I remember reading on this site, not that long ago about large US companies regularly block traffic from outside US where they don't ship to or expect purchases. Home Depot was specifically called out.
That's 50 m², which seems more than enough to me for a single person or even a couple without children if they live in a place where you can enjoy the outside.
> The issue is not the total space, but the price for the size.
This is my main gripe with tiny homes. It’s not that they are small, but that their price per square foot is so high.
I’m not sure if the costs are truly that high or there’s just a lot of profit because of the trend. Similar for ISU homes. They seem cool, but not when they cost the same or more than traditional construction.
This thing is $80/square foot before assembly and final prep.
Ehh most relative valuation metrics only really stand up when you are talking about good comparables (Like to like)
But, It’s just a fixed variable cost issue with tiny homes for the most part. E.g. the $10k for appliances/mechanical would be pretty similar for 250sqft home and a 1000sqft, but all of a sudden they cost either ~$40sqft or ~$10sqft
I wouldn’t expect most appliances to be in this price. And things like hvac and water heater should definitely be much cheaper in a 500sqft tiny house than a 2000 square foot fixed house.
This probably means that the cost of space is way lower where you are. That drives all sorts of decisions, such as probably being able to pay people reasonable prices to do the building if you cate about living in something more solid than a mobile home.
I would also not buy this, but on the other hand, it's something that could fit on my property as a place for aging parents without showing callous disregard for my neighbors. The same is not true of the mobile home, as far as I've seen. And that's without talking about tornadoes...
In most of the places where I have lived in the US it would not be permitted to assemble this as a home. Too small, you would not get past permitting approval. So in fact you are right, it is a shed.
My Favorite part:
*You are required to download the Pre-lim plans from the Additional Resources on The Home Depot website and take them to your local authority for approval and any corrections they require needs to be sent to us BEFORE purchase.
How does this compare to the building cost of dense apartments?
Setting aside land/planning/regulations/NIMBY/unions, for a repeated build, what is the build cost of a modern 3 floor x 4 apartments = 12 apartment building ?
I’ve been on and off interested in pre-fab homes, but they always seem more expensive than the alternative unless you are in a really expensive market like California
I think this is a great plan, but I wouldn't just set this up on the grass as shown the the picture... You need a soil compression test, proper drainage, and a myriad of other things just to survive 6 months.
A video I saw of people hosing down piled bags of quikcrete (bagged concrete mix) really interested me. I calculated it would cost less than $1000 for a 10ft long, 8ft high wall.
Just lay down the bags, stick some rebar through them as you go, than hose them down and you got a solid wall a single man could build little by little.
How well does the concrete end up mixed? I'd be really concerned that it would be a big pile of hollow concrete shells around powder that never came in contact with water.
My friend got a satellite dish put in years ago. The installer could only get a clear view in the corner of his yard, and had to ground-mount the antenna on a pole.
He dug a hole, put the pole into it and emptied a bag of concrete in with it.
He explained to my friend that it would suck the moisture out of the ground and become a solid plug. And it did.
That's what I thought. Although there would be a learning curve, you could probably build a very similar model of this, that is completely finished, for $44k.
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I found an article about the kit elsewhere: https://www.plus1homekits.com/home-kits/1-2-bedroom/getaway-...
There a re other kits as well: https://www.plus1homekits.com/3-bedrooms/
https://www.plus1homekits.com/home-kits/1-2-bedroom/getaway-...
https://archive.is/LxN7p
The reviews are pretty funny.
That archive.is capture also doesn't seem to include the reviews. :/
Just get a trailer house.
It's not even a complete "house", it's just the frame!
For that price you can get a 1000 sqft. mobile home, probably furnished too.
If you want to live in a shed, you can get a 1000 sqft. frame for $4k, not sure why this is $44k.
https://www.pineca.es/casa-de-madera-para-vivir-linda-44-44-...
https://www.norgeshus.eu/wooden-houses-price-list/
This is my main gripe with tiny homes. It’s not that they are small, but that their price per square foot is so high.
I’m not sure if the costs are truly that high or there’s just a lot of profit because of the trend. Similar for ISU homes. They seem cool, but not when they cost the same or more than traditional construction.
This thing is $80/square foot before assembly and final prep.
But, It’s just a fixed variable cost issue with tiny homes for the most part. E.g. the $10k for appliances/mechanical would be pretty similar for 250sqft home and a 1000sqft, but all of a sudden they cost either ~$40sqft or ~$10sqft
I would also not buy this, but on the other hand, it's something that could fit on my property as a place for aging parents without showing callous disregard for my neighbors. The same is not true of the mobile home, as far as I've seen. And that's without talking about tornadoes...
And it's just for the materials (the frame only at that), not the land...
How would cost of space factor into this?
And reading details, the 44k won't be the full price, but probably decent number to add on top still to go.
Lol
Setting aside land/planning/regulations/NIMBY/unions, for a repeated build, what is the build cost of a modern 3 floor x 4 apartments = 12 apartment building ?
Just lay down the bags, stick some rebar through them as you go, than hose them down and you got a solid wall a single man could build little by little.
He dug a hole, put the pole into it and emptied a bag of concrete in with it.
He explained to my friend that it would suck the moisture out of the ground and become a solid plug. And it did.
* Our PLUS 1 home kits consist of only the steel frame structure (shell) and the necessary components to assemble them.*