Nick and Meghan Lucido with their son, outside the camper van they lived in for 14 months while building their tiny house shed. Our son was only a year old when we were in the camper, so if anything, his stuff took up more space than he did. So we moved into the camper with just the clothes we brought and each other. We lived in the camper van for around 14 months, and it was a good reset, because when we sold our first house, we sold everything, including all our furniture. You probably couldn't build the same tiny house for $60,000 now. With the upgrades we had to get, the shed was about $27,000 but in total it cost $60,000 to complete our tiny house. The goal with the shed was to live in it for a few years and build our dream house on the same property, and then the shed was going to be a suite for our families to stay in. We had a full kitchen with everything we needed, and had one very big bathroom and bedroom upstairs with a walk-in closet. We also put a bathroom under the stairs, so it was a one bedroom, one and half bathroom house. The tiny house shed was two storeys and 860 square feet in total. The interior of the Lucido's Home Depot tiny house shed. Aside from putting in a septic system, which we paid someone else to do, we did all the electrics, plumbing, flooring, walls, paint and bought and installed cabinetry and countertops ourselves. Nick is our numbers guy and so he drew out everything to size, showing how big our kitchen and all the other rooms could be. We had to design what the shed was going to look like before we talked to them, because it was a shed, and they're not meant to house people full time! We paid a little extra for details like a second storey floor joist and an outside wrap around the house, but the shed manufacturers came and erected the shed on our property and built out the walls and the roof, the latter was the one thing I didn't want Nick to do, because it was very high up. We decided to give it a go, and build our own tiny house out of that shed. That's when we went to Home Depot and saw a two storey shed they were selling. To be allowed to put in a septic system and electricity you had to have a permanent structure. The plan was to build our dream house on that land, but the county we live in won't allow camper van living long term. We then found an eight acre plot of land nearby for $40,000 and paid for that in cash, too. ![]() With the proceeds from the house sale, we were able to pay off all of our debts, and buy a camper van with cash. We made a good chunk from it because we had bought it at the end of the recession, and had renovated it ourselves. So we listed it and about a week later it was under contract. Nick and Meghan Lucido The Lucido's Home Depot tiny house renovation. Nick and Meghan Lucido The Lucido's Home Depot tiny house renovation during construction. ![]() The Lucido's Home Depot tiny house renovation during construction.
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