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Lived_1978-2043
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Can a person live out of a shed?
#21735568 - 05/29/15 04:18 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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What all would one need to make a shed a home?
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thebitterbuffalo26
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It's called the tiny house movement lol. Insulation and a couch?
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Yes you can, People live in whatever they have to. I have a Friend that is doing exactly what you asked about rent is averaging $1200 per month in my area... He got a 8 X 24 storage building for himself , it takes some adjustment but he said it really isn't too bad
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Lived_1978-2043 said: What all would one need to make a shed a home?
You need to get geared up for living out of a backpack. Tent, pad, sleeping bag, cooking stove, cookset, water filter, water bottle, clothes. Don't bring your guitar or other shit that is hard to carry.
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Re: Can a person live out of a shed? [Re: Fog1] 3
#21736479 - 05/29/15 11:40 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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1200 to live in a shed??? thats fucked up man.
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Re: Can a person live out of a shed? [Re: JohnnieYen]
#21736537 - 05/29/15 11:54 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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You just need some purple sticky punch and a couple of super hot scientist chicks. No wait, that's biodome never mind.
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Re: Can a person live out of a shed? [Re: JohnnieYen]
#21736794 - 05/29/15 01:01 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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JohnnieYen said: 1200 to live in a shed??? thats fucked up man.

No he bought a shed to live in instead of paying $1200/mo
I think he paid $2600 for the shed...paid in full.
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Re: Can a person live out of a shed? [Re: Fog1]
#21739134 - 05/29/15 10:58 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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My bachelor apartment isn't really all that big.. I don't think it would be too difficult an adjustment if I was able to incorporate amenities like running water and electricity.
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Re: Can a person live out of a shed? [Re: WScott]
#21750701 - 06/01/15 10:08 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I lived under a tree with a sleeping bag for a few months during western Washington's rainy spring. Shed would've been a massive upgrade!
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Re: Can a person live out of a shed? [Re: TNK] 2
#21752177 - 06/02/15 10:50 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I was homeless for about two years. I lived out of a $20 hammock. Military sleeping bag and cover.
5 hour Tiki torch cans for light at night.
Kept everything in Ziploc bags. Washed clothes once a week. Bathed in a creek, which was fucking cold.
Never used a tent cause they're hot to sleep in.
A shed would have been a mansion.
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Re: Can a person live out of a shed? [Re: LunarEclipse]
#21821374 - 06/17/15 11:09 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Absolutely you can - and depending on your skill level, budget and vision you could make a shed look far nicer on the inside than many homes.
There are, of course, obstacles to overcome. The main one is plumbing - running water for preparing food, showering and toilet usage will be important if you wish to have those amenities available under your own roof. You can set up very simple drum & hose type systems to address the food prep and showering aspects - the toilet is another matter. There are plenty of off grid style toilets available - most of them look pretty gross in day to day usage to me, although there is one that looked pretty liveable.
It's called the DryFlush (http://www.treehugger.com/bathroom-design/dryflush-toilet-will-change-world.html). No smell and relatively pain free clean up process - only problem is the replacement bags are expensive so you essentially end up paying a $1 every time you use the toilet.
Electricity should be simple to set up - a small solar array connected to some deep cycle batteries will provide you with 12V power. Add an inverter and you can run any common appliance. Better yet is just run a single power cord from an adjacent building, connect a 12 socket power board to that and you're off and racing.
The other obstacle to overcome is social stigma - inviting members of the opposite sex back to your shed won't exactly be easy
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Re: Can a person live out of a shed? [Re: YBT]
#21926479 - 07/10/15 10:28 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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If you live in the US the answer is yes...until you get caught. A shed that is built to the code required for an inhabited building is called a house. If you get caught you will face legal trouble. To avoid this there are loopholes such as building a mobile "shed". If a building isn't permentently affixed to the ground it isn't subject to the same codes, which is why many tiny homes are built on utility trailers.
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Re: Can a person live out of a shed? [Re: OPB]
#21926744 - 07/11/15 12:04 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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I've seen people livng in the storage unit across from my highschool . I guess if you only come home to sleep then it doesn't matter if its in a shed because a shed is better than a shoe box in the raining alley.
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Re: Can a person live out of a shed? [Re: JayZ Morgan]
#21927444 - 07/11/15 04:55 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Problem is building codes... If you use an accessory building as a dwelling it's illegal in most places. Part of the tiny house movement is changing this bullshit.
Where I'm about to live the code requires septic and 600sqf minimum habitable space. If you are caught be aerial surveillance you are fined and it's more difficult to obtain future permits
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Re: Can a person live out of a shed? [Re: SurReality] 3
#21928416 - 07/11/15 11:19 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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What an odd country we live in where we do not even posses the freedom to subject ourselves to poverty and hovel dwellings.
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Re: Can a person live out of a shed? [Re: TNK]
#21986590 - 07/23/15 06:31 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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id say so
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Ya know, I look at my camper, it's an 18 foot, with bathroom shower, kitchen... And I think how much I'd really like to live there. Currently my house is a 3 bedroom with a full finished basement, it just seems like the more room I have, the more junk I accumulate.
I actually did live there for three months before I bought my house, it was nice, it was "cozy"
My dream is actually to retire and buy a "small" RV, and just drive around in my little house.
Good luck to you!
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Wow, turning a shed into a home? If you have other alternatives, then go for it. But in case you still insist, a huge bag would be a great help to store and pack all your things.
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Re: Can a person live out of a shed? [Re: mariav]
#22521006 - 11/14/15 02:46 AM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Living in a shed is no different to a house except in looks and a lack of insulation. If it's cold get blankets or insulate the shed yourself. If its too hot again you can insulate or get a fan. I lived in a shed for 2 years in 38+ degree Celsius in 70+% humidity. It was a nightmare but livable. There are plenty of fully furnished sheds that look exactly like a house from the inside, it just depends on your financial situation.
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hostileuniverse said: Ya know, I look at my camper, it's an 18 foot, with bathroom shower, kitchen... And I think how much I'd really like to live there. Currently my house is a 3 bedroom with a full finished basement, it just seems like the more room I have, the more junk I accumulate.
I actually did live there for three months before I bought my house, it was nice, it was "cozy"
My dream is actually to retire and buy a "small" RV, and just drive around in my little house.
Good luck to you!
No need to wait until you retire, put your stuff in storage, rent your house out and get on the road.
Seriously check out r/vandwelling on Reddit if you aren't on to it already. It's a nice community and resource if your interested in living out of a van/RV.
And OP check out r/tinyhouses on Reddit if you are seriously interested in living out of a shed!
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Re: Can a person live out of a shed? [Re: Rorta]
#22624957 - 12/07/15 09:13 AM (8 years, 1 month ago) |
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You have a shed? Yoooouuuuu'rrrree LUCKLY! We used to live in a cardboard box down by the lake and our old man would wake us up a half hour before we went to bed to clean the lake with our toothbrushes!
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Still_tripping said: You have a shed? Yoooouuuuu'rrrree LUCKLY! We used to live in a cardboard box down by the lake and our old man would wake us up a half hour before we went to bed to clean the lake with our toothbrushes!
We used to walk 5 miles to school and back in bare feet in the snow, then 5 miles back while carrying a 5 gallon bucket of water with no lid and got a beating for each drop missing.
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Re: Can a person live out of a shed? [Re: LunarEclipse]
#22632831 - 12/09/15 02:55 AM (8 years, 1 month ago) |
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Not a shed, but these things are pretty cool, even though they are expensive. http://www.ecocapsule.sk/
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Re: Can a person live out of a shed? [Re: fluro]
#22648190 - 12/12/15 11:03 PM (8 years, 1 month ago) |
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tiny homes usually range between 100-400 sq ft, that's a big shed.
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You would need to insulate it first of all. I would start by stapling tyvek all around the outside, and covering it in siding. Then on the inside cover your walls in R Board insulation, and because it will look nice and smell good cover that in cedar planks or finished and stained pallet wood. Then you need to work on your ceiling insulation, just R board it and cover it with what you can afford. Next the floor, you cant have a draft sucking all your heat out from under you so you want some carpet pads and carpets, make that shit double thick for softness. Now for heat you could build yourself a 55 gallon drum wood furnace. Or buy a wood stove.
https://www.google.com/search?q=55+gallon+drum+wood+furnace&espv=2&biw=1354&bih=631&tbm=isch&imgil=NwhkaNpnZLHstM%253A%253Bf9z832RnDwHpZM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fv8s10.org%25252Fforum%25252Fviewtopic.php%25253Ff%2525253D2%25252526t%2525253D22330&source=iu&pf=m&fir=NwhkaNpnZLHstM%253A%252Cf9z832RnDwHpZM%252C_&usg=__ZfVijD3FpJxItqIvNGgsMlS0o2o%3D&ved=0ahUKEwj_tJqR6d_JAhVDQSYKHfa-ASQQyjcITw&ei=4w1xVr-3BsOCmQH2_YagAg#imgrc=UVK8pbEYFi1LwM%3A&usg=__ZfVijD3FpJxItqIvNGgsMlS0o2o%3D
Buy a toilet, put it in there and just line it with plastic bags, and pour some bleach in it. Poop and pee in it for a few days and take it out and dump it.
You will need to live on canned and dry goods, no need for electricity because if you can afford to have electric service brought in you can afford a house.
I have a plan to move to Mississippi, right north of lake grenada there is land for sale for 1600 per acre, this land is heavily forested with very very tall pine trees that are the perfect size for building a log cabin, which is what im going to do. There is a plethora of information online about building and maintaining a log cabin.
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Yes, I'm a shed-dweller by nature. I have lived in 3 different sheds throughout the years. It's superb. All you really need, is a stereo, table/desk, computer/laptop, schoolchair (I stole mine from a nearby elementary school), beanbag, and maybe a TV/stand, and obviously electricity, oh and space heater and fan. Black lights too, preferably with posters/tapestries.
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