Have you ever sleep inside of shed?

[Kulindahr]

I'm reluctantly going to agree with the majority. For a short period of time, a garden shed would be adventurous and interesting. But over the long run, you'd start missing the basics. Tiny homes, yurts and shipping containers can be fitted for elegant habitation. This Home Depot sort of shed cannot.

What about renting out just one of your rooms?

Or (as we did when I was in college) partitioning off the living room with heavy draperies?

(my bold)

Yeah, for about three days.

To make a Home Depot shed comfortable for a month-long stay, regardless of time of year, you'll end up spending more than the cost of the shed.

(Trust me; I've put up several of those sheds; they're just good enough to keep the seller from being sued over damage to what gets stored in them.)

 

[peeonme]

I stayed in a van once, a 1967 Dodge, the wife and I got married and hit the road. Yeah, I was one of those.
Buy a Junker van, have it towed home and put up some curtains, if you get bored you can paint it:

 

[Rickrock]

First of all you would need heat in the winter and a fan or air conditioner in the summer. Then you would need to run electricity to it, although this might not be too hard. Lastly, there isn't any running water in it and you would have to go to the house to bathe, etc. If you did remodel it to include electricity and running water and sewer, etc, you would spend quite a bit additional. I believe that you could probably put the shed together from the instructions, but I don't know how handy you are and whether you would be able to do all of the extra things.

 

[offthewall14420]

Oh that's hilarious. Rents is too damn high.

 

[72-Jay]

Yep, I've slept in a shed a couple times...

Once was just after building a new one (slept in it one night just for the hell of it LOL)
Another time was on a camping trip that woulda otherwize been rained out. I actually preferred the shed to a tent, even if it wasn't raining...

As far as living in a shed, nope haven't done that (and where I live it wouldn't really work, as it gets far too cold in the winter - especially if it were some 'cheap' plastic shed with no insulation from the local hardware store)

I say get on google and do some searches for "Tiny House". A properly built shed could be used as one of those.

 

[jbrown329]

Hope you're not claustrophobic. Those sheds aren't very big. And what would you do for storing food (if it's in the house, they'd eat it)? Then a way to cook food (that could be done with a hot plate or camp stove). What if you have to take a dump at 3:00am?

Plus, you have no clue as to what they would be doing to your house.

For electricity you could run a heavy outdoor extension cord but you would have to really watch how much power you draw. Draw to much power and you would be tripping the breaker. Pull even more power and you take a risk of setting the wiring (in the house) on fire.

And if you were to get caught living in that shed, it's illegal. If you lived in a podunk little town, you could get away with it.

Trust me, if it's 20 degrees... you will freeze your ass off.

From what you've said, I take it that there's no basement. If there was, you could make that livable.

 

[Willie Boy]

Skimming through the thread I didn't see anyone suggest this so I'm gonna...... Why not convert your garage (if you have one) into an apartment. Get the permits first so it'll be legal and all. Then rent out one of your bedrooms and the garage, or two bedrooms if you want to stay in the garage yourself. But most importantly make sure you have a clear rental agreement so your tenants know what the rules are. Keep it simple, but make sure everything is in the agreement. Don't just assume that they agree with you based on ideas you have in your head, they may not have the same ideas. Your plan might be to just rent out the bedrooms for them to have a place to sleep, their plan might be to have a party house. Your home could get trashed and you could be stuck with the costs of cleaning because they believed it was allowed and there's nothing written down to say otherwise.

Also, take some time to understand the laws, as far as housing and rentals, of your area before you start renting. Most places have certain requirements as far as habitability. If you don't provide a minimum level you could end up paying them to live in your house AND be forced to make needed repairs/upgrades out of your own pocket!

 

[rareboy]

^ I have to think that if there was a garage, he'd already have it tricked out as a slum landlord's bachelor pad. I suspect that the shed is the extent of investment that the OP is able or willing to make.

I can also pretty much guarantee that most municipalities wouldn't agree to converting garages to living space.

Too bad about no basements. We managed to fit two other people into our townhouse in university by sticking them below stairs.

Cha-ching!! 5 people can live more cheaply than three.

It still seems as though most comments are too reality focussed though. It will be too cold. It will be too hot. You'll end up pissing and shitting in the garden and storing your food up in trees.

Obviously, we become too entrapped by our 'need' for the comforts of our own home. To rough it in a garden shed while our paying tenants are basking in the warm glow of the abundant heat and electricity inside our own home is a small price to pay in order to reduce the mortgage principal faster.

And think of the stories that the tenants will be able to tell about their landlord. The kind of stories that make it into fictional novels or into their autobiographies. Stories of sacrifice and endurance.

So my vote is still to high tail it down to Homo Depot and strap the flat pack shed to the cart behind your bike and get on with it.

Carpe Diem.

 

[JPGhost]

No , you won't like the shed.
i can only think of a thousad reasons atm.
i will list them later.
cheers.

Ok, what are youre thosad reasons now? ^^

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One of these beauties could be yours if you relocate to the south Essex/north Kent area.

They're nice..but they look more like a villa/bungalow than a shed.

 

[JPGhost]

If you are just renting out your bedrooms, why not sleep indoors on the couch?

well, isn't awkward to let a male exchange student sees me masturbating on couch? what scenario could happen!?

Or in his car. But maybe he needs something else.

 

[JPGhost]

Hell yeah! I've even slept in a cardboard box.

Who's that girl? Is she a time traveling Kirsten Dunst? How creepy.

If your plan is to rent out your home to pay the mortgage, is it safe to assume the rent pays the mortgage, or are you renting it for less than that? If so, you shouldn't be.

Yes, the rent pays the mortgage.

This.. equal this

doing extreme things

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find an affordable apartment to rent while renting out your home

for me.

Figure out a better plan. Use that good brain of yours.

Shut up What do you think I'm doing it in first place?

$$$$

 

[JPGhost]

does it come with a big bear to keep you warm?---otherwise you will need a space heater. Sure it will be very cold and damp.

Bear!? Where's bear!!

Have you ever seen the tiny houses show they have on after Project Runway? It is interesting....maybe partly converting it might work.

Tiny houses at fashion designer tv shows? I didn't know. Lemme check that first.

 

[rareboy]

well, isn't awkward to let a male exchange student sees me masturbating on couch? what scenario could happen!?

Again, I agree.

While it would likely be possible to just jack off in the bathroom.....it makes way more sense to just move out to the tool shed and have complete privacy.

God knows what would happen if a male exchange student knew that his landlord liked to rub one out on the community couch.

 

[gsdx]

Instead of renting out the entire house, why not just rent out the bedrooms? If the rooms are big enough, you can add an extra bed. Check the local bylaws to see if you need rental permits in any case.

 

[JPGhost]

You aren't thinking this through, JP. Are you planning to have this wired with electricity, internet and cable?

Well, my plan is..I practically still living using amenities in my house, I just using shed for place to sleep (my bedroom)

Sheds are for garden implements and lawnmowers. You might be a tool, but not the kind that goes in a shed.

Tool? I have tool down here..

Why not start out by renting just one room and see how that goes?

That's what I'm doing right now. My home is a split level home with 1 bed+bath in each. So, everything is basically in good order. The rent student has her own world downstairs, not bugging mine. However, what if I could do more? you know..

Are you having financial difficulties that are forcing you to think this way? Are you house rich but cash poor?

No no no..even if I'm hitting rock bottom, I always have cash backup- it's asian thing

You are a creative, intelligent guy who is not going to be happy in a shed, even if you use it only for sleeping.

I think I know what you mean by "horse shed"..no, I'm more into that "trendy shed" I watched on tv. ^^

 

[peeonme]

well, isn't awkward to let a male exchange student sees me masturbating on couch? what scenario could happen!?

As a teen when I didn't have a room of my own there was always the bathroom, it had a lock on the door. Personally, I would love to watch you masturbate anywhere
I would offer you a hand...

 

[JPGhost]

Tiny homes, yurts and shipping containers can be fitted for elegant habitation. This Home Depot sort of shed cannot.

I might agree with that. That home depot shed-link I got in first place was my first take a look. After I've done googling few times, it turns out metal/plastic sheds are terrible at keeping descent temperature a.k.a "can't be upgraded."
For habitable shed, use wood material instead.

Or (as we did when I was in college) partitioning off the living room with heavy draperies?

Now, that's a nightmare

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Nice deal!
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Handy-Ho...t-x-12-ft-Wood-Storage-Shed-18631-8/202205311

^
I can sleep I can sleep on the attic deck!

 

[JPGhost]

As a teen when I didn't have a room of my own there was always the bathroom, it had a lock on the door. Personally, I would love to watch you masturbate anywhere
I would offer you a hand...

it's noisy

First of all you would need heat in the winter and a fan or air conditioner in the summer. Then you would need to run electricity to it, although this might not be too hard. Lastly, there isn't any running water in it and you would have to go to the house to bathe, etc. If you did remodel it to include electricity and running water and sewer, etc, you would spend quite a bit additional. I believe that you could probably put the shed together from the instructions, but I don't know how handy you are and whether you would be able to do all of the extra things.

No..no! Don't need all of that. Just need heat in the winter and a fan or air conditioner in the summer. And I wish that second shed I saw ^ has window I can open from inside for ventilation.

 

[JPGhost]

Saying all this though, I wouldn't live with my landlord - especially if they lived in the shed at the bottom of the garden!!

It's a bit corny ya? But they shouldn't know..Im gonna keep it secret

I can speak with some experience as I slept in the shed a few times at uni if we had multiple guests down. Even in the summer, in a good sleeping bag its fucking cold - you're better off sleeping in a tent as they insulate the heat better than these. The joke of staying in the shed gets old pretty fast, and I typically ended up sleeping in the bath.

I have stayed in nice large sheds/summer houses over the years though - these were all properly set up though for people staying in, so electricity, heating etc. If you go for that you can make do.

Ventilation is easy to take care of; the cold, not so easy.

I slept in a shed for four days once. It had a loft, and the walls from the loft floor up were insulated, as was the roof. The nights were cold, so I closed the vents and slept in the loft, which wasn't too bad since heat rises.

The real problem with a shed is they tend to have little gaps where bugs get in and out, so you have to think about repelling uninvited bed guests.

Yikes

 

[JPGhost]

This is very informative:

You can sleep anywhere, but I think the shed thing is a bad idea.

You'd certainly be violating some zoning law to start. Probably several.

That's ..the last thing I would hear

Without heat, 20F would be too cold without a proper sleeping bag.

Sheds have little ventilation, and would get too hot at 98F. You'd be hitting 120 easily on a sunny day.

Now my focus is all about insulation.
This look easy. But is this in good quality?

and how about in Summer? Will aluminum bubble insulation cook me up inside? Or do they block the heat and keep me cool?