Home Depot's Modern Home For Under 50K 

Would You Buy A Home Like This? Affordable Homes At Home Depot For Less Than 20k: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sDkYMT6p280.html *Need a Personal Realtor Referral In Your Town: www.kristinasmallhorn.com/need-a-referral*

Last year, I worked with a local contractor and built a 850 sqft workshop that is 17ft tall (option for 2nd floor). $60k included services for permitting, concrete slab, installation. In addition, I paid $4k for site preparation (trees cutting and stump removal), $5k for gravel and driveway work. It was just the erected shell with insulated roof. After they are gone, I put in the electrical panel and constructed a 200sqft insulated box inside that space, maybe $2k for that. So that we have a small heated comfortable work space in winter, and we don't have to heat the whole shop. I feel that I got more value by working with my contractor than buying this shell from HD. We had water, electric and sceptic on site. Your estimates on those were really close. Our building would have been $80k if we had to add those too. Next year, I plan to work with the same contractor to build my grand residence, using the same structure, and adding the 2nd level. Thank you for this video, it made me feel better about our choice. For everyone's reference we are in the greater Seattle area.

My respect to anyone who has the drive to build their home, or remodel for that matter. I find it awesome.

you forgot A/C-heating, kitchen cabinets, and more that take the cost to over $100K easily.

I work at HD and an elderly couple asked about this. New to me, but I did a bit of research and printed out some information. This video is very helpful! I like being honest with my customers.

Ummm, where's the kitchen?

We bought a 5 acre property 35 miles west of College Station Texas 1 year ago. Previous owner put up a Tuff Shed 2 Story 16x16 (2017 model ) for their home. Its was about 85% finish on the inside. We have since finish it.512 sf. Property has Electric , County water and great internet (5g line of site). Best of all; its out in the woods. Great getaway

I've been trying to get Home Depot to deliver the 12 kitchen cabinets I purchased 5 months ago. I have no confidence they can deliver a tiny house.😂

Looks like they want 50K for a shipping container, a rooftop shed and a metal staircase. 🤔

Some years ago I handed a trusted quality builder my hand-drawn plan for my retirement home, and told me he could build it for $130,00, but to expect to pay more for anything more than the basics. Well, it was going to be my "forever home", and in the end it cost me $180,000, and I know that was a bargain!

might as well buy a double wide and save the effort

They are using a wide camera angle setting which creates a distortion effect on the edges. This makes the space stretch out and look bigger.

I'd love to see a tiny house with a basement. Living in the midwest brings the threat of tornadoes

Thanks for breaking down the added costs many people don't anticipate. Your figures you googled seemed really low to me, but each area is different.

Honestly I'd just build a standard wood frame cabin, with porch, and save myself the money. Although if I was to build one for renting out I might go with a log cabin to stand out from the rest.

Nope. 85k and there's not even a kitchen.

It's still a lot more affordable than a $250,000+ house with square footage you don't need, in order to get the same kind/level of niceties and "entertainability" you might otherwise think to buy the more expensive home for. It's basically a tiny house with the level of quality and sophistication of a much larger, more expensive home. It's perfect for the minimalist - like me (if I had the money).

Thank you for the breakdown. My husband and I want a home of our own so bad but things are so expensive.

I always would tell my husband, and we would look at the buildings at Home Depot and I would tell him that people could make these into houses 😊😊

For most people looking for an affordable alternative, this is DEFINITELY not the way to go...thank you for the preliminary but very helpful advice! 10-22-23.

Alternately, you can buy a previously-owned, luxury RV, for about $30,000 and park it in your back yard. I've seen absolutely amazing RV's being offered for sale at that price. No zoning requirements, in many locations, and you can move it when needed. But I've also turned sheds into lovely offices with plumbing and electric so there are lots of low-cost options available depending on location.

Kristina, thank you! You always come thru with all information in home and real estate 🏡

That was such a great breakdown. Thanks for making us aware of the hidden things associated with putting this together. I would have been suckered into it for sure.

You can literally frame this yourself in a week for $5k

Home Depot’s strategy using the ADU trend to leverage this product as an up sell entryway back into their big box Orange money making mothership! You are both informative and have a delightful personality!!! 🏠 don’t for get the spiral staircase! $$$! Thanks for the breakdown!

You have to go upstairs to the kitchen? Where do you do laundry? Converting a pre-made shed to home would be more practical and cheaper.

I would steer clear of turning sheds into houses, same for container homes. Converting one thing to another is always possible, but I think the costs and compromises to get there are not worth it. To save money, you will need to do as much of the work yourself. Look into ICF construction. Pick a block from a reputable manufacturer that has a proven track record and a local dealer who can support you. Don’t always go for the cheapest materials you can find. Materials are expensive. Rework costs twice as much, or more. Your time has value too.

The A frame looked really nice. Always had a thing for A frames.

It’s great you walk the audience through the concept of identifying additional costs. We’re looking at moving and my head is on a swivel with trying to catch all the places we will/may incur expense. 😊 As for your question… I’d have to say it’s probably not the right choice for most ppl if they are wanting it for full-time living for themselves. It’s square footage makes it limiting for many markets with min square footage, and I could be wrong, but it doesn’t seem like much can be done to increase the bedrooms or the bath from 1bd/1ba. That will also make resale tough unless it’s used as an ADU. Considering those two things, it’s not THAT great. Just my opinion. I think there are other more affordable steppingstone solutions for those who need a full-time dwelling. You have covered many, if not all, of the ones currently available on this channel. 😊 Thank you!

Awesome video!! “You can do it, we can help 😂😂” that was great

Kristina, you are momma bomba, sista! Thanks for another informative video. I am on the verge of retirement (three weeks), and I want to down size to an 800 sqft home. I have all sorts of ideas that keep coming back to having three prefab tiny homes by way of HD or Lowes sheds that are linked by a beautiful deck on an acre in the woods somewhere. Honestly, where I live it can all be done for abut $150k...especially if I get a life tenancy on someone's 100+ ac spread. 💜

Thanks for cranking numbers... that works out to $85k / 540 sq ft = $151.41 per sq ft. An average house costs between $100 and $150 per sq ft. As always, buyer beware.

Pretty cool you're covering this. Just saw the article last week!

It's cute and stylish, but a bit expensive for what you get, especially in the cheaper parts of the US. If I did get one of those, I'd create a shaded patio on the first floor for more outside living space. I'd also turn part of the upstairs into a second room - either a bedroom or office. That would probably take it close to $100k but it would be more usable.

I LOVE this video. It's entertaining, educational, and you are being yourself. Awesome!

Back in the day, Sears sold housing kits. I have always been told that my grandparents helped in the building of their houses. This was more common years ago...

Well done design, especially that wonderful rooftop deck. really opens up another room.

By reading the ad over and over, it only states that you get the steel structure assembly. A structure assembly to me doesn't include the OUTSIDE walls, but only the 'structure' to hold up the interior and exterior walls. I would double check this little tidbit they are omitting by using semantic gymnastics and by not showing you a picture of what is really included with the kit.

85-86k for a one bedroom seems insane and yet achievable. :( Great video as always, I hope we can find a way to bring down home costs. :D

@Kristina Hi, great video but my opionion only for 53 Grand I rather get some cider block and start from there and build a home

Very informative!

Very informative thank you. Also, liked the graphics and editing. 😀

Thanks for reviewing the ADU, Kristina. I was wondering if you have thought of creating your own ADU company? I have just started thinking of that for myself. That aside, I greatly appreciate your insight as you reviewed Home Depot's latest offering.

Kristina Eddy's editing and your humor made a great video today 🎉

I'd say if the costs are to be around 85-90K that would still be reasonable at least for me. I would like to see an actual complete build on this. Especially in FL where rent prices just keep going up, I'd rather try to build this on my parents lot to have a place to live in.

Thanks for doing the math. This was a very helpful video.

Hey Kristina! Thank you sincerely for doing this video.. It isn't easy to get this info most if the time and ive been wondering about this for a while now. Hope to see more of your other videos if you have them..Take care! Thank you!

My Husband and I purchased land in NV and this would be perfect for retirement. We enjoy your videos.

Am I the only one that noticed there’s no kitchen? 😮Or at least I missed that in the video.

What about the most expensive part of a home, the kitchen. Or did I miss something.

Thank you 💜

Great content, Kristina! Thank you!

Thank you for doing this video. We have looked into building a tiny home. The final cost can be staggering.

I wouldn't do this. I think it's appropriate for a small group of people and very short-sighted for most. Even though $85K isn't a great deal of money, it IS when you are probably not going to get a construction loan. Remember, this does NOT include the land or infrastructure or any kind of support with your building permits. On top of it, there is a limited market for 1BD/1BA houses unless it's an ADU. I think you nailed it in a previous video when you talked about mobile homes! I was raised to think they were only for poor people. Oh, how that hurt me! If we were going to start over, I would: 1) buy a cheap little existing house close to work using a 1st-time homeowner loan and very little money out of pocket. 2) start shopping for an old farmsite or in-fill lot that is in an established neighborhood 3) fix up the little house and give it special curb appeal and build a garage if it doesn't have one. Do it over 2 years so it can be sold for a profit without paying capital gains 4) buy the farmsite or in-fill property and move a used mobile home to the site (listen to Kristina's wisdom about the type of land you should consider; repeat: LISTEN to her wisdom). 5) do all the site work geared toward a bigger house AND an on-site rental (i.e., make sure the septic system or infrastructure is designed for 2 units) 5) Build a 3-car garage with an apartment over it and live in it; rent out the mobile home 6) Save until you've got $ to begin building your modest home's frame; don't build like this is your "forever home," so keep the overall structure simple. 7) Move into the house as soon as your municipality allows 8) Rent the apartment over the garage and continue to finish the house as you are bringing money in 9) Find a nearby piece of land where you would love to live 10) Sell the very valuable property that now holds 2 dwellings, one that will provide instant cashflow to the new owner 11) Repeat and leverage all gains into the new property; be careful not to overbuild beyond what you can afford in taxes, insurance, appliances and utilities. Seriously, do you need a 4000 ft2 house? Big house = big bills! This isn't a quick process like everyone seems to think, but it's how I'd do it if I had the knowledge that I do now.

Hello, I been seeing your videos on here for a while. Just wanted to thank you for all the information

Another great video, great breakdown on the cost. Hope Home Depot suscribes to your videos, they can learn a lot. The reality in the real wolrd is scary, more so if you don't do your homework and research. Thank you, and keep up the awesome work that you do.

It’s not only amazingly beautiful and spacious it’s affordable if it’s the size for you mobile homes are triple that amount but if it’s just you or even a mate you don’t need more 💜🌺💜🌹💜🌸🙂

I like the idea of that house & garage combo. 👌🏻

This is about $20,000 in material just for the shell. Unless you’re doing a lot of the work yourself you’re looking north of $120,000 when it is all said and done. Plumbing alone depending on where you decide to put this house can cost you between 10,000 to 20,000 depending on the length of water, service line and sewer line that you decide to run. Let alone coordinating with the electrical company. I believe that this might be great for those people who like to DIY a lot.

Thank you for sharing this beautiful prefab house model at an affordable price

GREAT VIDEO AND EDUCATION. THANKS FOR SHARING. I LEARNED A LOT.

This house looks amazing

This has been very enlightening information about these homes. Since you split the difference on everything, in order to get the upper end of a really well built version of the home; I would double the result. That would be around $170, 368. With all the efforts going into constructing everything and dealing with other matters for months personally, it would be much better to get a $200000 or greater value home outright. I really like how you broke down what goes on in making these homes. It's been like a great deal or not kind of figuring out session. Thanks for the great video! :)

I in school to learning everything you just mention, the plan is to build custom tiny homes as a complete package on a lot where customers can come and check out what they like before they buy one and decide how they want there home to be customized before shipping them out and my partners are concrete foundation builders and well as excavators

Not worth it, I have a Clayton homes mobile builder near me that offers 1,400 ft for around $100,000 and vacant lots of land that are going for $1000 an acre. That seems to make more sense than doing this

Glad you covered this. It has been popping up on my ads as well. Looks like a nice setup. 85k is not terrible for a brand new fully finished adu. However I think there are better options

This is super neat! I like these little houses.

Such an amazing learning experience that was completely unexpected. I love you! I will share

Before purchasing it would be wise to visit your insurance company with the info to see if the structure is insurable for full replacement costs.

The pre fab bldgs you saw outside Home Depot make great additional rooms.

Still better then a traditional house

Ty for sharing. Just like model homes.. they show you the possibilities. You can update according to your budget. Depending on where you live the cost of this home plus building it out may still be affordable.

thanks a lot dear I love wood making things every time

Enjoyed from Texas!

Your the best....love what you do.😊

The old saying: Read the fine print. It applies to this also.

That's not just a tiny house it's a luxury tiny home.

Don’t forget the windows and sliding doors! Great, honest breakdown, though. 🥂

Love your videos!

You forgot water, drilling a well, permit, water rights, pressure tank, water pump etc. Electrical service panel. Heating? Cooling? Lighting? Doors? Windows?

I remember Paul Harvery talking about steel buildings and that when high winds came to NO,La ? That 90% of the steel buildings were still stranding... steel frames are the way to go!

Thanks for sharing 😊

For a single person. That is actually really nice. It depends on the person of course. Me, i'd like a solid 10-50 acres around it too. But that type of building is a decent start.

Loved this Kristina ❤

The "noooooo" from Willow is a fun touch.

I love that you added everything up, but it was missing the windows. I am guessing with that added in this home closer to 90k.

Kristina! Thank You!

Loving this video

cinder blocks for foundation is my choice plus tie ups once the floor is done.

Thank you

Loved this video content. Thanks 4 sharing it. I would consider such a small space. Less to clean up...Cheers !!😎😎

great vid, thanks.

That was an education. Thank you.

I think it’s much cheaper building it yourself. You did a great fun video btw, thanks

@Kristina I have a question about the drywall calculation. Is it per square foot floor space, or per square foot of drywall? For instance, a 10x10 room is 100 sqft floor space, but four 8ft (x 10ft) walls is 320sqft of drywall (minus doors, windows, etc.)

you two are having too much fun! 'Watching from out in the desert. 👍

I CALL IT THE "BLOW AWAY PAD"!

TOTALLY AWSOME VIDEO CHRISTINA!!!!! I AM ALWAYS DOING MY HOMEWORK ON HOMES. I DON'T HAVE ANY ANSWERS YET. JUST A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

I bought one of their sheds and it withstood Hurricane Ian with zero damage. It is well built and looks nice. Not sure I would live in it though but maybe.

What would make it much more affordable is you doing most of the work . With the exception of wiring, septic, and some of the plumbing. I would add an extended covered porch on the first level . Basically just a roof over a patio . Giving it an outdoor room extension. Still keeping the upstairs patio setup.