park it permanently in the 2 RV parks. No pick up truck needed. The used 5th wheels you should be buy able for 30 k or less each. Then you have nice weather year round.
Another option could be to buy a house in an area where house prices are depressed because of low demand. You can buy some pretty cheap houses that way.
Love it! My brother has something like this as his writing shed. If you stay off-the-grid, store boxes and camping equipment in it, things should be fine
Great idea if you own a piece of land and just want a small affordable shelter place to crash and sleep. Finish off interior and you're good. Get a compost toilet and have a simple kitchenette.😊
I need one of these to house my refugee family I'm taking in. Don't want the servants in the main house.
smart
ROFL 😂 yeah, they need to live better than me
Another use for this great TuffShed would be to put it on a lot with a pre-existing home where zoning allows for a guest home. Many people rent out their guest homes. You could use it as income property. No doubt it would pay for itself fairly quickly. Just a thought . . .
And a doggone good though.
@@MajesticMe429 Why thank you kindly Miss Majestic!
@@longwayaround7767 your most welcome
Cities are making it extremely hard to do this. Mine for example requires a license to rent a bathroom and a room out of the home I own, and to pay hotel taxes to city and State. It is considered a short term rental, if you want to use it as a guest house in my city (Austin). Also, the separate guest house would require a city inspector to come out. It’s a lot more complicated than people think.
@@Catsandchickens I'm in Arizona and understand another state or city may restrict the rental. Here in Arizona it is permitted unless a subdivision has specific Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions that would bar the use as Austin does. I would think investigation into any such issues would fall under the same due diligence umbrella regardless of where it was placed. Have a wonderful day! 😊
Great video! Would be awesome on some unrestricted land, you could actually put it on a foundation and have a basement if you wanted. Great video, thanks! 👍🏼
I saw the first video. Thanks for making them! Love the tiny home idea!
Hi Rusty..i love your positive outlook and your open mind.. it will surely keep you young..i really like that you see the possibilities and the positive parts of new tech that can be used to circumvent the downsides of modern life.. yes houses are ridiculous price wise.. thank you corporations and investers for buying up everything after 2008.. and renting them out or air bnb.. so prices sky rocketed because so many houses are permanently off market and yet still nobody really can buy them.. many set vacant a majority of the time.. good on you for helping find a way around the predicament these young generations are in.. you do what you can with what you have! Absolutely!
This would be great for seniors or a small family starting out. Great idea. Thanks for the tip.
This is a great little starter home. I looked at so many sheds and homes like this, and I would have been interested in this one!
For those of us not/no longer high maintenance, this is a generous space. I was raised around houses with basements, several of which were finished living quarters until owners could afford to build on top of them. Haven't seen any in many years.
Good job and thank you for looking and finding this for people to consider.
Our house is 24x30! And we love it
As much as places like L.A. spend on cleaning up tent sites, they could line those areas up with these, put in some porta-potties and a couple showers, and they could have a cleaner community than a bunch of trash tents. As a disabled vet who WAS homeless for a while, I would have LOVED one of these, I wouldn't mind one NOW if I had a place to put it!!
I absolutely love your honesty! It's refreshing 😊
Out house, hand pump well, wall unit a/c, propane appliances and would be perfect. Sounds like your living a nice life. Stay positive!!
Awesome Video on the Tiny Home, Brother Rusty!!!
Have 36a at my Ridge Valley Ranch. For now, I will put my TT there. Will want to build a home out there. Septic almost cost what that building does.
Will your town’s regulations allow you to “do it yourself” for the septic?
Great video... I love how your mind thinks! This could be an amazing home
This is as big as my apartment. I’d love to have one of these and customize the interior to what I want. Thank you
We managed to get upstairs here in Florida and it was impresive. We are defintiely looking into this for our son and possibly our daughter and our grandchild.
I got a 850 sq ft 2 bedroom house fixer upper with a huge garage on .33 acres for $17,500 in West Virginia. So there are other alternatives.
Lots of possibilities on this building
I agree I would sale our big home and buy one if I was single
Still a good deal. Thanks for the update, Rusty!
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Looks like a good grandmother pod to me
I remember this same unit you told us about 2 yrs ago.
It was $16000 then. Not much of an increase in price over 2 years.
it was 12,000 + in 2018 when i move to north west ga ! have a good day rusty@@rusty78609
@@rusty78609 Your right in relation to everything else. Thanks Rusty.
4 years ago it was 13000. hanks jobama. FJB.@@rusty78609
awesome man. I like your optimism. If you are not born again, get born again today. We have a short time left.
yep
I had a huge historic Victorian home I personally restored historically accurate mostly by myself over the years since I bought it in 05 when I was 23. I taught History and also had an antique clock restoration, repair, and service or cleaning business out of my home. It was in Western NC in a historical district. I loved restoring, refinishing, or reupholstering antiques over the years and drove all over the Carolinas & Virginia searching for them for years as well as salvaged historic architectural elements and woodwork I would incorporate into my home. I never considered selling it or moving. After 2020 and all of the mess since in the US with so much going downhill, I knew I needed to sell then & move back to the NC Mountains where I was born & raised. I grew up in a large historic family home so I had only ever felt at home or been at home in large old houses.
This time trying something completely different and reasonable for what "storms" I see coming I bought a 1990 mobile home on its own land deep in the remote rural Blue Ridge Mountains on the NC-VA line but a few miles into Virginia. I turned it into a house. I turned it into something perfectly better than even that.
I had stripped the mobile home to studs & floor joists or down to its bare bones basically. I sheetrocked or put up tongue & grooved board & beadboard back on everything on every wall & including the ceilings after insulating heavily. I installed and added real & elaborate detailed window and door frames and cases. I replaced all exterior windows and doors with some of the best I could find. Using very good high-quality windows as I only had to replace 12 or so as there were not many windows compared to what I was used to in those large old Victorians. I replaced also all the interior cases & frames adding nice handcrafted panelled doors that came from a fine cabinet & woodwork shop with all solid wood doors inside & outside too. I added real T&G hardwood floors with the thickest plywood underneath. I have all smooth walls & ceilings. Replaced and had custom-made all cabinets & cabinet doors with white & red cedar gorgeous grained & colored wood. With new cabinet doors & frames all handmade by a master craftsman cabinet maker locally. The same place that made my doors. And replaced everything else with far better quality fixtures in bathrooms & kitchen such as sinks, showers & the sort.
Everything was rewired and replumbed with extra cutoffs and the type of plumbing I had installed was the sort that does not freeze or bust in extremely cold times. Added new heating HVAC. I added soffits & facial boards on the new roof all steel standing seam sheets. I also used the same material for the siding though I did it vertical to the ground. I added gabled porches on the front and back with well-built porches and railings. Nothing standard like what 90% of other new construction install. I made all the woodwork and porch woodwork different. I got all the woodwork for the interior and exterior including soffits, facials & all of the wood for the porches and their rails or banisters & ballisters & such all cut and made to fit. And the interior woodwork such as window & doorframes like the other woodwork I did not buy the typical sold-in bulk everyone else uses. I made my own. And as odd as it may sound I made them based on Victorian doorframes and woodwork in the house I restored and sold before moving here. I used elaborate designs. With the plinth blocks in the corners on top of the frames. I had intricate woodwork left over such as the window & door frames from having them made when restoring my historic home. I had much of the woodwork that was original from the 1880s recut for the restoration of my home. So I used it all here having far more than I thought I had unused. And was so pleased at how much character it gave the place by adding that sort of woodwork. Now some of this major work, unlike my restoration of my historic home where I did the bulk of it alone. I hired professionals to complete this job as time was a factor. And knowing once I got in it then I could take my time doing the rest and more detailed things needing to be done and other things that were not time-sensitive on me getting in it soon.
This place had been 3 bedrooms. When as I said I tore it all out and redid it all new the sheetrock and such I made one bedroom out of the two prior. And a large walk-in closet. I may make an addition to the rear soon. With the baseboards & woodwork with molding in all places that called for it. And with the new solid wooden stained doors and smooth sheetrock walls & the real standard size & thickness hardwood floors. You truly have no idea if you did not know before that you are in a mobile home.
I had bricked the foundations but lower than standard as the steel siding goes to about 1 foot above ground level. I bricked them down. I came so close to bricking the entire place and still may do it. I believe it would add much.
I added an entirely new complete solar system for electricity & energy backup for that. A complete solar system not just large generators for that backup. But such as one to alone power a cabin in the mountains fully. I now still use electricity as I have a few things to install to change over 100% to solar. I have everything here but only need now to build the steel frames for the solar panels. Frames so I may be able to turn or rotate them facing them to the best sunny spots if the day becomes overcast.
But soon when I complete the rest I have yet to do. I intend to be fully 100% off-grid and self-sustaining in every way for the uncertain dark days ahead that we see clearer by the day coming.
I plan to build a pond in the back by damming up a natural spring branch. And fill it with fish and such I can have variety in food if one day. I bought a wood stove for heat I have yet to install and hook up to the flu. Along with an iron woodstove for cooking on I have yet also to install.
I also redid the water system and having natural springs bubbling out of the ground and mountain behind me I ran a backup water solar system for the deep water well and a backup for that solar pump and gravity-fed cold water back up to the sink-ready to be turned on anytime needed and the well water will seal off until issues are fixed. For the gravity and pump-fed water line, I installed a new old tomey hand water spigot pump Amish made next to the typical faucet at the sink. So I only have to prime this with water and begin to pump to bring water to the sink. It is about 12 to 14 inches tall the hand pump is Iron & brass.
I am over 3 thousand feet above sea level so winter is a bit rough for what I was used to but adding all of the insulation of all sorts I could our Appalachian power bill has not been over 300 in the coldest months of Jan & Feb. Averaging 160 to 180 the rest of the entire year summer I only need AC during the day as nights are so cool here. I was spending 5 to 6 hundred monthly in winter months to heat my home in town. And I only heated half of the first floor as I have always lived alone.
I have never been happier and never been more comfortable. I will never have another huge old historic home again. Other than the size or shape of this house one would never dream it was a mobile home. I never feel as if I am in a mobile home. This was well worth doing. I wish I had done this when I was in my early 20s when I bought that big old house. But I am recently now 42 and happy so I am glad I finally did it.
I am a few miles into Virginia right on the Grayson County Virginia - Ashe County, North Carolina line. I bought and moved here in April 2022. I grew excellent gardens and planted many fruit trees that first summer and was so proud of all of it. I am no far from the Blue Ridge Parkway and less than usual 8 cars all day long drive by me on the road I live on. I did buy some extra acreage in the back of me with nothing on it but thick older growth forest after I had bought & moved into this place. But deeded separately as I bought the extra land after I was already living here. The tad bit over 1 acre with the mobile home including all of the work I put in it with the cost of all the supplies & things I added but not counting labor as mostly it was only me doing the work. Just all I added and renovated it making it really like a stick-built home. I have in it to this day again not counting the extra land I bought after buying this place that surrounds me.
So I have less than around 73 grand total invested in only this house & the lot it's on of about 1-1/4 acre.
I plan to continue the work by adding a 2-car garage and workshop. And build a greenhouse connecting it to the rear porch to begin growing much of what we will eat. Not only have as I said never been happier.
Sorry to type a book chapter-long comment here. I have OCD and obsess over the tiniest details when describing or being described anything. So again sorry for the length.
The shed is very well built. You should see new home constructions. If you ever upgrade the staircase and flooring, you know what I mean. The staircases look worse than old pallet wood; the floors are not even; and there are all kinds of trash behind the drywall.
Out in the rain so you can watch this from your warm bed.
Doing the lords work
I love the way you think! Wonderful idea.
Thank you! 😊
That looks like a great tiny home!❤❤❤
I thought about this myself if you can find a nice location that would be a nice place to throw your hat and you can slowly upgrade it as you go along thank you sir for your content
Thanks for the update. Saw your original one also.
Great idea. I could finish that out and live in it. 😎
Thank you 🙏 think this has tons of potential. My do. Rents a room and I’m going to recommend this to him.
This is so cool. Thank you for sharing. It's a great idea
I'd be a player,but I'm 78 too.I'll keep living in our 5th wheel and class C.
This is exactly what I'm looking for!
Great video, good job showing
I own a 10x15 Tuff Shed Utility Building and they are truly well built with excellent materials. Excellent customer service from the local office before it closed.
Great tiny home! Nice!❤
2/18/24: 🙏🙋Rusty, I really appreciate you showing these SHEDS to Homes, for those of us who don't want to RENT, a small budget and Have a DIY Attitude....🥾💪
Patty Sue, Maryland
Thank you for the input, good idea for those who are versatile.
You are welcome!
@@rusty78609 Keep up the good work.
:) GO Rusty! THANKS for sharing, just so hard to find land to put it on, ESPECIALLY in PNWest :( ALL the BEST and Cheers! !
love it, be good for a guest house even
That shed would make a good stand for deer hunting on the edge of a corn field.
I bought a demo 10x12 in 2020 for $3400. Been living in it now for going on 4 yrs while remodeling a mobile home conversion.
Positive vibes produce positive results!! I’m 💯 living proof of that! Stay positive people, I promise it will change your life!
A good plan even though I already have my own RV as a man cave as well as lake front motor home . I've also thought about the possibilities of the Home Depot dwelling.
Bought a piece of land with one of these lil tiny shed cabins as the owner called it on it ... going to make it into our lil camp getaway 🤙🏽
My son would love this
I'm saving up for land and this would be ideal for me. I could do most of the work inside.
Build out your own🎉🎉🎉🎉love it live it🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thank you, if you had some land with a lake, you could get a few of those and rent them out as cabins
NICE VIDEO RUSTY THANKS FOR THE INFO MAN!!!
More of a question would be is what county is going to allow you to live in this structure. That would be the first consideration outside of anything additional.
It's perfect, Rusty, thanks!!!
Hope you get another 2 Million view's🌞
I think it’s the best way to go now and put it out of city limits, it’s easier to finish your self as you can afford it 😊😊😊
If I had a piece of land, I'd get it in a heartbeat. In fact, I'm looking at a small lot with a small foundation that would fit this perfectly.
It's a great idea for a starter home!
This is a great option especially in today's housing market. Would also be a great place to have for a vacation house in the mountains. Could power with solar panels, wood stove heat, etc. I like it
We agree!
Totally agree with you, even a "tiny home" for $60,000.00, even if you could find land for $10,000.00. Thanks!
Delivery on sight can and sleeping on the same day this would make a great camp
Think of off grid RV living if you wanted to live in one of these. Apply what it takes to live one or even two weeks off grid in an RV.
Great TH-cam channel!
Not a bad option for some but by the time you spend all the extra 1000's and all the work including the aggravation you could buy a used or new rv/camper ready to live in. Plus it would be much easier to move if you had to. You could even build an open structure to park it under to save the roof as that's the weak link of most rv's.
The list of things to finish out that shed to make it truely liveable is long including heat, air, wiring, plumbing, lights, interior walls etc etc including the kitchen sink.
Good luck to all that take on the project! ✌
You would've made a wonderful salesman for this tiny home and others like it. I would offer you a job for Home Depot if I were the boss because of how well you give the facts straight to the point.
thanks
A couple of years ago, when I began to watch some of the shed repossession videos. I was surprised to see a number of those repossessed sheds had been converted into living units or homes. Those guys had acquired those sheds and made them into living units instead of paying the bill on the shed, so they were being reposed. And then I saw some videos of people buying them and making them into homes.
At first I was appalled primarily because of the lack of foundations and support for those units for living purposes and the lack of proper wiring and plumbing being up to code. I considered them unfit for habitation due to my perceived safety and risk factors. I was and am still concerned they don’t have proper structural site support. I considered the flooring and its sub structure very suspect for long term use.
I am still not convinced these are good for permanent housing solutions, but I have come around quite a bit on the use of these for living spaces. But I am a whole lot more willing to accept these as temporary homes and additional auxiliary living units like the old garage apartments of years past. People live in old dilapidated shacks, travel trailers and house trailers whose condition is much worse than one of these sheds will be.
There are a whole lot of people and families where one of these sheds set up as a home unit would be a huge improvement in over their current housing situation. So my opinion on living in one of these has improved considerably. If something like this is all you can afford, or can be configured for what you need and want, then so long as it’s compatible for the area you’re placing it in, go for it.
These would make for good he, she or kids sheds.
Very well put!
Awesome idea 💡 thanks 👍👏
GOOD price. Look at all the potential that could happen
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very true
❤I like it for an art studio or sewing studio. ❤🎉❤🎉
That's awesome 👍 thanks for sharing God bless you 🙏
Thank you too