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This Grandma’s Friends Laughed At Her Idea. But What She Did In Her Shed Is Awesome.
http://www.viralnova.com ^ | january 17, 2014

Posted on 01/18/2014 8:39:55 AM PST by lowbridge

Not many people understood why Monica Smith began working on her 8×10 shed in the back yard… and then they laughed when they realized she was turning it into a tiny cabin. It seemed strange that she was putting so much effort into just a shed. But it wasn’t just a hobby. Her youngest daughter and 5 children lost their home. So, Monica decided to give them her own and move out to the back yard.

This may be the coolest grandmother ever.

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To: afraidfortherepublic
NEVER does the show ever refer to a building inspector.

The show is on one of the liberal channels, IIRC, and they'd never show that kind of government intrusion. I'm sure it happens behind the scenes. I think this is on Animal Planet, one of the worst PC offenders.

21 posted on 01/18/2014 9:05:39 AM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: PAR35
Maybe Granny could use one of these:


22 posted on 01/18/2014 9:07:11 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Enten

Nice little place she built. Now, should/when the local gubmint tell(s) her she can’t reside there, all she needs to do is pick up the house and move it to a place more to her liking.

Good for her. Other than a 500 pounder, most people could live in that small of space.


23 posted on 01/18/2014 9:07:37 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: PAR35
Too bad she doesn’t seem to have a son-in-law.

Those aren't necessary anymore. He'd just get in the way of the Welfare check for FIVE children.

24 posted on 01/18/2014 9:07:52 AM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: hoosierham
I had an uncle from Estonia. He lived in Philadelphia after marrying my Aunt while she was in the military, stationed in Germany.

He built a shed in the back yard and drove his own chisel-point well for his water supply. The Water company tried to condemn the house because of no water service, so he installed a valve to share municipal water for a few hundred gallons a month to keep them out of his business. He also had a garden shed he used as an outhouse. He had a thing about doing your business inside of where you reside.

He trashed picked and rebuilt / reupholstered every stick of furniture inside their home. He canned every vegetable and fruit he could find a jar for. He caught and cold pickled sucker fish, about 300 pounds a year. He never had more than one 40 watt lightbulb on at a time.

25 posted on 01/18/2014 9:08:55 AM PST by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: lowbridge

Alotta folks mentioning the lack of a building permit but most places don’t require one for an out building less than 100 square feet.


26 posted on 01/18/2014 9:09:14 AM PST by diverteach (If I find liberals in heaven after my death.....I WILL BE PISSED!!!)
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To: Moonman62
Hi.

Now the property appraiser and code enforcement knows about it.

Good point. I see increased taxes and harassment in her future.

5.56mm

27 posted on 01/18/2014 9:09:52 AM PST by M Kehoe
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To: lowbridge

This is awesome!

But I worry about the government ‘officials’ who will no doubt come snooping for ANYTHING not ‘up to code’ and start milking the woman’s finances with “fines” until she is forced to make them stop living in the shed.

I hate that I think this way but I’m SO bummed that we can no longer do things like this on our OWN property anymore.


28 posted on 01/18/2014 9:12:10 AM PST by joethedrummer
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To: lowbridge

Love these little houses. I assume the porcelain room in the house is shared.


29 posted on 01/18/2014 9:14:04 AM PST by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: central_va

I didn’t see the porcelain convenience.....It’s out back, in the garden. A two-fer.


30 posted on 01/18/2014 9:15:23 AM PST by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: diverteach

Normally she’d be able to claim it’s not a domicile and doean’t need a certificate of occupancy.
Well, except for this article LOL!


31 posted on 01/18/2014 9:16:04 AM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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To: lowbridge

Um... A bathroom??


32 posted on 01/18/2014 9:17:14 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: blackdog

Lots of Freepethugs all for that.
I have debated them on their complete ethical lapse regarding the morality of building codes beyond basic fire safety since I first registered here.


33 posted on 01/18/2014 9:19:07 AM PST by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: lowbridge
Never ever tell anyone anything you do on your own property. Is the wiring and plumbing done to code? Fire code? Did she obtain the proper permits? Does her home insurance cover the structure and anyone who is within 100 ft? To be sure, the tax man cometh to take his unfair share. Did she get HOA approval? Does the second floor block the neighbor's sunshine? While self built “tiny houses” are all the rage, those are on wheels and this is a permanent structure which falls under a whole other set of government rules.
34 posted on 01/18/2014 9:40:18 AM PST by bgill
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To: MrEdd
morality of building codes

Morality of anything has nothing to do with it.

Freepers do not control what government does, so everyone could agree with you and it would still be irrelevant.

Getting into a discussion of the morality of something is a side track. Most don't like to go down a side track.

35 posted on 01/18/2014 9:40:30 AM PST by Dan(9698)
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To: central_va

The bathroom is off the kitchen and behind the stairs.


36 posted on 01/18/2014 9:42:55 AM PST by bgill
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To: bgill

That’s where I figured it was too, hence the curtain along the back of the stairs.


37 posted on 01/18/2014 9:49:19 AM PST by tomkat
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To: rarestia

Yup...did she get a building permit for that?

did she have the requisite inspections?

If that answer is “no” to both questions they will make her take it down.


38 posted on 01/18/2014 9:53:19 AM PST by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: lowbridge

How long will Grandma be able to climb those stairs to her bedroom?


39 posted on 01/18/2014 9:57:29 AM PST by DannyTN (A>)
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To: Dan(9698)

Morality is not a sidetrack.
It is in fact central to life and human behavior.


40 posted on 01/18/2014 10:26:22 AM PST by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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