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Affordable Homes At Home Depot For Less Than 20k - YouTube
Channel: Kristina Smallhorn
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so i happen to have the best subscribers
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on the planet because just recently a
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subscriber sent me this house from home
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depot which it ends up being a shed that
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you could turn into a house i did a
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little digging and this particular home
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is not available right now they say
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they're gonna get them back in stock so
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that got me thinking how many of these
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sheds could actually be turned into
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homes that you could purchase at home
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depot so today i'll be showing you some
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of the sheds that i ended up seeing at
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home depot that could definitely be
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turned into a house and i'm going to
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show you a few that i found online and
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give you some tips if you're planning on
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doing this for your next project for
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your next home now if you're deciding to
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turn a shed into a home know there are
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some things that you have to do if
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you're not a handy person or you're a
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complete novice at this i would not go
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at it alone i would definitely go ahead
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and hire an engineer to help you with
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this process or a general contractor
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that understands how to turn these
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shells of a home into an actual home
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even though they look so much like a
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house on the outside there are so many
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things that need to be done before they
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actually turn into something that you
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can use for permanent living use it's
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only five thousand four hundred and
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eighty four dollars and you can even put
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in some of these tough sheds you can put
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radiant barrier and here in louisiana i
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don't know if you know but you need
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radiant barrier it gets really freaking
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hot here it's 10 by 16 and that's like
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bigger than some apartments in new york
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city this is a pretty decent little
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house now you're going to have to do a
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lot of work of course now the conversion
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on some of these sheds is going to take
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you a lot more than probably what you're
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thinking but i am surprised that they do
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have the radiant barrier that i
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mentioned earlier if you take a look at
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this like that is a major expense that
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normally sheds wouldn't have i guess
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maybe it's something here in the south
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but uh these test sheds i've been
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reading up on them and they will do all
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sorts of different things to upgrade
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your shed i think more and more people
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are looking at the idea of building
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their own homes using sheds as a frame
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so if you haven't taken a look at just
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go over to your local home depot and see
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what they have in the lot and see how
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your imagination can run wild and turned
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the shed into an actual house if we're
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being honest i mean this would make a
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kick butt granny flat i mean i wouldn't
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mind putting my daughter in something
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like this after it was fixed up of
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course and if you're looking for an
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affordable housing option this isn't a
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bad idea especially if you're handy but
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definitely work with a contractor if
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you're not handy don't go there
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i have to tell you everybody in the
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parking lot thinks i'm absolutely insane
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all right not all of us love shopping at
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home depot and going to look at these
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little houses so you can actually
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purchase these online so i'm gonna be
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sharing a few of these that i found that
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are under twenty thousand dollars some
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of them are as low as like just hair
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over ten thousand dollars and everybody
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likes a good deal really does look like
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a house and it even has a little dormer
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windows and it's like a little barn and
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i'm sure you can change those barn doors
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on the side and make it into a more like
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presentable thing for a house maybe even
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like a sliding glass door the one thing
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i do want to point out with these type
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of homes is that a lot of times the
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windows are not double pane so you're
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definitely going to want to check into
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that especially if you live in a cold or
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very warm area and they have a lot of
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drafts so you're going to probably want
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to change those out this one's called
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the arlington best barns and it offers
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spacious interior a loft area for your
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storage needs it features a second floor
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loft with four feet three inches
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headroom and it provides enough space
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for sleeping areas so they already know
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that you're going to be using this for a
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house the first floor with its high side
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walls and has plenty of room for
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shelving and other versatile storage it
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includes a double pocket doors vinyl
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shutters gable window it accepts a 40
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pound snow load it can handle up to 135
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mile per hour wind load it does specify
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that you need to check in with your
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local permitting office it says it's
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premium grade construction with 2x4
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construction space all required nails
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glue and hardware are provided now i do
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know in california they have offered in
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some areas a ability to have a granny
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flat in the back i'm not sure if this
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would qualify as a granny flat you're
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gonna have to check with your local area
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to see what the laws are and what they
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require for their granny flats or auds
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but this is definitely a viable option
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and they have this like look at this
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this is so cute
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hover over to zoom oh look look how
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happy they look wait a minute she
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doesn't look she doesn't look very happy
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the other girl looks happy
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this is a really cute little house
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i still wouldn't turn those barn doors
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myself into a sliding glass door but
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that's you're not asking me
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you didn't ask my opinion look at all
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the head room you get it looks amazing
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and look you get a little stairwell
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i'll be painting that sucker
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love it super cute
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hey look you can even use paypal
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but why would you do that when you can
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get financed because look you can do 430
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a month suggested payments within 24
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months
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that would be really good if you needed
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that
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in two years you'd have the whole thing
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paid off now that you've seen a couple
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of these homes so far i know your
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imagination is running wild and before
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you even start to go down that road and
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start shopping for them i want you to
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make a detailed budget of everything
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that you need beforehand so what kind of
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things should you be budgeting for if
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you're deciding to turn a shed into a
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home the first thing you want to budget
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for is the permits because if you're
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going to get a permit for a shed that is
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not the same thing as getting a permit
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for a living dwelling the second thing
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you're going to want to do is be honest
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with the permitting office with your
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intention of what you're doing with this
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structure because some areas i hate to
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tell you this do not allow for
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structures that are less than 500 square
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feet every area is going to have a
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minimum square footage for a home and if
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you're putting in some of these sheds a
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lot of these are going to be less than
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500 square feet and you're going to have
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an issue when it comes up later on down
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the road the other thing you're doing to
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budget for is the foundation because
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even though these have a floor at the
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bottom you're gonna have to put it on
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some kind of permanent foundation
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another thing too with the flooring on
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that that may not be intended for
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walking on every single day so a lot of
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times they're gonna you're gonna have to
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re-brace the bottom to make sure that
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it's secure enough for people to be
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walking on it for years to come you're
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gonna have to budget for plumbing and
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wiring insulation and roofing materials
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to brace the roof a little bit more
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you're also going to need to budget for
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how much it's going to cost you to get
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electricity out to the piece of property
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some of you are going to be using these
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homes as an extra home so it may not
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cost you that much to have electricity
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the line put in from one house to
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another house i know a lot of people do
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that when they're using this as an extra
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building like a granny flat but these
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are all things that you need to consider
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when you're doing your budget when it
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comes to these now there are people and
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companies that do turn sheds into homes
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and you may want to go ahead and hire
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them especially if you're a novice at
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this don't go at it alone if you don't
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know what you're doing because you could
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end up with a nightmare and if you're
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doing it and you're newly married it's
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going to cause a big giant fight between
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the two of you i promise you this one is
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a little bit smaller it's 10 by 12. i
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would consider this more of like a what
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they call the she shed or man cave
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either way you could turn this into
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something that could be certainly
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livable just like anything that you're
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going to prepare and turn into anything
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livable make sure your hoa gives you
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permission if you're planning on putting
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it in your own backyard hoas are one of
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those things even though you may have an
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old hoa it doesn't mean there isn't
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somebody that's sitting there waiting
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for something like this to happen to
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churn you in so just remember if you're
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going to do this in your backyard as a
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permanent living residence check your
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hoa first now on home depot there is
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other homes that you can purchase that
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are just above the 20 000 mark but i
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want you to see this one because it was
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so freaking cute and it's by hud not to
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be confused with housing and urban
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development but hud easy buildings and
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it's a 19 by 19 multi-room log cabin diy
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building kit it's very similar to some
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of the ones that i had shown on previous
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videos on
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amazon this looks a lot like those but
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it has a full floor plan and it gives
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you a little rundown of it online and it
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has a little video here so let's see
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what the video shows let's see if it
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actually will play
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[Music]
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well that just showed the outside well
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that wasn't very exciting
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but here it is all fixed up with the
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furnishings in it they really did this
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bathroom up nice now when you're
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ordering these from home depot do not
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think that this is exactly how they come
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these people have fixed up these to make
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them look like this so after you
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purchase it you're going to be putting
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these kind of finishes in it this is not
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what it comes with again you can finance
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them for 24 months the payment is going
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to be a little bit heftier 990 a month
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but then you would have a house in two
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years that would be so cool they say
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that this is a 19 by 19 open floor room
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it's a diy log cabin the kit offers 305
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square feet it also has a 44 square foot
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bonus room or whatever it is needed for
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the building itself it says it is quick
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and easy to assemble it comes with
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french doors glazed windows it also
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includes tongue and groove floorboards
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and vaulted ceiling and window and door
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locking hardware hey and everything that
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you need for it you could purchase at
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home depot
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you could do the whole thing nails
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roofing materials brace wood everything
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right there online the modern world wait
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this isn't even that modern because they
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used to do it with sears and roebuck
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years ago i make it sound like it's like
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super cool and trendy but it's been
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around for eons
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what do i know now let's talk about the
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piece of land that you're planning on
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putting your shed home on you've had it
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for years it's been in the family for
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eons and you're like i'm just gonna put
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it out there and no one's gonna say
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anything well here is a problem with
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that your piece of land that you've had
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in the family for years may not actually
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belong to your family you're going to
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need to do a full title search before
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you ever put any kind of structure on it
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secondly of all the piece of land that
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you have that's been in the family for
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years may not be zoned residential any
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longer so you're definitely going to
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want to check on that as well before you
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put it out on this piece of land make
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sure you can get utilities out there if
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you can't get utilities out there that
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could cause a big issue now one of the
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coolest things i did see on one of these
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barton homes i saw in a youtube video
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was they couldn't get a full electricity
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out there so they were using solar
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panels to get power out there and then
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as far as heating and cooling and
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cooking they were using a humongous
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propane tank in order to be able to have
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the comfort creatures that we were so
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used to first world problems i guess
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they say but i the way that they did it
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was fantastic so if this is something
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that you're considering make sure that
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you're allowed to have a big propane
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tank on the property the last thing i'm
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going to tell you if you are thinking
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about having something called a
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composting toilet this could be a
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problem for your city always make sure
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that you have the proper permits i know
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i said it before but the proper permits
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for your sewage because composting
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toilets in many many areas is a big
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giant no no i'm asking this one out of
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curiosity
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it's eight by 12. would you make this
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into a house that you could live in or
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would this just be a shed
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i don't know this to me is just getting
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a little too small holy cow this one is
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under 10 000
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who doesn't love a good deal like this
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this one is a little bit smaller it's
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going to be 12 feet by 20 but it's super
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super cute they even feature this thing
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as a granny flat look at that they even
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got the mom right there like she's just
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sitting there picking her flowers now of
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course you're going to have to do a lot
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of things to fix these things up but it
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does come with a floor unlike the one
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that we've seen previously it does look
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really small i don't know if you could
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really turn this into a full bed unless
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you had a bed on one side and then you
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have like a very small kitchenette area
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if you're really into tiny home living
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and you want to live super super tiny
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maybe you could do this to me this would
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be kind of one of those things that you
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would have as a bedroom outside your
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house and then everybody could do their
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like business inside like bathroom stuff
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and kitchen stuff because it just seems
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very small i'd love to see if anybody
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could really make this into a home i'm
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sure there's so many other there's a lot
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of creative people that turn these sheds
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into something absolutely amazing that
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makes my mind blown
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this one is called the colonial
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williamsburg it offers classic beauty to
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any backyard made with amish
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craftsmanship great attention to detail
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it includes a side by side 30 inch by 36
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inch and windows and screens and
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shutters oh it comes with screens and
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shutters that's pretty good
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and this is a weird thing customer
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provides shingles dipped edge and paint
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why would the customer provide the
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shingles so does it come without a
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shingled roof
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everything else is pre-cut and labeled
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for you no extra cutting five side by
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side functioning
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30 inch by 36 inch windows and screens
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and shutters are included the floor kit
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is included with plywood and subfloor
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framing i still say this wouldn't
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necessarily be something you would live
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in full time i could be wrong it doesn't
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really look like they have a permanent
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foundation on this either they would
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have a hard time having this zoned
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because it is so small and it's under
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500 square feet just fyi if you're
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considering something like this now a
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cool thing with all these sheds is that
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in many cases you can finance them
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through home depot and even though that
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may not be the cheapest way to do it and
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it'd be much easier if you had cash of
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course not a lot of people have an extra
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20 30 000 laying around but just know
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that if you do not pay they do have repo
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men that do repo these now if you're
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looking for a cheaper way to get a shed
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and turn it into a home find out who the
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repo companies are for those sheds so if
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someone was to buy a house from home
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depot and they had it repossessed there
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is a place that collects these repo
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sheds and a good portion of them have
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already turned into tiny homes or
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started turning into tiny homes so you
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might even have half your project done
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and you'll get it for less money because
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it's a repossessed property this is just
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something to consider if you're looking
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for the most least expensive way to go
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ahead and build yourself your own home
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welcome home
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all at the home depot
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so the name is home depot and since it's
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home depot and they're selling homes is
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the tool thing gonna be their side gig
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doubt it but you know
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now that you've seen all these
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homes by home depot is it something that
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you would consider for yourself as an
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affordable housing option is it a
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project you would actually want to
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tackle i personally think it'd be a
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great idea for an alternative house and
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it's pretty affordable if you know what
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you're doing as far as setting them up
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to watch more videos about affordable
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homes that i've done in the past go
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ahead and watch these videos right here
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my name is christina smallhorn your real
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estate whisperer and i tell you all this
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