My dad bought this for my sister several years ago when she was a single teenage mother. She lived in it with her daughter for several years. Complete with two small bedrooms.
The tiny homes all the single women have been lured into buying with their composting toilets, water jugs, and battery power are really romantic for about 2 weeks, and then the inconvenience sobers them up.
@@TheEnd-eg6wq No need to be a smartass. The outside looks quite nice compared to most tiny homes, it has a nice porch, and the inside actually has real steps.
@@TheEnd-eg6wq Get a life dude. Making snarky comments while sitting behind your keyboard doesn't make you superior in any way, even if you feel that way.
I bought a 26x40 garage and Tuff Shed built it in one day. Divided it in half and now have a one bedroom, one bath with a two car garage. It cost me 18k in 2013. Well worth the investment.
@@adamdihyem325 I hired a company to pour the slab and install the plumbing. Tuff Shed put their frame on top. I put in the insulation, walls and electrical. Hired another guy to put in pex water lines. It was easy.
I used to work for HD (12 years - in garden and customer service) and sold a LOT of Tuff Sheds. I can tell you that the $16,000 price is the BASE price for this unit (the sign even says 'starting price'). The sign also reads: 'Upgrades shown on display' then lists the upgrades (windows, upgraded shingles, porch, paint, upgraded floor, etc. - things which I guarantee are not included in the base price of $16,000). Read the find print! Also, you need to find out what kind of foundation is required for this size shed; and this varies depending on local building codes. Tuff Shed will pour a cement foundation, but at an extra cost. Personally I still believe it is a great deal and worth checking out . I LOVE the product, which is one reason I was able to sell so many. My guess is that, even with the upgrades shown, you are still looking at a very reasonably priced tiny home. Happy hunting. :)
I actually bought one of these and made a home out of it many years ago. All together I believe the investment was around $25,000 for he building and finishing it out. How it works is Home Depot delivers all the materials to your building site then a crew comes in a puts it together over the course of about 3-4 days.
My advice is for everyone to stop being so excited about calling it a tiny home and just say it's a shed. You're just inviting the local township to be nosey and deny occupancy for permanent living. Put it on rural land outside of a burrough and keep quiet about your intentions. Use cash, not financing and stay off grid. Edit: seeing as how my comment set off a thread that went way off course, let me clarify I never said to lie, cheat or be sneaky, especially when it comes to taxes. My point is: too many people want to call a shell of a building a tiny home and in doing so embark on a series of disappointments. Buying the land, which ideally is in a rural area, is first and use cash for that. Of course the real estate transaction is recorded and you pay taxes. Then you build small or have a local shed builder deliver on site. They will handle the permit, if needed. Build on a slab or posts so it isn't considered a permanent foundation. You could finance something like that or use credit, cash or a combination. Again, you will pay property taxes on the structure as well. Over time finish the interior to your liking and don't go around telling the local zoning board or everyone else. Why would you? If you use portable power and collect water you won't need to have the building wired or plumbed. That way no one can say anything if they did inspect it. It's still considered a shed even if it has been insulated and drywalled. Whether you "live" there or not is no one's business and no one will care. I don't know why so many people act like this is impossible to do. I have done this twice since 2004 in rural Pennsylvania and the only thing that matters is that I pay the property taxes. There is no county office in our government that comes to see if I live there full time because that isn't a concern of any agency. Recreational use is recreational use for as long as you say it is so, again, stop calling it a tiny house and telling everybody it's your new home. That's just stupid.
@@randykroells8049 thay DON'T have the Wright to do that! One here ask me he coud look in my shop to see if had runing water n i told him get off my property he wus trespass he left try raise my taxes but thay did not do it Thay don't have the wrigh to come in
People will have to accept the possibility that we won't ever return to 3%. If sellers must sell, home prices will have to decline, and lower evaluations will follow. Sure I'm not alone in my chain of thoughts.
Well i think, home prices will need to fall by at least 40% before the market normalizes. If you do not know whether to buy a house or not, it is best you seek guidance from a well-experienced advisor for proper portfolio allocation. So far, that’s how I’ve stayed afloat over 5 years now, amassing nearly $1m in return on investments.
I used to build these for Tuff Shed. They are solid and they go up quick. We could put one of these together in a day as long as everything ran smoothly. I would personally go with the 18x24 with the barn style roof if they still offer it.
You could build that yourself for around 6 to 7 thousand. For 16,000 you could have plumbing put in electrical put in flooring put in drywall put in. Just build it yourself people that is so easy and basic
@@YesYourRight I agree. When I worked there 15 years ago this style building was probably 5,000. The two story cabin was 10,000. For 16k you can have do it yourself and have a finished building with money left over.
@@YesYourRight Yes lol I was thinking we could even build this for 3 grand or so. Maybe a bit smaller. Lol this wooden shack lol they made 16 grand off of these guys lol ! It goes up in 1 day lmao. In 1 freaking day. They made 16 grand off of you lmao ! What a rip off !
@OJD PUBLISHING those type of people don’t typically understand the notion that people’s time is better spent doing something else and paying for someone to do the job ie. It’s far better to have a good job and pay someone to do it.
I have purchased 7 of these type places. Did all the finish work of spray foam, Sheetrock, electrical and plumbing + cable and Window A.C. Units. My goal is to gave 25 or more on My Land of 33 Acers. I am a commute of 30 minutes city but very secluded. This is the Future of Rental Properties and Home Ownership. I literally have a waiting list of people earger to be part of this new idea of a Community I am building. The Town is very accepting and helpful with My permits. They only require each place have its own electric Meter. I can avoid that by installing Solar they told Me. This is the Future of Rentals and a solution to the homeless problem.
Dear coke: The original reason for the first Big Cities and the apartment blocks that came with them was solely to benefit Big Business. It costs less to run your corporation from one 40 story building than from 40 one story buildings, although such city planning would result in more livable, less crowded cities with less of a need for apartments. The Minimalist and Small Home movements are really anti-Establishment because these people see how Big Cities mainly benefit the Rich at the cost of working people and poor people. These Small Home people are willing to move away far enough from the Big City to live a less affluent life that that is more satisfying in other ways and is distanced from the CRAZINESS Of Big City Life. It's not just about Small Homes, coke. It's a whole new way of looking at life and a fundamental reinvention of the American Dream. In the 1960's, the Beatles sang "Money Can't Buy You Love", but it's only been recently that Americans have started to wake up to that reality.
@@teresarenee3829 I'm not so sure. I mean, land is expensive, and the point here is to not live in a crowded apartment, or in a bad neighborhood. But instead put it somewhere out of the way, possibly as a home addition. Just thinking here.
If you had a big enough back garden this could be an easy way to keep family close while also giving comfortable space for them to leave the “main home” without going miles away. This is excellent.
Thought the same thing. Great for an elder more dependent parent or guest house for summer long visitors. Even a sanctuary for a friend in momentary need. Would really like one of these in the future.
I can tell you from experience, yes, sheds are becoming the way to go for tiny homes, but you have to really need to do your homework. I found that Hickory Sheds Inc are the best built for the turning into a home, but just remember, the cost of materials, wiring, heat and cooling units etc. Will cost about the same if not almost double of what you pay for the shed's, I've done 3 of these and can tell you that it's critical to treat the site area with the strongest non toxic weed and grass killer you can find, then line the area with doubled black barrier tarp, then and stone and level everything as you go.
Hey Joseph, would I need to put heavy mil plastic under the shed for keeping the ground moisture out, or could I just put weed barrier and gravel, under there? Thanks for the advice.
@@DK-bk1vq i would suggest picking it right off the ground. Cinder blocks are the most crude form of foundation for a structure but you might want to get a little more advanced and do some post holes. It's a very simple concept just look up some videos for "simple cabin foundation". The last thing you want to do is spend all sorts of money on a structure and it starts to rot or shift due to no foundation or an inadequate one.
That's to bad , no more American dream, rent so high and intrest rates high and banks are tough to get a loan greed ruined the American dream of owning a house.
sears used to sell kit homes from a catalog delivered to your lot. you build it yourself. it's not an unusual idea but the quality certainly will vary. that roof line in the opening shot looks as wavy as the ocean.
My husband and I bought a 12'x20' "garden shed" w/ rhe double doors and windows on each side 8 years ago. (We were both 72yrs old.) We insulated and sheet rocked it ( 1 large room) and moved in with our camping furniture ( homemade). Water was a hand pump 20ft from the "house" and didn't come into the house for 2yrs. Our electric issolar power that we brought from our last residence (a rental - solar was ours). We changed out the double doors for a residential door and put 2 windows on the back wall opposite the front 2. Over the years we have added on to each end of the original bldg, got water into the house and sewer hooked up. (We had help with the plumbing) . We now have a 12x42 " tiny home". The reason I have written this is to tell you you can have most anything that you want as long as you are willing to work for it and have decided on how much you can live without. Start downsizing in your current home first -:). Granted, doing what we have done is not for everybody but you'd be surprised at how much "stuff" you really don't "need" to be happy. As for shed companies we recommend Derksen buildings.(This was not a commercial for Derksen lol.) We have 4 out-buildings, all Derksen made. Our house is not one -:( You live and learn.
@@DChristina We collect so much junk that we really don't need, a lot of it just to impress other people. Pathetic. I could easily live in a tiny house and be very happy
@@stevenmccallan9202 -You’re right, people seem to be such driven consumers. I have a small and lovely place with just enough stuff- all secondhand and it’s quite cozy & homey. I don’t care for the minimalistic look so popular now, like a waiting room in a Drs office lol. I’m paring down though, getting ready to move from Oregon to Tennessee. Time for a yard sale!
To ay devil's advocate, the flip side of that is that there are a lot of people who have no problem going without or downsizing but I know at least in Canada there is almost nowhere to put one that is legal unless you already have a regular house on the lot/land. Kind of defeats the purpose.
My husband and I bought one, and they came out and built it,not delivered it. The building was set on concrete blocks, made very well, and was very energy efficient. My husband used it for his man cave, as he was a collector. OUrs at the time was thirteen thousand, and we finished it ourselves for around six thousand. Was perfect for his needs.
@@timalan8916 That's hilarious considering how many have thought it was their land, or claimed it, and had it taken from them. Now it is just taxed for the most part. But even once you think you own it, someone can still come along and use Eminent Domain, Foreclosure, Assets Seizure, etc. to take it if they want.
When you talk to the representative from tuff shed you can tell them you will be using it for a home and they will build it to code. You might be able to upgrade the particle board to standard plywood. Worth asking.
That's not particle board, it's OSB plywood. It is used in home construction now because it's cheaper than traditional plywood. You could pay them to upgrade, but it might not be necessary as OSB will meet building codes all across the country.
Last yr, my son's friend bought this and we wired it for him in a weekend! Elec hot water tank went under the stair landing. Elec Panel was above that with elec service meter on the N end of the building. Circuits went up through upper and lower stair well walls. Toilet, shower, was under stairs, 30" door on rt end. Kitchen cabinets from stair to bathroom door. Wood stove in S. back corner of liv room. Mini/split AC N end, next to elec service. Upstairs big bedroom and sleeper/sofa down stairs for company.
Thanks@@dambroangling2828, I was happy to help. And being retired, time was not an issue... Besides, I got to experience creating a tiny home out of a Home Depot 'shed' which is something I enjoyed learning.
In 1970 my grandparents bought a 4 bedroom house on 3 acres of land for $3,500 cash. The last time the house sold it went for $225,000 and it still looks exactly the same as it did in 1970
@Eamonn Hogan 22 years? More like 51 years. Rent for that many years would have cost you over $350,000 and and then you just walk away. That's much worse
@@bmepdoc9675 great story. I agree. It's all about timing. I live in Ontario and paid $122,000 for my 2 story 4 bed, 3 bath house 20 years ago. Today in the current housing market in Ontario my house would have a guaranteed sale of $550,000 of course if I sell I'm paying much more, so I'm not selling either. Great investment and will be part of my retirement $$$.
I got mine October 2020 from mid Michigan barns it's 35'x15' with 10ft ceiling I absolutely love it. It was $9,500 after I customized the insulated floor and specific windows and doors I'm slowly turning it into a tiny home
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I used to be an independent contractor that would do the installation of these for tuff shed in the Vegas area. If you can name an idea of what one of these might be good for i've probably seen it. Mother-in-law suites, man caves, music studios, workshops, pool houses, marijuana grow houses, even once had a rich guy who used one as a dog house after having a kid that was allergic to their dog
@@charkaan9923 really comes down to zoning for a cottage. In a rural town with no zoning limits its possible and ive seen it done. Almost all cities and metro areas it isnt a possibility because of zoning restrictions, generally size restrictions and the fact they usually arent anchored into a proper permanent foundation with footings, if anything they are anchored into a concrete pad which is never something thats up to building codes and even thats pretty rare generally they are just freestanding structures so for zoning purposes they are always treat like a shed or outbuilding
I’m wondering what the cost is to make it safe and live able, considering the need for second egress, insulation everywhere, plumbing, electric, heat, more windows for light and ventilation, bathroom and kitchen construction, flooring, Sheetrock and more I’m not thinking of. There are places which use smaller Tuffsheds for temporary housing but not before a lot more money goes into them.
This would be perfect for my husband and I. Unfortunately we do not have a retirement fund and it has been a very difficult few years for us. We lost our home and currently live in our sons basement. Rental apartments in our area our way out of our range. I'm so glad I saw this. This just may be a solution for us.
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$16k is the STARTING price for this model. As stated on the sign inside the shed, there are upgrades on that display model that are at least another $3k. But still, not a bad deal for under $20k.
@PrisonBlock Canada Nah, that's like $5k in materials. Sure you could build your own for less than $16k, but do you have the skills and experience to do so? And time, this is not something a person would be putting up on their own in the space of a week anyway. And then, that's American pricing, so in Canada somewhere around $22k?
I sold a couple properties in 2020 and I'm waiting for a house crash to happen so I buy cheap. In the meantime, I've been looking at stocks as an alt., any idea if it's a good time to buy? I hear people say it's a madhouse and a dead cat bounce right now but on the other hand, I still see and read articles of people pulling over $225k by the weeks in trades, how come?
it depends on your exit and entry strategy, most folks are used to a bull market and can't handle a crash, but if you know how to navigate and where to look, you'll make a killing.
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Note: one guy and I built one of these for about $4000, all in, over one weekend. They aren't that hard to build, and there are tons of tutorials available to guide you. Caveat: don't try to build it during a massive price spike on lumber, granted. EDIT: Apologies guys, I should have clarified. Ours was this size, but was two simple roof slopes, one (four plug) outlet, one utility sink, two overhead lights, unfinished inside with only one long work counter/sink. Outside was finished, roofed. Combined experience of guys involved (me and a GC) was about 50 years experience. It was on pier blocks on existing hardscape. We bought unpainted lumber, it was 2011, so we could not do that today. Probably would have cost us 6000 today (more like 12000 earlier this year when lumber was spiked hard). It was a glorious work shed, but it was a work shed. I wouldn't expect to live in it. You could, but it would take another couple grand (back then) to make it comfortable including with some insulation.
Would LOVE to know how you did that!! I have a brother (my beloved, baby brother, who, on Thanksgiving day, inadvertently revealed to me, he is a liberal MF) BUT, who can build ANYBODY, the straightest fucking house they could ever desire. But, NOW, no matter how much I love him, I would NEVER ask him to build me a house. 😭😭😭 The LAST of my FAMILY I actually claimed before Thanksgiving.
Couple of things....the house wrap with the Tuff Shed logo on it is not insulation, it's a water/vapor barrier to keep water out of the house. It has no insulating properties. Next, the "particle board" as you call it is not particle board....it's OSB. Oriented Strand Board (OSB) is way, way stronger and more durable than common particle board. Other than that, it would make a decent hunting cabin if you installed a toilet and a kitchenette maybe.....
It can be done very easily with the right know how. My Grandpa bought one alot like this and did all the drywall/wiring/plumbing etc and lived in it just fine for years my aunt lived in it after him and then I lived in it after her for several years...loved it.
O.M.G.!!! This is a better tiny house than many (many!) I've seen that are "designer", the "tiny house of tomorrow ", etc. It has a full upstairs, a staircase, not some ladder that requires the agility of a monkey...it even has handrails! I would choose this over 90% of the others out there! This is great!!
But where is a BATHROOM, a TOILET?!? The connection to the sewer system? Where is a heat for the wintertime?! Any connections for water (also in the kitchen), electricity…? A home is more than just a room where you put your bed and a sofa in…
@@MaMa-uj4ppnot if you do it yourself, on a home this small it should be fairly simple. There's plenty of info online from professionals licenses and tenured conctractors that show how to wire, plumb a house. Painting, drywall and insulation are easy enough for a child to do, just time consuming. You can also by those simple heaters they sell at walmart and have one upstairs and another downstairs, it wouldn't take much to heat up this home.
Agreed, tiny homes are like 50k or more, smaller, less well structured and sometimes not ideal to ones liking. This is perfect if you can find yourself a small cheap lot. Most of work would be easy to install. And you can customize as you please, I could find myself a 30k lot and put this in it, as a single person this would work well for me, and even if I start a family it would still accomodare for several years to come as I save up money to build a home on the lot or sell. A studio in my area is like 1k (not including utilities). The extra 4k for something I OWN and can customize to my liking would be ideal! A good afterwoork/weekend project in the spring/summer so I can still live in it as I add insulation, paint etc etc.
I used to be the lead wall fabricator at the tuff shed fab shop in Pittsburgh. I loved building those things. Is a very efficiently setup operation. We fabricated the walls at the shop and cut all the ply for the floors and roofs and had everything set as a lot for the builders. We even built all our own trusses and certain styles of doors at the shop. Built just like a house with 16 or 24 on center depending on the level of shed you purchased. Steel C channel runners for the floors, 3/4 tongue and groove ply for the floors, 1/2 ply for the roofs. That was 15 years ago. I still have a tuff shed door as my basement entry (bilco style).
They don't make much profit? They get the materials at like 1/5 of what they sell it for. I know from experience, the people not making much profit, or any at all, are the hardworking installers they hire to build them. LMAO, they don't make much profit.
That's your main joy about it? Home depot's profit? Probably making this in China and shipping them over while carpenter's families are barely scraping by.
It was $13,000 just six months ago. You might be able to build this yourself for $8,000. I do like it. I would probably extend it out about 12 feet in the back.
That's what I was thinking. A simple rectangular house doesn't need an architect or project manager. Local framers could put this "shed" together in no time, and maybe a lot cheaper.
Mr. Rusty did a fine job describing the features of this little house! I have looked at them before, they are pretty much on every Home Depot lot. Rusty answered questions I've had, and also questions that I wouldn't have thought to ask! Thank you, Rusty! 🙏🏻
Having been in the shed business for several years for a company associated with another shed company in Texas I have heard almost anything goes as far as cabins etc... in Texas. In the Mid-Atlantic that is not the case. Having said that I am not knocking this particular shed as it appears to be pretty well built. But it is a shed not a tiny home. You might be able to modify if into a tiny home but I would bet it will be way more work and expense than most people realize. In cold weather areas the floor would need to be insulated which isn't easy because it needs to be sealed to prevent mice and insects from having access to that insulation and not cheap to do. It will most likely need a foundation which depending on your land and it's slope could be expensive not to mention plumbing including a septic system and all that goes with it. The finishing out is pretty typical with the exception of all the blocking that will need to be done to hang drywall especially upstairs. Bottom line is as some others have said the $16,000 is just the beginning, you will spend many times that converting it to a tiny home and to be legal in most areas of the country you will have to jump through more hoops than you can imagine. Again, I have had hundreds of people talking about doing this but only a few who pulled it off and only a few who did it legally as a legit Tiny Home. Some do them as a cabin in the woods sort of off the grid and under the county radar but not many as legal homes. Oh! One last thing. Don't expect the sales person at HD to have a clue about what it will take to convert this building and most salespeople in the shed business will down play how hard it is to do it because they just want to sell the shed. The rest is your problem.
Exactly what I was thinking. Most places you have to pass inspection, and you can't occupy until everything is signed off. Unless you're really out in the toolies. Maybe in Alaska. And don't forget about ingress and egress, so one door wouldn't work. Fire safety. 🙄
My wife and i built a 16x24 with a daylight basement 8 years ago. I did all the electrical and plumbing. I contracted out the foundation, framing, drywall dirt work well and septic. We had to pay over $6000 just to get power to our driveway. With all in except the land we paid $90 grand. The framing labor for double stud walls cost me $4500 and materials to weather it in including a hidden seam metal roof was about $12 grand. It’s has R40 walls and R 60 ceiling. It will soon be a rental as we are finishing a garage and larger unit that is connected.
Great idea! My parents' first home they owned was a house they made after they obtained 2 garages ordered from Sears on credit that they had delivered to a vacant lot they already owned! A family friend taught my dad what needed to be modified to connect them together and make them into a single house, and then friends of all trades came over for the project to help build it. That was in the early 1950s, and that house is still standing today in 2021. There was a guy in the Realty Investment Club of Houston (they call it the RICH club) that had gotten an architect and builder to design homes and then generate a list of every part needed to build it once the foundation was laid. They had it so that you could just walk into a Lowe's with a printout (about 3 inches thick) and a delivery schedule - with every single part needed to build the home from top to bottom from drywall to kitchen cabinet doorknobs and all in between! (Wish I could still find that guy!)
I walked through two identical, side-by-side units one July. One had radiant barrier in the top floor, one did not. The radiant barrier easily made fifteen or twenty degrees difference in unfinished units. That would definitely be something to add to one of these.
@@LincolnHawk-bk5yr that's what we did. Added a radiant barrier, then some rockwool to the ceiling. For the walls we just used rockwool and covered it with hard board. With that and a window AC unit, we keep it cool in the Georgia summer.
@@Orangeflava It is an insulation that looks like a thick aluminum foil. They put it between the rafters, inside the roof. It deflects a lot of the heat that comes through the roof in summertime, but you have to get it as an option.
@@kittywampusdrums4963 and using the same plans, you can build it yourself (proper knowledge not included) with better materials and techniques for less.
I've worked on framing jobs in subdivisions and I've worked in production warehouse framing. From personal experience I'd 100% buy a home that's framed then one that is produced and shipped. Skilled labor and carpentry knowledge is far better. BTW this guy doing the video has limited knowledge in carpentry, yet he's telling you to buy this home. Floor is not particle board lol
Obviously the guy isn’t an employee, nor is he a builder; he is probably an unskilled guy off the street, looking at options for a shed that he doesn’t have to build. He called OSB board particle board, an honest mistake for a person who doesn’t know. OSB is ok; and used in residential homes. He discovers that HD has this on their lot, and makes a layman’s video “for the general public.” Many or most folks can’t or won’t build sheds or houses, and prefer for someone to do it for them, on their site. If you can do better, then kindly send us a link. Please.
OSB is garbage. Back in the 70's and 80's homes were built with 3/4" plywood, and that was when homes that were built were built with quality and not quantity. All pressboards are cheap, and it's done to reduce costs and so that it's made faster.
@John Smith , Worth noting that I live in a community of new homes built with OSB. The homes that were in the process of being built prior to final roofing process had to have the OSB boards replaced because of damage caused by rain prior to roofing sheets being applied, and that doesn't happen on plywood buddy.😉
@@MrNismopro OSB is now the standard for a reason. It actually has higher sheer strength than an equivelent thickness of ply. It also does not delaminate as easy.
@@thebestblainejohnson I'll make it easy for you. Go straight to 2:10 of this video, and read the comments from people that know. th-cam.com/video/rUmhEvoMhKw/w-d-xo.html
Actually, this caught my eye immediately. For $16,000 it's not bad price. But then I got thinking... there's still a lot to do. First, you would at least need to put it on a concrete foundation. Insulate the walls, sheet rock, electrical wiring, plumbing, and then have it either hooked up to your city's sewer system or have a septic tank and lateral field put in. Cabinets, toilet, sinks, etc. Not to mention having an heating and air-conditioning system installed with duct work. I have a feeling by the time all this is done, you're looking at a hefty price. Still, cheaper than what you could probably buy new, once it's all completed. With the price of housing, this may be the way to go. Great video! Thanks for posting it. Gave me some thoughts.
Half of the things you mentioned, most of the people who are crazy enough to buy this, will never do. You see, there are codes to prevent people from actually doing those things on such properties. The city doesn’t want people just buying “Sheds” and converting them to homes. The concrete foundation makes sense, electrical work can be done by yourself as well as simple plumbing cutting down on thousands. But when it comes to heating and cooling systems, even if you live in Texas, such a small space like that would be totally fine with a couple of window units or a powerful one. A $500 woodstove would heat up the entire shed costing little compared to oil or gas. So maybe you do spend another $16k and totaling it to about $32k but even if it’s more, 40k or 50k it’s a STEAL of a deal. Keep in mind you are not supposed to use the shed as a “regular house” you’re supposed to use it as a “tiny house” Otherwise you’re going to be spending more money when it’s not even worth it
@@MichaelOrtega You have some good points. I guess I was looking at some other video's where some people actually converted them into houses they were living in. They did look nice on the inside. If I was single, it would work for me. Good point about the air conditioning. I guess you could use a window unit to keep it cool. I didn't think about that. These sheds would work nice if you lived out in the country and didn't have to deal with codes and stuff like that. I could see myself living in one.
HVAC can be done with a mini split with two inside units. they are designred for DYI and bo duct work needed. Electric base heaters and wood stoves will work well also as would window AC. Composting toilets b are often used. . Shaped concret blocks that are designrd for woog or metal cross bracing work well so a foundation is not required. local codes and permits are the issue but vaey widely xfzfe to state and county to county. Extra doors and windows as well as expantion of the main level would be doable over time, anoyjrt room or back porch for example.
For heat and cooling a mini split would be the way to go. No vents to run and you can install it yourself! I put in two! Easy. For out in the country or a cabin on the river, lake or woods it would be great. Sad that most people today are too lazy to tackle something like this.
@@MichaelOrtega I have two smaller versions of these in San Diego, lol. Others do as well. Not permitted but decent work. Even with two burner Kitchenette and small exterior patio that's fenced. We have such a massive housing shortage here that the city is not really going after unpermitted work anymore. They add a little value to the property, but as multifamily broker, the income is undeniable.
Bought one of these two years ago with extra large double insulated windows in Pennsylvania... Included delivery... Total cost was $10,500.... Built by the Amish.
I helped a guy develop his property for people who wanted to live in sheds. Each person bought their own shed. Some left it as is, others finished it.. The size was 14x40, I wired, plumbed, insulated, installed full bath and W/D. It was made with two partial walls at each end, one bath the other bedroom. Afterward, installed solar. Every person who visited the farm wanted a house like that one. Very comfortable and the lady that owned it, worked from home. She had all the power she needed, but for the winter she had a generator as standby.
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Our friend's Tuff Shed roof sagged and walls spread after heavy rains! We pulled the walls back in with come-alongs, Bolted steel cables thru the wall headers, next to each roof rafter with turn buckles in the center for adjusting. Then added an 'L' shaped brace above the ceiling and short vertical 2x4's bracing the center ridge. Also, a mid-wall splitting upstairs into 2 bedrooms helped support the middle of the roof. Building wouldn't have passed a framing inspection as-is but the guys who built the kit weren't framers and there was no inspections out in the country... Glad we caught it in the elec rough in stage!
Trusses wouldn't have let the roof sag. But the shed kit didn't come with trusses. Niether did the smaller barn-style roof on my brother's shed, come to think of it. But, it was a smaller building and less flat area up top to gather weight...And, we added 2x6 wall headers to stiffen up his side walls...
@@jshepard152 Don't get me wrong, This building, installed on location, is a fraction the cost of conventional homes! And, made from the same lumber! But, We added roof ridge bracing to my son's brand new house after it passed framing inspection by the city! Converting a shed into a home with plumbing, electricity, heat/air, etc is not something most people are capable of unless they have construction experience...
I like the layout. This would make not only a good weekend home, but also an office space, music studio/jam room, game room, etc. If you had some property, you could outfit a number of these as rentals for singles or couples.
Permitting will always be the trick. We no longer live in a world where even the most rural county offices like anyone but big dollar property development corporations (the kind that grease palms) building livable spaces. They'll snatch up a subdivided plot weeks later get authorization to put up skinny homes in months, you and I will be waiting for years. If we get approval at all after shelling out unjustified amounts for permit fees. Were it not for that, we could solve lots of housing issues ourselves popping up our own low-cost granny cottages at the micro level. But we're not welcome in that biz. It's big money's turf, and the counties protect it.
Better be careful and research your CITY and I stress this COUNTY government regulations for having rental property in residential areas. Some don't let you and WILL FINE YOU. MINE DID .
Back in the 80's I bought one of these sheds to put in our backyard. The only difference was I put on double doors on the entrance. I insulated it and wired it with electric power. Even ran a Widow Air Conditioner with heater, Satelite TV a Multi Phone line and an intercome circuit with the house.I plumbed in water and a small shower and bathroom for possibile later use! I used it as my workshop/ Hobby Room and it worked out well. It was normal for me to rebuild engines, tranmissions and even rear ends on some special roll around benches I built for that purpose. When we sold the property the new owners rented out the little 16 X 24 2 story building out to College Students. I had poured a concrete slab for RV parking so they had the perfect income source. I think I paid $4300 for mine!
@@NFLYoungBoy223 Have you priced lumber lately? This isnt bad at all when you consider it includes del7very and set-up. That's thousands of dollars worth of value.
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Looks like the start of an excellent small home. I've seen some nice ikea kitchen set up with cabinets...for 5,000, the insulation, plumbing electrical...still more affordable than otheres
You missed reading one of the most important features of this shed. It has lifetime dimensional shingles on the roof. That right there is a big worry off the mind of folks. Thanks for the video. This is food for thought for any of us with a mind to downsize and get out from under a mortgage. We can use all the help we can get these days to make ends meet.
Thinking about buying two of these. Spin one of them 180* and have a front and rear door and a large upstairs. Taking the end wall out between the sheds would allow for a bigger kitchen.
I bought a repossessed double wide mobile home for $11K , completely finished inside with heat and A/C. I had it moved and set for $5K and spent another $5K on block underpinning, deck, electrical meter, etc.
@@TitusKingdom I found a published list of foreclosures and picked out a few in my area and spent a few days driving and checking them out. Try and get one with real plywood floors not osb or chip board. Really for the money you're getting an already finished and ready to live in house and you can always upgrade fixtures and flooring as you like, so I would do this over a tiny house everytime.
Wouldn't that be a good starting point for urban communities to get their homeless off the street? Get them involved with finishing the house and get their life's back on track.
Will absolutely never be allowed to happen,but vaxx boosters are free, because .gov loves you,but don't try to free yourself from their loving,just put on your mazk and trust science.
Always check local building codes before jumping into something like this, sheds often aren't built to code as a living space. Also, the windows are usually only single pane so you'll need to replace those, add electrical, plumbing, insulation in floor, walls and ceiling, flooring, toilets, showers, cabinets, base and trim, lights, sheetrock, paint. You'll be in it for probably more like 35k once you are done not counting site prep/ leveling and running electric and plumbing to it. These are cool but you could hire a contractor to build one from scratch for about the same price and know it would be up to code with all proper permits.
Those things don’t matter if you don’t plan on selling anytime soon. As long as you make your money back in rent, who cares if it will be a part of a future appraisal. Save the headache and just put it in.
@@Rugbystate9champ no I was saying it would cost 35k, it would likely appraise higher but my point was that these things appear close to finished on the outside but they have a long way to go to finish and you won't be able to rent it unless you get it to pass building inspections so you need to make sure the framing is up to code, and also most cities have zoning rules that bar any homes under 800sqft, so you would need land in the country to even have of of these things as a home.
@@Rugbystate9champ Till the county inspector shows up.. You can end up with all sorts of tax and liability issues....Also every 2 years most properties get a new appraisal..and if they can tell someone is living in it, then they request permit copies etc.
I work for Home Depot, and am semi retired. I'm hoping to be able to get one of these with some land when I am ready to retire in a few years. All Home Depots have a Tuff Shed rep.
in my area all home de[pot employees or all most act semi retired and are there to collect a paycheck and do not want to sell product to customers who need assistance..
Hey, I can remember when they came out with a 401k which was suppose to be an enhancement to save additional funds for retirement in addition to your pension. So much for pensions...right.
And about 20% of people in the U.S. we're still too poor to own their own homes and even more didn't have jobs that included health insurance or retirement. There were almost as many problems with that system as does the one we have now. Nothing comes without the downside. Whatever system one advocates for, some will be empowered by it, and some will be marginalized. You just have to chose which downside you want to deal with.
@@carnivorehippie8071 All I'm saying is that If you work a full time job and pay your taxes, you should be able to live inside, have healthcare and be able to retire at least somewhat comfortably. I don't think that's asking too much.
thats because every house and every square ft of property is owned by the county in which you reside, and it is in their best financial interest for you to have a giant unnecessary house.
We bought one of these Tuff Shed sheds (16' x 24') a few years ago for $15,000 installed in one day on their raised steel joists. They came back to install shingles and windows. It included 5 windows and 2 doors. My permits, lot prep, electric, concrete landings, gutters, stairs, and painting added another $5,000. We use it as a barn and workshop. Great building for the money. 😊
@@jayhuang7747 yeah, that can't be there or Florida unless maybe off the grid.. but these can make an excellent retirement studio if your grown children have some extra land on their property..then no tax,or nothing for else
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I have two Tuff Sheds on my property. The way it goes is you choose the color of the paint and color of the shingles. Tuff shed shed will pre paint the walls and the trim. They bring the pieces out and assemble and finish out the shed/building on the location that you want it at. Where I live, anything larger than 10’ x 12’ would require a building permit. Very happy with the work they did.
@@Cali415 Tuff Shed has locations in California. You contact them directly or see what Home Depot can do. I didn’t buy ranch style mini-homes. I bought Barn style sheds with lofts.
My husband and I bought one that was the model before this one in TN and had built on a piece of land we had on 321 where we parked our RV. Ended up being a house when we both got injured at work one month apart. It was a great building but u need to be there when they build it. We paid for the sheeting they put down before shingles. Ended up the guy didn't put it down and when shingles blew off we sent pics to Home Depot. The man had to come redo the entire roof and pay for all the materials. My husband turned it into a 1 bedroom 1 bath with kitchen and living room.
For someone who has the land, this would make a great storage shed/guest house. Or a place for a teenager to start living on his or her own. Check local codes, especially sanitation and fire & safety, and don't draw attention to yourself if you are bending some non-safety-related rules. Best to follow all codes, though.
Can make this yourself for less than 5,000 usd 😆, it always blows my mind that there are fools out there willing to pay 4x more than the actual value. If I were you hire a bunch of bums to make this if you’re unable to.
@@410kane exactly bud 😆😆😆 you’re killing me right now.. I’m from Toronto we don’t have any Mexicans outside Home Depots looking for work. Wish we did. They work hard as hell and legit under price themselves, I’d pay them extra. Up in canada everything is expensive as hell right now man and people expect 100k a year salary for laying on their ass. COVID fucked canada over. God bless Canada and America.
@@almightybirdwatcher4986 well if you don't see any Mexican people looking for work you can look for Amish guys. 😂 Eli will have your house built before lunch time
This is so suitable for singles, first family homes they can afford to own, retirees or people just wanting to get out of debt. Wonderful idea for those who want to do a little work to make it happen.
I agree Rick! You could totally move in and finish it while you live in it. I would move into the downstairs first, complete the upstairs making it the master bedroom/ensuite...hehehehe. That way I could move in upstairs as quickly as possible, then finish the downstairs since it will have the more complicated things such as kitchen, Natural Gas/Propane hookups, plumbing and such. Would be a fun first home ownership project! :)
Well, It certainly beats the hell out of a trailer, for the price. If I had to make the choice, I would certainly choose this dwelling over any trailer with comparable square footage (Even with setting everything up, the price probably wouldn't be too much more. It would depend on how much work you can do yourself, as well as how cheap you can get your materials). Overall, it is certainly an interesting option.
You know, I thought of something I forgot a long time ago… I thought about when I was a young teenager, a friend of mine, who was about a year and a half older than myself. I was 15 he was 17, I think. It was a long time ago. Anyway his dad, who made some decent money, actually bought him a brand new, single wide trailer, that they put on the back part of their 3 acre property. He had his own driveway where he could park his car, and had it set up with everything, including the amenities, such as water, sewage, electric, as well as Satellite TV, Super nintendo with all kinds of games, etc. Great kid, and this was the later part of the eighties, early nineties. We had some parties in that place, that's for sure. And his parents were not only well funded, but laid back as well. But if such a dwelling was available at the time, I'm pretty sure he would have opted for that, instead of the single wide.
Set it on a pre built Basement Foundation. Leave a side of the basement open like below ground garage. My parents house was that way.... Had a large porch over the garage. Perfect for entry to the upper shed/ house.
I bought a 12x16 shed from Home Depot. They subcontract the build. The builder comes to your house and builds it, stick by stick. The materials are dropped off by Home Depot in coordination with the builder. I had to get my own building permit, but that depends on your situation. It took him about 5 days to build mine. It is solid as a rock.
@@randybobandy9828 easier to mess but also way easier to clean. Id rather clean an average mess in a small place like this over going all around a large house cleaning different messes and such
@@astelbele u can rent land in some places low as 100$ a month. Some states even have off grid areas or what they call off grid land plots for less then 100$ month .
Writing this comment from my Tuff Shed Pro Studio model. Smaller than this, but for about $12k all in on materials and labor I was able to get mine delivered, built, and completely finished out. I did the insulation, drywall, trim, and paint myself. Hired for electrical. Really great option if you're looking for something quick with a good warranty and good build quality. If I could go back in time, I would have had someone prep my build site professionally, I ran out of time and couldn't get the build site completely level. It's on small shims that are barely noticeable, but that's the one thing holding it back from being perfect.
I just recently bought an 8 x 10 Tuff Shed from Home Depot and they were great with the set up. They built it on my property and it was ready within 4 hours for us to move stuff into. I give them two thumbs up. You can choose your paint color and shingle color from what they offer which is great. We didn't get it for a tiny house, just a storage shed but I just wanted to let you know that they did a great job and I am sure they would do an equally great job with the tiny house. I am sure there financing goes for 3 to 5 years so if you want a tiny house this just might be the perfect way to start.
i built 2 10'X10' sheds 13' high with a a second floor loft in each one for about $2500 each all in. someone quoted me $12,000 each .. I hope you didn't OVERPAY.!!!
16k is for the base model. Add the porch, add the nice windows and door, add all the other features and that will be up to 20-22k. 2:42, those are all of the "upgrades" shown on this model, all of that is added on top of the base 16k. 0:40, pause and look at the "model starting price" - 16k
This is outside of the tiny home front but if you got 2-3 of these back to back you’ve got a pretty nice 6+ room bunk house for the ranch or hunters lodge. Really this’d be a nice hunters cabin for 2-3 ppl. Only alteration I’d put on it is a wrap around decking.
I have a 16 X 24 version of this, for my shop and studio, I had it spray foamed, installed a Harbor Freight cast iron stove and a window AC unit in the wall upstairs. Tuff Shed was great to work with to add the extras that I wanted.
How well does that ac work, and how hot does it get where you live? It gets over 100 degrees in the summer here, and one of these buildings might work for me for a studio, but my main concern is it not being inhabitable in the summer. Especially with my machinery running.
I have no plumbing in it, but it is 2 x 6 construction so there is plenty of room to run plumbing it. I have a concrete pad underneath and the foam spray insulation on the entire building. I’m in the Waco Texas area so it does get over 100° in the summertime but with this air condition unit it stays cool as to the weight of a fireplace, it is not a fireplace, it is a small cast iron stones that weighs less than I do. With the addition of two dormers, two windows, a double barn door, the concrete, spray insulation, etc., we have over 30 K in it. Thank you for sharing that Katie!
oddly, Home depot doesn't even list this shed in Washington state, nor in British Columbia where I am. Home depot Canada has far smaller sheds and nothing with a second floor. In Washington they do have a log cabin style shed, often used as guest cottage or pool house, starting at $46,999 USD
I think I lived in one of these. I rented a home a decade ago that I always thought was maybe a converted barn because of how it was shaped and painted, but I think it was this. Same layout and everything. I only had two complaints about it. One, no closet on the upper floor bedroom. I had to buy those cheapo racks and they always fell over. Two, the bathroom ended up being super tiny with only a shower and no room for a sink. Overall it worked out pretty well, though. If I bought this and built it up to be my own home, I'd make those adjustments.
Thanks for sharing. It's very easy to build a closet, buy a wardrobe, or a better, stronger clothing rack for storage. And there's no real need for two sinks in a tiny home. Sure, we're all used to having a sink in the bathroom but when space matters a kitchen sink is all you really need.
@@AB-nb2ic That's what I was thinking. It reminds me of an older granny flat I lived in. It didn't have a second floor, it did have 2 sinks, all together it was approx. 400 sq. ft. It had a very small closet, with a strong steel rolling wardrobe. One thing that truly helped to maximize space was that it had lots of shelves that had been installed- a huge difference with that! It had a full fridge, and oven. I lived in it for a year and a half with no problems. This was in San Diego, so obviously this it was in the context of good weather, and of course, no snow. The owner lived in the main house, and was rarely there, she had another home elsewhere.
I would have an elevated foundation, kinda like a mobile home would with an actual crawl space, also treat the lower portion with rot inibitor, vapor barrier in crawl space. Nice find !
Rusty -- Thank you for showing this! I have spent nearly a week designing the inside for a home and pricing materials. As a tiny home, this has more space than most. The upstairs is huge. Again, thank you!!
I really liked the ending when he said, "Drink plenty of water, stretch, walk, keep your health and stand guard at the door of your mind." I replayed it many times and now I'm going to copy and paste that part of this note to a word document, print it and save it. I liked that. ..."stand guard at the door of your mind"...Kool guy, this TH-camr. P.S. I'm in for one of these. shed or not a shed. ..a roof over my head.
It would be interesting to see one completely finished with insulation, wiring, plumbing, kitchen and bath, appliances and the cost for the basic choices. My guess would be another $12k+.
I think it can be done for $12,000 if you do most of the work yourself. You would have to go with cheap things like panelling instead of drywall and floating floor tiles over more expensive options but both can easily done by yourself. In building that size it would be about $1,500 leaving 10 grand for insulation wiring/pluming and bath/kitchen fixtures and trim but you can do the insulation yourself as well.
Definitely a lot more LOL. Drilling a well alone can be 20k then a septic system will be another 10-15. Electric just run in maybe 2-5k assuming there is city power available and you don't need to pay for new pole installs. Or if you're looking at solar maybe 10k for a top notch reliable system. All of this and you haven't even touched interior finishing or appliances. Oh and don't forget a foundation because you're not going to spend all this money to have the whole house sitting on the dirt shifting and rotting.
*Thank you soooooo much for this very thorough tour! I absolutely LOVE IT! I would put a small powder room under the step area and across from that would be a small kitchen. Upstairs would be the master bedroom/bath combo. This is perfect and I know plenty of people who could help me finish the inside. By the way, thank you for the positivity at the end of your video.* 🤗
I grew up in a Sears catalog house! It was originally built in 1911 and we have all of the original hardwood flooring and everything still. Houses from big box stores were built solidly back then. I think I’d be afraid to see what they’d come out with nowadays!
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It would be cool if they had a decorating show where each designer got one of these and a budget and see what they come up with.
Fantastic idea
Exactly. Talk about getting A TON of watches. Anyone doing one of these on film for TH-cam would definitely get a lot of hits.
I think I remember seeing a show like that before
A lot better than all those house flipping shows that contributed to homelessness in the first place
That a fantastic idea.
My dad bought this for my sister several years ago when she was a single teenage mother. She lived in it with her daughter for several years. Complete with two small bedrooms.
That was a smart decision
I always wondered why these couldn't be done for homeless people..from wealthy donors.
thats awesome
@@sylvialawrence4431 it can be done but most of them are addicts so i dont think it would do any good to them
@Black G Addicts don't need housing?
This is more spacious, affordable, and nicer looking than 95% of the tiny homes I've seen.
The tiny homes all the single women have been lured into buying with their composting toilets, water jugs, and battery power are really romantic for about 2 weeks, and then the inconvenience sobers them up.
It's a shell, and you consider it nicer than a finished tiny home, brilliant.
@@TheEnd-eg6wq No need to be a smartass. The outside looks quite nice compared to most tiny homes, it has a nice porch, and the inside actually has real steps.
@@KRscience It looks like a shed, you know what it is.
@@TheEnd-eg6wq Get a life dude. Making snarky comments while sitting behind your keyboard doesn't make you superior in any way, even if you feel that way.
I bought a 26x40 garage and Tuff Shed built it in one day. Divided it in half and now have a one bedroom, one bath with a two car garage. It cost me 18k in 2013. Well worth the investment.
How did you fix it up and make it livable?
Which model?
@@adamdihyem325 I hired a company to pour the slab and install the plumbing. Tuff Shed put their frame on top. I put in the insulation, walls and electrical. Hired another guy to put in pex water lines. It was easy.
@@steveeyler Sundance is what I think it's called.
@@ghanna7787 I looked for that model on their site but didn't find it.
I used to work for HD (12 years - in garden and customer service) and sold a LOT of Tuff Sheds. I can tell you that the $16,000 price is the BASE price for this unit (the sign even says 'starting price'). The sign also reads: 'Upgrades shown on display' then lists the upgrades (windows, upgraded shingles, porch, paint, upgraded floor, etc. - things which I guarantee are not included in the base price of $16,000). Read the find print! Also, you need to find out what kind of foundation is required for this size shed; and this varies depending on local building codes. Tuff Shed will pour a cement foundation, but at an extra cost. Personally I still believe it is a great deal and worth checking out . I LOVE the product, which is one reason I was able to sell so many. My guess is that, even with the upgrades shown, you are still looking at a very reasonably priced tiny home. Happy hunting. :)
I could build this for 5,000$
@@twsbrl2xlldmoney355 I was thinking the same thing, I could build it for half of that sticker price.
@@twsbrl2xlldmoney355 okay let me give u mh address lol
Who would love play wood???!! It rots in less then a decade? Stop building play houses
@@taylorrasmussen2321 so what should be used? Hardwood for the floors?
I actually bought one of these and made a home out of it many years ago. All together I believe the investment was around $25,000 for he building and finishing it out. How it works is Home Depot delivers all the materials to your building site then a crew comes in a puts it together over the course of about 3-4 days.
Can you tell me more about it ? Do you have pics?
Knowing that is a big help!
@@teresacastillo4777 Thank you. Info noted.
@@jimdshea Great question
Would be cool for me to do but I have no idea where to put it or how to get water and electricity??
My advice is for everyone to stop being so excited about calling it a tiny home and just say it's a shed. You're just inviting the local township to be nosey and deny occupancy for permanent living. Put it on rural land outside of a burrough and keep quiet about your intentions. Use cash, not financing and stay off grid.
Edit: seeing as how my comment set off a thread that went way off course, let me clarify I never said to lie, cheat or be sneaky, especially when it comes to taxes. My point is: too many people want to call a shell of a building a tiny home and in doing so embark on a series of disappointments. Buying the land, which ideally is in a rural area, is first and use cash for that. Of course the real estate transaction is recorded and you pay taxes. Then you build small or have a local shed builder deliver on site. They will handle the permit, if needed. Build on a slab or posts so it isn't considered a permanent foundation. You could finance something like that or use credit, cash or a combination. Again, you will pay property taxes on the structure as well. Over time finish the interior to your liking and don't go around telling the local zoning board or everyone else. Why would you? If you use portable power and collect water you won't need to have the building wired or plumbed. That way no one can say anything if they did inspect it. It's still considered a shed even if it has been insulated and drywalled. Whether you "live" there or not is no one's business and no one will care. I don't know why so many people act like this is impossible to do. I have done this twice since 2004 in rural Pennsylvania and the only thing that matters is that I pay the property taxes. There is no county office in our government that comes to see if I live there full time because that isn't a concern of any agency. Recreational use is recreational use for as long as you say it is so, again, stop calling it a tiny house and telling everybody it's your new home. That's just stupid.
The tax assessor looked inside a neighbors playhouse shed too see if anybody was living there.
Smart.
But where can you find some land to build it? Any recommendations how to find land?
@@randykroells8049 thay DON'T have the Wright to do that! One here ask me he coud look in my shop to see if had runing water n i told him get off my property he wus trespass he left try raise my taxes but thay did not do it
Thay don't have the wrigh to come in
@@joerowland7350 you okay??
I'm happy to see Hank Hill is doing well and has a TH-cam channel.
I was thinking Dr. Phil
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TH-cam’s comment of the year!
People will have to accept the possibility that we won't ever return to 3%. If sellers must sell, home prices will have to decline, and lower evaluations will follow. Sure I'm not alone in my chain of thoughts.
Buy now, home prices will not go lower. If rates drop, you can refinance.
The government will have no choice but to print more notes and lower interest rates.
Well i think, home prices will need to fall by at least 40% before the market normalizes. If you do not know whether to buy a house or not, it is best you seek guidance from a well-experienced advisor for proper portfolio allocation. So far, that’s how I’ve stayed afloat over 5 years now, amassing nearly $1m in return on investments.
@@hasede-lg9hj Could you kindly elaborate on the advisor's background and qualifications?.
The advisor that guides me is Annette Marie Holt, most likely the internet is where to find her basic info, just search her name. She's established.
I used to build these for Tuff Shed. They are solid and they go up quick. We could put one of these together in a day as long as everything ran smoothly. I would personally go with the 18x24 with the barn style roof if they still offer it.
You could build that yourself for around 6 to 7 thousand. For 16,000 you could have plumbing put in electrical put in flooring put in drywall put in. Just build it yourself people that is so easy and basic
@@YesYourRight I agree. When I worked there 15 years ago this style building was probably 5,000. The two story cabin was 10,000. For 16k you can have do it yourself and have a finished building with money left over.
@@YesYourRight
Yes lol I was thinking we could even build this for 3 grand or so. Maybe a bit smaller. Lol this wooden shack lol they made 16 grand off of these guys lol ! It goes up in 1 day lmao. In 1 freaking day. They made 16 grand off of you lmao ! What a rip off !
They are impressive, but knowing where you can put it is the challenge, with county and city regulations.
@OJD PUBLISHING those type of people don’t typically understand the notion that people’s time is better spent doing something else and paying for someone to do the job ie. It’s far better to have a good job and pay someone to do it.
I have purchased 7 of these type places. Did all the finish work of spray foam, Sheetrock, electrical and plumbing + cable and Window A.C. Units. My goal is to gave 25 or more on My Land of 33 Acers. I am a commute of 30 minutes city but very secluded. This is the Future of Rental Properties and Home Ownership. I literally have a waiting list of people earger to be part of this new idea of a Community I am building. The Town is very accepting and helpful with My permits. They only require each place have its own electric Meter. I can avoid that by installing Solar they told Me. This is the Future of Rentals and a solution to the homeless problem.
What city are u close to?
Sounds like a very sound investment.
Maybe a little early, but Congratulations.
Where do you live? That sound amazing
I wish you luck
That is an excellent idea!!
I built one 7 years ago still live in it today, set it up on a concrete foundation. I use P Tac units for heat and air. It a great tiny home.
Is the basement floor sturdy enough for a bed, desk etc??
How does that work with zoning?
What is a P Tac unit?
Good idea. Next level down is camping.
@@karlbmiles😂😂😂
I wish they’d build these little tiny homes instead of apartments in some areas. These seem much more cozy than an overpriced apartment.
That's actually a great idea, tiny home rental communities....anybody got the capital? seriously!
Dear coke: The original reason for the first Big Cities and the apartment blocks that came with them was solely to benefit Big Business. It costs less to run your corporation from one 40 story building than from 40 one story buildings, although such city planning would result in more livable, less crowded cities with less of a need for apartments. The Minimalist and Small Home movements are really anti-Establishment because these people see how Big Cities mainly benefit the Rich at the cost of working people and poor people. These Small Home people are willing to move away far enough from the Big City to live a less affluent life that that is more satisfying in other ways and is distanced from the CRAZINESS Of Big City Life. It's not just about Small Homes, coke. It's a whole new way of looking at life and a fundamental reinvention of the American Dream. In the 1960's, the Beatles sang "Money Can't Buy You Love", but it's only been recently that Americans have started to wake up to that reality.
@@teresarenee3829 I'm not so sure. I mean, land is expensive, and the point here is to not live in a crowded apartment, or in a bad neighborhood. But instead put it somewhere out of the way, possibly as a home addition. Just thinking here.
I guess town homes are similar but your right.
These would end up being more expensive than the apartments to rent. You can stack apartments, you can't stack tiny homes.
If you had a big enough back garden this could be an easy way to keep family close while also giving comfortable space for them to leave the “main home” without going miles away. This is excellent.
Thought the same thing. Great for an elder more dependent parent or guest house for summer long visitors. Even a sanctuary for a friend in momentary need. Would really like one of these in the future.
In our town even with a good sized yard, you’re not allowed to turn a shed into a home. Every town is different.
that's actually illegal in most places. good ol capitalism
This could be great if you dont want to rent and are single
@@willyb0ngka um capitalism didn't do that, government did.
I can tell you from experience, yes, sheds are becoming the way to go for tiny homes, but you have to really need to do your homework. I found that Hickory Sheds Inc are the best built for the turning into a home, but just remember, the cost of materials, wiring, heat and cooling units etc. Will cost about the same if not almost double of what you pay for the shed's, I've done 3 of these and can tell you that it's critical to treat the site area with the strongest non toxic weed and grass killer you can find, then line the area with doubled black barrier tarp, then and stone and level everything as you go.
Hey Joseph, would I need to put heavy mil plastic under the shed for keeping the ground moisture out, or could I just put weed barrier and gravel, under there? Thanks for the advice.
@@DK-bk1vq Not sure why he is saying to put down a weed barrier? No sunlight, no plant growth. Moisture barrier yes, specially if bottom is enclosed.
@@DK-bk1vq i would suggest picking it right off the ground. Cinder blocks are the most crude form of foundation for a structure but you might want to get a little more advanced and do some post holes. It's a very simple concept just look up some videos for "simple cabin foundation". The last thing you want to do is spend all sorts of money on a structure and it starts to rot or shift due to no foundation or an inadequate one.
@@miniaci9094 Great advice!
Pretty much all the same wood they use on $300,000 homes
This is modern America, the American dream has been adapted from owning a home to owning a shed.
The American Dream was a marketing campaign on par with Manifest Destiny.
That's to bad , no more American dream, rent so high and intrest rates high and banks are tough to get a loan greed ruined the American dream of owning a house.
lol truth
Simplistic nonsense.
sears used to sell kit homes from a catalog delivered to your lot. you build it yourself. it's not an unusual idea but the quality certainly will vary. that roof line in the opening shot looks as wavy as the ocean.
My husband and I bought a 12'x20' "garden shed" w/ rhe double doors and windows on each side 8 years ago. (We were both 72yrs old.) We insulated and sheet rocked it ( 1 large room) and moved in with our camping furniture ( homemade). Water was a hand pump 20ft from the "house" and didn't come into the house for 2yrs. Our electric issolar power that we brought from our last residence (a rental - solar was ours). We changed out the double doors for a residential door and put 2 windows on the back wall opposite the front 2. Over the years we have added on to each end of the original bldg, got water into the house and sewer hooked up. (We had help with the plumbing) . We now have a 12x42 " tiny home".
The reason I have written this is to tell you you can have most anything that you want as long as you are willing to work for it and have decided on how much you can live without. Start downsizing in your current home first -:). Granted, doing what we have done is not for everybody but you'd be surprised at how much "stuff" you really don't "need" to be happy.
As for shed companies we recommend Derksen buildings.(This was not a commercial for Derksen lol.) We have 4 out-buildings, all Derksen made. Our house is not one -:( You live and learn.
Beautiful 💙 Certainly something to look forward to🥳 🙏🏾
You’re an inspiration!
@@DChristina We collect so much junk that we really don't need, a lot of it just to impress other people. Pathetic. I could easily live in a tiny house and be very happy
@@stevenmccallan9202 -You’re right, people seem to be such driven consumers.
I have a small and lovely place with just enough stuff- all secondhand and it’s quite cozy & homey. I don’t care for the minimalistic look so popular now, like a waiting room in a Drs office lol.
I’m paring down though, getting ready to move from Oregon to Tennessee. Time for a yard sale!
To ay devil's advocate, the flip side of that is that there are a lot of people who have no problem going without or downsizing but I know at least in Canada there is almost nowhere to put one that is legal unless you already have a regular house on the lot/land. Kind of defeats the purpose.
My husband and I bought one, and they came out and built it,not delivered it. The building was set on concrete blocks, made very well, and was very energy efficient. My husband used it for his man cave, as he was a collector. OUrs at the time was thirteen thousand, and we finished it ourselves for around six thousand. Was perfect for his needs.
How much did it cost for the land?
@@timalan8916 giggle giggle..... 😑😁😂
@@timalan8916 That's hilarious considering how many have thought it was their land, or claimed it, and had it taken from them. Now it is just taxed for the most part. But even once you think you own it, someone can still come along and use Eminent Domain, Foreclosure, Assets Seizure, etc. to take it if they want.
@@shirleyhardy891 hence me being a libertarian as of January this year lol
Stop paying the taxes and see what happens.
When you talk to the representative from tuff shed you can tell them you will be using it for a home and they will build it to code. You might be able to upgrade the particle board to standard plywood. Worth asking.
Is this an up charge?
Thanks for the info... learning so much. I didn't think if you ask they could build it to code.
Yes those osb floors are a huge mistake. Plywood 100%
That's not particle board, it's OSB plywood. It is used in home construction now because it's cheaper than traditional plywood. You could pay them to upgrade, but it might not be necessary as OSB will meet building codes all across the country.
Oh, that’s interesting. I wonder if it would fly in FL with all our hurricane codes?
Last yr, my son's friend bought this and we wired it for him in a weekend! Elec hot water tank went under the stair landing. Elec Panel was above that with elec service meter on the N end of the building. Circuits went up through upper and lower stair well walls. Toilet, shower, was under stairs, 30" door on rt end. Kitchen cabinets from stair to bathroom door. Wood stove in S. back corner of liv room. Mini/split AC N end, next to elec service. Upstairs big bedroom and sleeper/sofa down stairs for company.
great info...thanks
@@rusty78609 Stiff back and roof ridge support were added to keep walls from bowing out.
@@rusty78609 Thanks, Note my mention of roof framing improvements!
You sound like a great guy. I can't imagine a friend that would help with all that, let alone his dad.
Thanks@@dambroangling2828, I was happy to help. And being retired, time was not an issue... Besides, I got to experience creating a tiny home out of a Home Depot 'shed' which is something I enjoyed learning.
In 1970 my grandparents bought a 4 bedroom house on 3 acres of land for $3,500 cash. The last time the house sold it went for $225,000 and it still looks exactly the same as it did in 1970
That house in my town on 3 acres would be worth $800,000
@Eamonn Hogan 22 years? More like 51 years. Rent for that many years would have cost you over $350,000 and and then you just walk away. That's much worse
My house was built in 1972 for $25,000 today it's worth $385,000-$400,000
That would be 3500.per ac.
@@bmepdoc9675 great story. I agree. It's all about timing. I live in Ontario and paid $122,000 for my 2 story 4 bed, 3 bath house 20 years ago. Today in the current housing market in Ontario my house would have a guaranteed sale of $550,000 of course if I sell I'm paying much more, so I'm not selling either. Great investment and will be part of my retirement $$$.
I got mine October 2020 from mid Michigan barns it's 35'x15' with 10ft ceiling I absolutely love it. It was $9,500 after I customized the insulated floor and specific windows and doors I'm slowly turning it into a tiny home
I'd love to see you create a vlog about it to inspire me and others!
Is it a Home depot tuff shed?
That can't be right.
Good for you! I got a tiny cabin on 7 acres of Ozark woods for just a bit more.
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I'm impressed that it's a tiny home with a second floor that you can actually stand up in... wow!!!
Who needs steps tho,,,,
This is what an affordable home looks like in 2024! 😮
Yes! I wonder what it costs now
Yeah except now it costs 40 thousand dollars! /s
@@RobinDale50 That's insane
haha amen
Biden's America 🇺🇸
I used to be an independent contractor that would do the installation of these for tuff shed in the Vegas area. If you can name an idea of what one of these might be good for i've probably seen it. Mother-in-law suites, man caves, music studios, workshops, pool houses, marijuana grow houses, even once had a rich guy who used one as a dog house after having a kid that was allergic to their dog
He should’ve kept the dog in the house and put the kid in shed lol
@@NoWomanNoCry69 Definitely
Cottages
@@charkaan9923 really comes down to zoning for a cottage. In a rural town with no zoning limits its possible and ive seen it done. Almost all cities and metro areas it isnt a possibility because of zoning restrictions, generally size restrictions and the fact they usually arent anchored into a proper permanent foundation with footings, if anything they are anchored into a concrete pad which is never something thats up to building codes and even thats pretty rare generally they are just freestanding structures so for zoning purposes they are always treat like a shed or outbuilding
I’m wondering what the cost is to make it safe and live able, considering the need for second egress, insulation everywhere, plumbing, electric, heat, more windows for light and ventilation, bathroom and kitchen construction, flooring, Sheetrock and more I’m not thinking of.
There are places which use smaller Tuffsheds for temporary housing but not before a lot more money goes into them.
This would be perfect for my husband and I. Unfortunately we do not have a retirement fund and it has been a very difficult few years for us. We lost our home and currently live in our sons basement. Rental apartments in our area our way out of our range. I'm so glad I saw this. This just may be a solution for us.
I hope it works out for you and the hubby. Good Luck!,,
I am seeing this comment two months later. I am praying that God makes a way for you and your husband and provides your needs.🙏🏻😊God bless y’all.
@@prilknight thank you.
Best wishes to you and your husband.
I can relate to your situation.
I know I'm 2 months late but I hope things for y'all got easier. If not, and you're still feeling down, I send you lots of positive energy, love light and of course some luck as well. Screw it, buy a Powerball ticket, I hope you are the next one to hit the big jackpot! From Maine here.
$16k is the STARTING price for this model. As stated on the sign inside the shed, there are upgrades on that display model that are at least another $3k. But still, not a bad deal for under $20k.
BAHAHAHA..IT'S A WIPPLE WIND OUTHOUSE.....
@PrisonBlock Canada Nah, that's like $5k in materials. Sure you could build your own for less than $16k, but do you have the skills and experience to do so? And time, this is not something a person would be putting up on their own in the space of a week anyway. And then, that's American pricing, so in Canada somewhere around $22k?
@@callak_9974 😅
That's a rip off! No sheet rock or flooring for that price? I built one that size for about $2,000. If you can build and have the time, go for it!
@@DeviDog305 how can I learn to build one? I have years to invest
I sold a couple properties in 2020 and I'm waiting for a house crash to happen so I buy cheap. In the meantime, I've been looking at stocks as an alt., any idea if it's a good time to buy? I hear people say it's a madhouse and a dead cat bounce right now but on the other hand, I still see and read articles of people pulling over $225k by the weeks in trades, how come?
it depends on your exit and entry strategy, most folks are used to a bull market and can't handle a crash, but if you know how to navigate and where to look, you'll make a killing.
True, the US-Stock Market had been on it’s longest bull-run in history, so the mass hysteria and panic is relatable, considering we’re not accustomed to such troubled markets, but as you mentioned there are avenues lurking around if you know where to look, I’ve netted over $850k in the past 10months and it wasn't some rocket-science start. I applied , I just knew I needed a firm and reliable technique to navigate better in these times, so I hired a portfolio advisor.
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The "Tuffshed" is not insulation, just a moisture protection wrap.
over 16,000 dollars and you don't even get Tyvek, but the Home Depot knockoff of it that's worse... what a deal.
Note: one guy and I built one of these for about $4000, all in, over one weekend. They aren't that hard to build, and there are tons of tutorials available to guide you. Caveat: don't try to build it during a massive price spike on lumber, granted.
EDIT: Apologies guys, I should have clarified. Ours was this size, but was two simple roof slopes, one (four plug) outlet, one utility sink, two overhead lights, unfinished inside with only one long work counter/sink. Outside was finished, roofed. Combined experience of guys involved (me and a GC) was about 50 years experience. It was on pier blocks on existing hardscape. We bought unpainted lumber, it was 2011, so we could not do that today. Probably would have cost us 6000 today (more like 12000 earlier this year when lumber was spiked hard).
It was a glorious work shed, but it was a work shed. I wouldn't expect to live in it. You could, but it would take another couple grand (back then) to make it comfortable including with some insulation.
I was about to say wood prices in Cali are crazzy they just went down abit
And don't use that garbage Home Depot calls lumber in the first place.
Would LOVE to know how you did that!! I have a brother (my beloved, baby brother, who, on Thanksgiving day, inadvertently revealed to me, he is a liberal MF) BUT, who can build ANYBODY, the straightest fucking house they could ever desire. But, NOW, no matter how much I love him, I would NEVER ask him to build me a house. 😭😭😭 The LAST of my FAMILY I actually claimed before Thanksgiving.
@@stevenbeall9637 Where would you recommend buying the lumbar?
Does that include plumbing and roofing
Couple of things....the house wrap with the Tuff Shed logo on it is not insulation, it's a water/vapor barrier to keep water out of the house. It has no insulating properties. Next, the "particle board" as you call it is not particle board....it's OSB. Oriented Strand Board (OSB) is way, way stronger and more durable than common particle board. Other than that, it would make a decent hunting cabin if you installed a toilet and a kitchenette maybe.....
It can be done very easily with the right know how. My Grandpa bought one alot like this and did all the drywall/wiring/plumbing etc and lived in it just fine for years my aunt lived in it after him and then I lived in it after her for several years...loved it.
One guy on here says he sprayed the inside, instant insulation. Then drywall.
O.M.G.!!! This is a better tiny house than many (many!) I've seen that are "designer", the "tiny house of tomorrow ", etc. It has a full upstairs, a staircase, not some ladder that requires the agility of a monkey...it even has handrails! I would choose this over 90% of the others out there! This is great!!
But where is a BATHROOM, a TOILET?!?
The connection to the sewer system?
Where is a heat for the wintertime?!
Any connections for water (also in the kitchen), electricity…?
A home is more than just a room where you put your bed and a sofa in…
That all can be finished by a contractor. The staircase sold me.
@@margarettickle9659 maybe, but the costs are minimum double!
@@MaMa-uj4ppnot if you do it yourself, on a home this small it should be fairly simple. There's plenty of info online from professionals licenses and tenured conctractors that show how to wire, plumb a house. Painting, drywall and insulation are easy enough for a child to do, just time consuming. You can also by those simple heaters they sell at walmart and have one upstairs and another downstairs, it wouldn't take much to heat up this home.
Agreed, tiny homes are like 50k or more, smaller, less well structured and sometimes not ideal to ones liking. This is perfect if you can find yourself a small cheap lot. Most of work would be easy to install. And you can customize as you please, I could find myself a 30k lot and put this in it, as a single person this would work well for me, and even if I start a family it would still accomodare for several years to come as I save up money to build a home on the lot or sell. A studio in my area is like 1k (not including utilities). The extra 4k for something I OWN and can customize to my liking would be ideal! A good afterwoork/weekend project in the spring/summer so I can still live in it as I add insulation, paint etc etc.
I used to be the lead wall fabricator at the tuff shed fab shop in Pittsburgh. I loved building those things. Is a very efficiently setup operation. We fabricated the walls at the shop and cut all the ply for the floors and roofs and had everything set as a lot for the builders. We even built all our own trusses and certain styles of doors at the shop. Built just like a house with 16 or 24 on center depending on the level of shed you purchased. Steel C channel runners for the floors, 3/4 tongue and groove ply for the floors, 1/2 ply for the roofs. That was 15 years ago. I still have a tuff shed door as my basement entry (bilco style).
@@irmaluciano1893 depending on the area you live in these structures aren't permanent so 9 out of 10 times you usually don't need to have 1
DEATH TRAP..
Hell yeah Pittsburgh
@@harryballsacky Put a back door in.
@@rneustel388 i saw one 10 years ago that had 2 doors (like French doors) on the side
This is brilliant. Even if they don't make much profit selling these, they will when you fix the interiors. Lot's of trips to Home Depot.
Exactly!!!!
They don't make much profit? They get the materials at like 1/5 of what they sell it for. I know from experience, the people not making much profit, or any at all, are the hardworking installers they hire to build them. LMAO, they don't make much profit.
Lot is of trips.
That's your main joy about it? Home depot's profit?
Probably making this in China and shipping them over while carpenter's families are barely scraping by.
@@dangerous8333 theyre built in america.
It was $13,000 just six months ago. You might be able to build this yourself for $8,000. I do like it. I would probably extend it out about 12 feet in the back.
Well a 2 x 4 did go from $3.43 to $8.55.
Before prices got jacked through the roof, you could have built this for less than $8k easy.
Not that I'd use OSB for flooring.
Up $3,000.00 in 6 months Wow
That's what I was thinking. A simple rectangular house doesn't need an architect or project manager. Local framers could put this "shed" together in no time, and maybe a lot cheaper.
Mr. Rusty did a fine job
describing the features
of this little house! I have looked at them before, they are pretty
much on every Home Depot lot. Rusty answered questions I've
had, and also questions that I wouldn't have thought to ask! Thank you, Rusty! 🙏🏻
This would be good to place in the woods somewhere as a cabin. Put in a wood burning stove with rustic decor. Would be perfect for a retreat.
That’s exactly what I did for a hunting cabin
I live in my "rustic cozy retreat"...and a wood burning stove is in the works!
Everything but the rustic decor.
Build it up "house boat" style.
@@slydale you got one of these to live in full time? I'm trying to decide between something like this or getting a cpl of 40ft storage containers
Having been in the shed business for several years for a company associated with another shed company in Texas I have heard almost anything goes as far as cabins etc... in Texas. In the Mid-Atlantic that is not the case. Having said that I am not knocking this particular shed as it appears to be pretty well built. But it is a shed not a tiny home. You might be able to modify if into a tiny home but I would bet it will be way more work and expense than most people realize. In cold weather areas the floor would need to be insulated which isn't easy because it needs to be sealed to prevent mice and insects from having access to that insulation and not cheap to do. It will most likely need a foundation which depending on your land and it's slope could be expensive not to mention plumbing including a septic system and all that goes with it. The finishing out is pretty typical with the exception of all the blocking that will need to be done to hang drywall especially upstairs. Bottom line is as some others have said the $16,000 is just the beginning, you will spend many times that converting it to a tiny home and to be legal in most areas of the country you will have to jump through more hoops than you can imagine. Again, I have had hundreds of people talking about doing this but only a few who pulled it off and only a few who did it legally as a legit Tiny Home. Some do them as a cabin in the woods sort of off the grid and under the county radar but not many as legal homes. Oh! One last thing. Don't expect the sales person at HD to have a clue about what it will take to convert this building and most salespeople in the shed business will down play how hard it is to do it because they just want to sell the shed. The rest is your problem.
Yep, that's the fact Jack. Nothin is as simple as we think.
Exactly what I was thinking. Most places you have to pass inspection, and you can't occupy until everything is signed off. Unless you're really out in the toolies. Maybe in Alaska. And don't forget about ingress and egress, so one door wouldn't work. Fire safety. 🙄
Mark P people turn these into tiny homes all the time.
My wife and i built a 16x24 with a daylight basement 8 years ago. I did all the electrical and plumbing. I contracted out the foundation, framing, drywall dirt work well and septic. We had to pay over $6000 just to get power to our driveway. With all in except the land we paid $90 grand. The framing labor for double stud walls cost me $4500 and materials to weather it in including a hidden seam metal roof was about $12 grand. It’s has R40 walls and R 60 ceiling. It will soon be a rental as we are finishing a garage and larger unit that is connected.
Put wheels under it and a 2x4 trailer hitch to skip all the rules. Then just wait for hurricanes or a tornado.
Great idea!
My parents' first home they owned was a house they made after they obtained 2 garages ordered from Sears on credit that they had delivered to a vacant lot they already owned! A family friend taught my dad what needed to be modified to connect them together and make them into a single house, and then friends of all trades came over for the project to help build it.
That was in the early 1950s, and that house is still standing today in 2021.
There was a guy in the Realty Investment Club of Houston (they call it the RICH club) that had gotten an architect and builder to design homes and then generate a list of every part needed to build it once the foundation was laid. They had it so that you could just walk into a Lowe's with a printout (about 3 inches thick) and a delivery schedule - with every single part needed to build the home from top to bottom from drywall to kitchen cabinet doorknobs and all in between! (Wish I could still find that guy!)
The Sears home was a real house. This is just a modified shed.
@@saulchapnick1566 they had garages too smart guy.
84 Lumber sells house plans with all specs and the materials
@@76482 I checked 84 Lumber. Those are real homes!
There is a company that sells plans and material list for garages that have living space. Behm designs.
I walked through two identical, side-by-side units one July. One had radiant barrier in the top floor, one did not. The radiant barrier easily made fifteen or twenty degrees difference in unfinished units. That
would definitely be something to add to one of these.
Or you could just insulate it.
@@StallionFernando Better yet, both.
@@LincolnHawk-bk5yr that's what we did. Added a radiant barrier, then some rockwool to the ceiling. For the walls we just used rockwool and covered it with hard board. With that and a window AC unit, we keep it cool in the Georgia summer.
What is a radiant barrier?
@@Orangeflava It is an insulation that looks like a thick aluminum foil.
They put it between the rafters, inside the roof. It deflects a lot of the
heat that comes through the roof in summertime, but you have to get it as an option.
The quality of the wood looks much better then what some big subdivision contractors are using I’m impressed good job!
They're both junk lol.
@@kittywampusdrums4963 and using the same plans, you can build it yourself (proper knowledge not included) with better materials and techniques for less.
I've worked on framing jobs in subdivisions and I've worked in production warehouse framing. From personal experience I'd 100% buy a home that's framed then one that is produced and shipped. Skilled labor and carpentry knowledge is far better. BTW this guy doing the video has limited knowledge in carpentry, yet he's telling you to buy this home. Floor is not particle board lol
@@dmorrow6883 Particle board and OSB are in no way comparable.
Obviously the guy isn’t an employee, nor is he a builder; he is probably an unskilled guy off the street, looking at options for a shed that he doesn’t have to build. He called OSB board particle board, an honest mistake for a person who doesn’t know. OSB is ok; and used in residential homes.
He discovers that HD has this on their lot, and makes a layman’s video “for the general public.” Many or most folks can’t or won’t build sheds or houses, and prefer for someone to do it for them, on their site. If you can do better, then kindly send us a link. Please.
I bought a small shed from Home Depot. They build it on site. Very happy with it.
Not particle board, that’s OSB (oriented strand board) very sturdy - used as roof decking and sub flooring.
OSB as a subfloor, with exposure from the bottom is no good.
OSB is garbage. Back in the 70's and 80's homes were built with 3/4" plywood, and that was when homes that were built were built with quality and not quantity. All pressboards are cheap, and it's done to reduce costs and so that it's made faster.
@John Smith , Worth noting that I live in a community of new homes built with OSB. The homes that were in the process of being built prior to final roofing process had to have the OSB boards replaced because of damage caused by rain prior to roofing sheets being applied, and that doesn't happen on plywood buddy.😉
@@MrNismopro OSB is now the standard for a reason. It actually has higher sheer strength than an equivelent thickness of ply. It also does not delaminate as easy.
@@thebestblainejohnson I'll make it easy for you. Go straight to 2:10 of this video, and read the comments from people that know.
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Nice video.
Wood on floor is oriented strand board or OSB.
House wrap acts a vapor barrier, not insulative.
Osb is full of formaldehyde
Actually, this caught my eye immediately. For $16,000 it's not bad price. But then I got thinking... there's still a lot to do. First, you would at least need to put it on a concrete foundation. Insulate the walls, sheet rock, electrical wiring, plumbing, and then have it either hooked up to your city's sewer system or have a septic tank and lateral field put in. Cabinets, toilet, sinks, etc. Not to mention having an heating and air-conditioning system installed with duct work. I have a feeling by the time all this is done, you're looking at a hefty price. Still, cheaper than what you could probably buy new, once it's all completed. With the price of housing, this may be the way to go. Great video! Thanks for posting it. Gave me some thoughts.
Half of the things you mentioned, most of the people who are crazy enough to buy this, will never do. You see, there are codes to prevent people from actually doing those things on such properties. The city doesn’t want people just buying “Sheds” and converting them to homes. The concrete foundation makes sense, electrical work can be done by yourself as well as simple plumbing cutting down on thousands. But when it comes to heating and cooling systems, even if you live in Texas, such a small space like that would be totally fine with a couple of window units or a powerful one. A $500 woodstove would heat up the entire shed costing little compared to oil or gas.
So maybe you do spend another $16k and totaling it to about $32k but even if it’s more, 40k or 50k it’s a STEAL of a deal. Keep in mind you are not supposed to use the shed as a “regular house” you’re supposed to use it as a “tiny house” Otherwise you’re going to be spending more money when it’s not even worth it
@@MichaelOrtega You have some good points. I guess I was looking at some other video's where some people actually converted them into houses they were living in. They did look nice on the inside. If I was single, it would work for me. Good point about the air conditioning. I guess you could use a window unit to keep it cool. I didn't think about that. These sheds would work nice if you lived out in the country and didn't have to deal with codes and stuff like that. I could see myself living in one.
HVAC can be done with a mini split with two inside units. they are designred for DYI and bo duct work needed. Electric base heaters and wood stoves will work well also as would window AC. Composting toilets b are often used. . Shaped concret blocks that are designrd for woog or metal cross bracing work well so a foundation is not required. local codes and permits are the issue but vaey widely xfzfe to state and county to county. Extra doors and windows as well as expantion of the main level would be doable over time, anoyjrt room or back porch for example.
For heat and cooling a mini split would be the way to go. No vents to run and you can install it yourself! I put in two! Easy. For out in the country or a cabin on the river, lake or woods it would be great. Sad that most people today are too lazy to tackle something like this.
@@MichaelOrtega I have two smaller versions of these in San Diego, lol. Others do as well. Not permitted but decent work. Even with two burner Kitchenette and small exterior patio that's fenced. We have such a massive housing shortage here that the city is not really going after unpermitted work anymore. They add a little value to the property, but as multifamily broker, the income is undeniable.
Bought one of these two years ago with extra large double insulated windows in Pennsylvania...
Included delivery... Total cost was $10,500.... Built by the Amish.
I'd rather have one built by Amish they do beautiful work and I'll bet it's solid wood.
Do u remember what company you bought it from??
I helped a guy develop his property for people who wanted to live in sheds. Each person bought their own shed. Some left it as is, others finished it.. The size was 14x40, I wired, plumbed, insulated, installed full bath and W/D. It was made with two partial walls at each end, one bath the other bedroom. Afterward, installed solar. Every person who visited the farm wanted a house like that one. Very comfortable and the lady that owned it, worked from home. She had all the power she needed, but for the winter she had a generator as standby.
Me gustaria que home depot hisieras esaz casitas en todos estados unidos para tantas gentes pobres que no tienen nada nisiquiera donde vivir y asi tubieran sus propias casitas y no estubieran los landlord quitandole hasta el ultimo centavos de rentas ok
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Do you live in Arizona?
@@chezmiere nope, sorry. I manage my businesses between NC, KY, and Costa Rica.
It's a Shame that a certain percentage of townships don't allow these to live in. Sometimes they are too strict.
Our friend's Tuff Shed roof sagged and walls spread after heavy rains! We pulled the walls back in with come-alongs, Bolted steel cables thru the wall headers, next to each roof rafter with turn buckles in the center for adjusting. Then added an 'L' shaped brace above the ceiling and short vertical 2x4's bracing the center ridge. Also, a mid-wall splitting upstairs into 2 bedrooms helped support the middle of the roof. Building wouldn't have passed a framing inspection as-is but the guys who built the kit weren't framers and there was no inspections out in the country... Glad we caught it in the elec rough in stage!
Trusses wouldn't have let the roof sag. But the shed kit didn't come with trusses. Niether did the smaller barn-style roof on my brother's shed, come to think of it. But, it was a smaller building and less flat area up top to gather weight...And, we added 2x6 wall headers to stiffen up his side walls...
That's sad, and maybe predictable. The more I look at sheds the less impressed I become.
@@jshepard152 Don't get me wrong, This building, installed on location, is a fraction the cost of conventional homes! And, made from the same lumber! But, We added roof ridge bracing to my son's brand new house after it passed framing inspection by the city! Converting a shed into a home with plumbing, electricity, heat/air, etc is not something most people are capable of unless they have construction experience...
I like the layout. This would make not only a good weekend home, but also an office space, music studio/jam room, game room, etc. If you had some property, you could outfit a number of these as rentals for singles or couples.
Get a few of them on water front property and make them vacation cottages.
First thing I thought was studio/jam room. This thing would be amazing!
Permitting will always be the trick.
We no longer live in a world where even the most rural county offices like anyone but big dollar property development corporations (the kind that grease palms) building livable spaces. They'll snatch up a subdivided plot weeks later get authorization to put up skinny homes in months, you and I will be waiting for years. If we get approval at all after shelling out unjustified amounts for permit fees.
Were it not for that, we could solve lots of housing issues ourselves popping up our own low-cost granny cottages at the micro level. But we're not welcome in that biz. It's big money's turf, and the counties protect it.
Better be careful and research your CITY and I stress this COUNTY government regulations for having rental property in residential areas. Some don't let you and WILL FINE YOU. MINE DID .
Screams Airb&b in the countryside
Back in the 80's I bought one of these sheds to put in our backyard. The only difference was I put on double doors on the entrance. I insulated it and wired it with electric power. Even ran a Widow Air Conditioner with heater, Satelite TV a Multi Phone line and an intercome circuit with the house.I plumbed in water and a small shower and bathroom for possibile later use!
I used it as my workshop/ Hobby Room and it worked out well. It was normal for me to rebuild engines, tranmissions and even rear ends on some special roll around benches I built for that purpose. When we sold the property the new owners rented out the little 16 X 24 2 story building out to College Students.
I had poured a concrete slab for RV parking so they had the perfect income source.
I think I paid $4300 for mine!
@@Jj-gi2uv Mmm.. many places don't allow mail drops for situations like that, unfortunately.
How about you give us the overall price instead? And while you're at it tell us all about that Widow AC. Does it also cool widowers? Or single people?
@@JLeeeP yes
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Tuff Shed really hit it out of the park branching out into tiny homes. I hope to see them continue with even more options.
I think that’s a lot of money for 4 walls and a roof
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Have you priced lumber lately? This isnt bad at all when you consider it includes del7very and set-up. That's thousands of dollars worth of value.
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@@RedWhiteAndBlue4evr1 no I haven’t and that’s going to be my occupation in the military a carpenter
This video is comforting, for a number of reasons.
Looks like the start of an excellent small home. I've seen some nice ikea kitchen set up with cabinets...for 5,000, the insulation, plumbing electrical...still more affordable than otheres
You missed reading one of the most important features of this shed. It has lifetime dimensional shingles on the roof. That right there is a big worry off the mind of folks. Thanks for the video. This is food for thought for any of us with a mind to downsize and get out from under a mortgage. We can use all the help we can get these days to make ends meet.
Nope, says it in the video. Pat attention Roofus!
For an extra cost.
lifetime warranty...................priceless
Amen
He actually doesn't mention the lifetime warranty on the shingles.
Thinking about buying two of these. Spin one of them 180* and have a front and rear door and a large upstairs. Taking the end wall out between the sheds would allow for a bigger kitchen.
A fairly nice sized home for under $50,000.
I build ya 2 of em for 16,000
@@randygoreham1862 Yep that's how it used to be in the 1950s
That’s a lot for less than $4000 in materials
If you know how do this yourself you would save aaaaaa lot
Thank you Rusty for sharing this, you cannot imagine the number of prefab homes they keep sharing that are ridiculously over priced.
I bought a repossessed double wide mobile home for $11K , completely finished inside with heat and A/C. I had it moved and set for $5K and spent another $5K on block underpinning, deck, electrical meter, etc.
Cool story
You think mobile homes are cheap,think again, even those are becoming only for the rich.
How do you like it? Been looking at them. Theyve got a bad rap but from what I've seen they're pretty affordable and cozy on the inside
@@TitusKingdom I found a published list of foreclosures and picked out a few in my area and spent a few days driving and checking them out. Try and get one with real plywood floors not osb or chip board. Really for the money you're getting an already finished and ready to live in house and you can always upgrade fixtures and flooring as you like, so I would do this over a tiny house everytime.
@@corvetcoyote443 Foreclosures, no, I agree don't ever buy one new
I’ve always been a fan of these tiny homes. One of the best ideas of the last 100 years.
lol...
Patrick Star? Is that you?
Actually ; 100 years ago. This was normal , and you were happy !
Wouldn't that be a good starting point for urban communities to get their homeless off the street? Get them involved with finishing the house and get their life's back on track.
Yes if most truly want to get their life back on track, many want to not have to be responsible or accountable in life. Not all.
@@mikepamgragg7042 not all but most. If you want to combat homelessness don’t become one your self.
Will absolutely never be allowed to happen,but vaxx boosters are free, because .gov loves you,but don't try to free yourself from their loving,just put on your mazk and trust science.
If there was heroin involved to entice them, that just might work.
More idealist nonsense.
This guy did a great job, explaining everything. Thumbs up!
Much appreciated!
Always check local building codes before jumping into something like this, sheds often aren't built to code as a living space. Also, the windows are usually only single pane so you'll need to replace those, add electrical, plumbing, insulation in floor, walls and ceiling, flooring, toilets, showers, cabinets, base and trim, lights, sheetrock, paint. You'll be in it for probably more like 35k once you are done not counting site prep/ leveling and running electric and plumbing to it. These are cool but you could hire a contractor to build one from scratch for about the same price and know it would be up to code with all proper permits.
Those things don’t matter if you don’t plan on selling anytime soon. As long as you make your money back in rent, who cares if it will be a part of a future appraisal. Save the headache and just put it in.
@@Rugbystate9champ no I was saying it would cost 35k, it would likely appraise higher but my point was that these things appear close to finished on the outside but they have a long way to go to finish and you won't be able to rent it unless you get it to pass building inspections so you need to make sure the framing is up to code, and also most cities have zoning rules that bar any homes under 800sqft, so you would need land in the country to even have of of these things as a home.
@@Rugbystate9champ Till the county inspector shows up.. You can end up with all sorts of tax and liability issues....Also every 2 years most properties get a new appraisal..and if they can tell someone is living in it, then they request permit copies etc.
If you have the land to begin with it's a great idea.
Buy a foreclosure instead.
I work for Home Depot, and am semi retired. I'm hoping to be able to get one of these with some land when I am ready to retire in a few years. All Home Depots have a Tuff Shed rep.
Be sure to build it yourself. Its insane how much they charge for these.
It's late, so at first glance, I thought u said you're hoping to get one of these with a lady. lol
Thanks for sharing. HUGS and GOD bless you 🤗.
in my area all home de[pot employees or all most act semi retired and are there to collect a paycheck and do not want to sell product to customers who need assistance..
How strong are the tiny house , what’s the wind measurements ?
I was actually recently at a Home Depot in Colorado and they had some crazy big garages/sheds in the parking lot. I would totally live in one.
Bigger than this?
I agree. This is bigger than some tiny homes I see.
Or… and hear me out, we could go back to when having a full time job was enough to afford living in a house and having healthcare and a 401k…
Ah those days are long gone I was thinking maybe I could live in a van down by the river😂
@@Phredbo in a VAN! Down by the RIVER!!!
Hey, I can remember when they came out with a 401k which was suppose to be an enhancement to save additional funds for retirement in addition to your pension. So much for pensions...right.
And about 20% of people in the U.S. we're still too poor to own their own homes and even more didn't have jobs that included health insurance or retirement. There were almost as many problems with that system as does the one we have now. Nothing comes without the downside. Whatever system one advocates for, some will be empowered by it, and some will be marginalized. You just have to chose which downside you want to deal with.
@@carnivorehippie8071 All I'm saying is that If you work a full time job and pay your taxes, you should be able to live inside, have healthcare and be able to retire at least somewhat comfortably. I don't think that's asking too much.
The saddest thing is that where these small homes are needed most, are usually not allowed due to code restrictions.
fuck the codes.
thats because every house and every square ft of property is owned by the county in which you reside, and it is in their best financial interest for you to have a giant unnecessary house.
EXACTLY!!! I found out that many many cities will not allow these as a dwelling its sooo stupid
Ain't government great.
Sad, but true 😥
We bought one of these Tuff Shed sheds (16' x 24') a few years ago for $15,000 installed in one day on their raised steel joists. They came back to install shingles and windows. It included 5 windows and 2 doors. My permits, lot prep, electric, concrete landings, gutters, stairs, and painting added another $5,000. We use it as a barn and workshop. Great building for the money. 😊
That must not in CA. Permits + taxes cost more than that.
@@jayhuang7747 yeah, that can't be there or Florida unless maybe off the grid.. but these can make an excellent retirement studio if your grown children have some extra land on their property..then no tax,or nothing for else
Put in some plumbing and you can live in it.
@@jayhuang7747 It is in California.
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I have two Tuff Sheds on my property. The way it goes is you choose the color of the paint and color of the shingles. Tuff shed shed will pre paint the walls and the trim. They bring the pieces out and assemble and finish out the shed/building on the location that you want it at. Where I live, anything larger than 10’ x 12’ would require a building permit. Very happy with the work they did.
@Shipville pretty sure you have to get a permit and do it yourself/hire someone after its built
Do you know if we can get this in California?
@@Cali415 probably contact tuff shed directly
@@Cali415 Tuff Shed has locations in California. You contact them directly or see what Home Depot can do. I didn’t buy ranch style mini-homes. I bought Barn style sheds with lofts.
@@Cali415 my question exactly!
Skylights would make it even more amazing.
My husband and I bought one that was the model before this one in TN and had built on a piece of land we had on 321 where we parked our RV. Ended up being a house when we both got injured at work one month apart. It was a great building but u need to be there when they build it. We paid for the sheeting they put down before shingles. Ended up the guy didn't put it down and when shingles blew off we sent pics to Home Depot. The man had to come redo the entire roof and pay for all the materials. My husband turned it into a 1 bedroom 1 bath with kitchen and living room.
For someone who has the land, this would make a great storage shed/guest house. Or a place for a teenager to start living on his or her own. Check local codes, especially sanitation and fire & safety, and don't draw attention to yourself if you are bending some non-safety-related rules. Best to follow all codes, though.
Just make sure fire protection is top notch.
Can make this yourself for less than 5,000 usd 😆, it always blows my mind that there are fools out there willing to pay 4x more than the actual value. If I were you hire a bunch of bums to make this if you’re unable to.
@@almightybirdwatcher4986 Mexican dudes literally stand out in front of home Depot looking for work. They'll build you a mansion for $16k
@@410kane exactly bud 😆😆😆 you’re killing me right now.. I’m from Toronto we don’t have any Mexicans outside Home Depots looking for work. Wish we did. They work hard as hell and legit under price themselves, I’d pay them extra. Up in canada everything is expensive as hell right now man and people expect 100k a year salary for laying on their ass. COVID fucked canada over. God bless Canada and America.
@@almightybirdwatcher4986 well if you don't see any Mexican people looking for work you can look for Amish guys. 😂 Eli will have your house built before lunch time
This is so suitable for singles, first family homes they can afford to own, retirees or people just wanting to get out of debt. Wonderful idea for those who want to do a little work to make it happen.
To solve homelessness too for cheap
I bought a 5 br house for 35k that needed updated.
@@nathanbopp6163 No sure what city you live in but in my city you could maybe get something like that with dirt floors and rotten wood all over
Near johnstown, PA. There aren't many good paying jobs around here, though
I agree Rick! You could totally move in and finish it while you live in it. I would move into the downstairs first, complete the upstairs making it the master bedroom/ensuite...hehehehe. That way I could move in upstairs as quickly as possible, then finish the downstairs since it will have the more complicated things such as kitchen, Natural Gas/Propane hookups, plumbing and such. Would be a fun first home ownership project! :)
I like this guy, really nice down to earth kinda guy.
Well, It certainly beats the hell out of a trailer, for the price.
If I had to make the choice, I would certainly choose this dwelling over any trailer with comparable square footage (Even with setting everything up, the price probably wouldn't be too much more. It would depend on how much work you can do yourself, as well as how cheap you can get your materials).
Overall, it is certainly an interesting option.
You know, I thought of something I forgot a long time ago… I thought about when I was a young teenager, a friend of mine, who was about a year and a half older than myself.
I was 15 he was 17, I think. It was a long time ago.
Anyway his dad, who made some decent money, actually bought him a brand new, single wide trailer, that they put on the back part of their 3 acre property. He had his own driveway where he could park his car, and had it set up with everything, including the amenities, such as water, sewage, electric, as well as Satellite TV, Super nintendo with all kinds of games, etc. Great kid, and this was the later part of the eighties, early nineties. We had some parties in that place, that's for sure.
And his parents were not only well funded, but laid back as well.
But if such a dwelling was available at the time, I'm pretty sure he would have opted for that, instead of the single wide.
Set it on a pre built Basement Foundation. Leave a side of the basement open like below ground garage. My parents house was that way.... Had a large porch over the garage. Perfect for entry to the upper shed/ house.
Not necessarily. A trailer needs land, so you'd need to buy or lease a lot in a trailer-zoned area/park
However, trailers come already finished. The vents, electric, and plumbing are already done so it beats this shed setup
ikr, i've seen steel be trailers go for over 20 grand.
I bought a 12x16 shed from Home Depot. They subcontract the build. The builder comes to your house and builds it, stick by stick. The materials are dropped off by Home Depot in coordination with the builder. I had to get my own building permit, but that depends on your situation. It took him about 5 days to build mine. It is solid as a rock.
That's great !!! Happy for you ...and thanks for the info.
I would love this! I love smaller homes. Easier to clean, cheaper to heat/cool.
Huge compared to a studio apt.
Easier to make a mess too, trust me I know. You have to be diligent in picking up after yourself before it gets a mess.
@@Tom-ld9hp damn straight
@@randybobandy9828 easier to mess but also way easier to clean. Id rather clean an average mess in a small place like this over going all around a large house cleaning different messes and such
This would be perfect for an off the grid cabin. Sure beats a tent
Are you comparing it fairly to a $16K tent?
This is a real good deal actually! And it sure beats paying high prices for apartments too!
I love it. I pay 900 $ a month for a room. Not a bachelor. This is definitely worth having.
Could be paying 300$ in your own home. With 600$ in pocket to do other things
@@jdagreat4595 Very true. But I don't have land to put the tiny house on.
@@astelbele u can rent land in some places low as 100$ a month. Some states even have off grid areas or what they call off grid land plots for less then 100$ month .
@@jdagreat4595 I live in Ontario Canada. Cheap land is up north where it's freezing cold temperatures. I wouldn't survive it.
You did an EXCELLENT presentation for Home Depot they should for sure hire you to do presentations😊 Great job
He kept calling OSB particle board. There's a big difference between the two.
Writing this comment from my Tuff Shed Pro Studio model. Smaller than this, but for about $12k all in on materials and labor I was able to get mine delivered, built, and completely finished out. I did the insulation, drywall, trim, and paint myself. Hired for electrical. Really great option if you're looking for something quick with a good warranty and good build quality. If I could go back in time, I would have had someone prep my build site professionally, I ran out of time and couldn't get the build site completely level. It's on small shims that are barely noticeable, but that's the one thing holding it back from being perfect.
I just recently bought an 8 x 10 Tuff Shed from Home Depot and they were great with the set up. They built it on my property and it was ready within 4 hours for us to move stuff into. I give them two thumbs up. You can choose your paint color and shingle color from what they offer which is great. We didn't get it for a tiny house, just a storage shed but I just wanted to let you know that they did a great job and I am sure they would do an equally great job with the tiny house. I am sure there financing goes for 3 to 5 years so if you want a tiny house this just might be the perfect way to start.
did you have issues with zoning?
i built 2 10'X10' sheds 13' high with a a second floor loft in each one for about $2500 each all in. someone quoted me $12,000 each .. I hope you didn't OVERPAY.!!!
@@savannahsmiles1797 not out in Converse
@@jaybefaulky4902 well it may be possible that I could have overpaid but we are older and we couldn’t do the work and so I feel it was well worth it.
What and where is the brick foundation?
16k is for the base model. Add the porch, add the nice windows and door, add all the other features and that will be up to 20-22k.
2:42, those are all of the "upgrades" shown on this model, all of that is added on top of the base 16k.
0:40, pause and look at the "model starting price" - 16k
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Thanks for the dose of reality.
This man is genuinely impressed, so am I thanks for the information & wisdom “stand guard at the door of your mind” that’s good 👏🏼
This is outside of the tiny home front but if you got 2-3 of these back to back you’ve got a pretty nice 6+ room bunk house for the ranch or hunters lodge. Really this’d be a nice hunters cabin for 2-3 ppl. Only alteration I’d put on it is a wrap around decking.
I love this tiny home. It’s got a lot of potential. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
I have a 16 X 24 version of this, for my shop and studio, I had it spray foamed, installed a Harbor Freight cast iron stove and a window AC unit in the wall upstairs. Tuff Shed was great to work with to add the extras that I wanted.
If you don't mind me asking, how much did it come to to make it liveable?
Any pictures or an Instagram page so we can see yours?
How well does that ac work, and how hot does it get where you live? It gets over 100 degrees in the summer here, and one of these buildings might work for me for a studio, but my main concern is it not being inhabitable in the summer. Especially with my machinery running.
What about plumbing?
I have no plumbing in it, but it is 2 x 6 construction so there is plenty of room to run plumbing it. I have a concrete pad underneath and the foam spray insulation on the entire building. I’m in the Waco Texas area so it does get over 100° in the summertime but with this air condition unit it stays cool as to the weight of a fireplace, it is not a fireplace, it is a small cast iron stones that weighs less than I do. With the addition of two dormers, two windows, a double barn door, the concrete, spray insulation, etc., we have over 30 K in it.
Thank you for sharing that Katie!
This is a good example of the efficiency available to bring the cost of tiny homes down. I'd get one if it was available in Australia.
oddly, Home depot doesn't even list this shed in Washington state, nor in British Columbia where I am. Home depot Canada has far smaller sheds and nothing with a second floor.
In Washington they do have a log cabin style shed, often used as guest cottage or pool house, starting at $46,999 USD
Here in the USA, people watching this are forgetting that most "houses" require, by fire code, a back door.
Note, no cyclone bracing.
In New Zealand you pay 100,000 ($68,269 U.S) minimum for a tiny home
@@painkillerjones6232 Can just cut a hole in the back and install a back door np I would think.
The contempt in his voice when he says "city ordnances" made me bust out laughing. I feel the same
I think I lived in one of these. I rented a home a decade ago that I always thought was maybe a converted barn because of how it was shaped and painted, but I think it was this. Same layout and everything. I only had two complaints about it. One, no closet on the upper floor bedroom. I had to buy those cheapo racks and they always fell over. Two, the bathroom ended up being super tiny with only a shower and no room for a sink. Overall it worked out pretty well, though. If I bought this and built it up to be my own home, I'd make those adjustments.
Thanks for sharing. It's very easy to build a closet, buy a wardrobe, or a better, stronger clothing rack for storage. And there's no real need for two sinks in a tiny home. Sure, we're all used to having a sink in the bathroom but when space matters a kitchen sink is all you really need.
@@AB-nb2ic That's what I was thinking. It reminds me of an older granny flat I lived in. It didn't have a second floor, it did have 2 sinks, all together it was approx. 400 sq. ft. It had a very small closet, with a strong steel rolling wardrobe. One thing that truly helped to maximize space was that it had lots of shelves that had been installed- a huge difference with that! It had a full fridge, and oven. I lived in it for a year and a half with no problems. This was in San Diego, so obviously this it was in the context of good weather, and of course, no snow. The owner lived in the main house, and was rarely there, she had another home elsewhere.
Forget all that and move to Manhattan
I love this guy's personality.
I would have an elevated foundation, kinda like a mobile home would with an actual crawl space, also treat the lower portion with rot inibitor, vapor barrier in crawl space. Nice find !
Put it on a hill with a couple shipping containers buried under it.
@@Seriouslydave interesting idea.
"When you come in you're gonna see what you gotta do" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thanx for the info
Rusty -- Thank you for showing this! I have spent nearly a week designing the inside for a home and pricing materials. As a tiny home, this has more space than most. The upstairs is huge. Again, thank you!!
Thanks for sharing, please share a good estimate range for finishing the inside--pricing materials. Thanks
@@SuzetteFaithFoster $300,000
This guys is so wholesome. I'd love to have him as my neighbor. People like him is what makes America great.
I really liked the ending when he said, "Drink plenty of water, stretch, walk, keep your health and stand guard at the door of your mind." I replayed it many times and now I'm going to copy and paste that part of this note to a word document, print it and save it. I liked that. ..."stand guard at the door of your mind"...Kool guy, this TH-camr. P.S. I'm in for one of these. shed or not a shed. ..a roof over my head.
It would be interesting to see one completely finished with insulation, wiring, plumbing, kitchen and bath, appliances and the cost for the basic choices. My guess would be another $12k+.
Easily another $20,000 if you do all of the labor and that's with basic finishes. You're not going to get hardwood flooring at that price.
I think it can be done for $12,000 if you do most of the work yourself. You would have to go with cheap things like panelling instead of drywall and floating floor tiles over more expensive options but both can easily done by yourself. In building that size it would be about $1,500 leaving 10 grand for insulation wiring/pluming and bath/kitchen fixtures and trim but you can do the insulation yourself as well.
Definitely a lot more LOL. Drilling a well alone can be 20k then a septic system will be another 10-15. Electric just run in maybe 2-5k assuming there is city power available and you don't need to pay for new pole installs. Or if you're looking at solar maybe 10k for a top notch reliable system. All of this and you haven't even touched interior finishing or appliances. Oh and don't forget a foundation because you're not going to spend all this money to have the whole house sitting on the dirt shifting and rotting.
@@miniaci9094 he was just talking about finishing the inside of the home not getting the land set up.
@@miniaci9094 Good job, bring in all the other details needed. It turns into a $70,000 cabin if done right.
Thanks Brotherman. Once again you prove yerself an Advocate fer the common man with Off Grid dreams!
*Thank you soooooo much for this very thorough tour! I absolutely LOVE IT! I would put a small powder room under the step area and across from that would be a small kitchen. Upstairs would be the master bedroom/bath combo. This is perfect and I know plenty of people who could help me finish the inside. By the way, thank you for the positivity at the end of your video.* 🤗
Wow im about to retire in want a tiny home this is perfect
You'd be better off building from scratch, rather than buying this unit. The ''hidden'' cost will be through-the-roof!
@OJD PUBLISHING 🤣🤣
@OJD PUBLISHING We watch enough Dateline, no thanks.
Anybody know the definition of a powder room?
After learning about Sears Homes… I was hoping Costco or someone would bring this back. Looks like a good idea if you have some extra property!
I grew up in a Sears catalog house! It was originally built in 1911 and we have all of the original hardwood flooring and everything still. Houses from big box stores were built solidly back then. I think I’d be afraid to see what they’d come out with nowadays!
Most states require a back door for it to be a "dwelling" you can live in legally.
@@painkillerjones6232 assume it be a safety hazard
We own and live in a Eatons catalogue home from the early 60s we love it!
I would put 2 of them together and have a bigger home.
Me too
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Meee too I was thinking the SAME EXACT THING‼️
I thought the same thing!!
I think it would be cool to have a couple of these on a property, a family could live together while the kids have their own little house.