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I have a small three-bay garage. Only one bay is or can be used for its intended purpose (although i just use it for storage). my idea is to take the other two bays and combine them into a little 250 sq ft living area. i live in a beach community; maybe i could stay in the conversion during the summer months and rent out the main house to tourists and make some money.
i do not want to go through the hassle of permits etc etc etc. nothing on the outside will be changed. on the inside, one bay is already sheet rocked and 75% finished. the other would have to be come pretty completedly. i'd cut in an opening between the two bays to connect them.
i don't want to make this a disaster when/if i go to sell the place and/or my daughter inherits it. to that end, i thought i'd make everything home-like portable and easy to remove. a small under-counter fridge. a two-burner induction cooktop. compost toilet. galvanized tub sink. makeshift shower. get rid of everything and it'd look like an artist's or writer's studio.
it'd be a seasonal dwelling. already, i have water hooked up to an attached outside shower, i could just tap into that for inside water and blow it all out when winter arrives. that leaves me to dig a shallow ditch to lay a pipe in to connect to the existing sewage pipe. again, it would not be used in the winter.
i'm sure there are big flaws in this plan. i'm hoping somebody here can point embout to me before i get too far along in the so-called project.
And the town/county will fine you out of your gourd and turn you over to the IRS if you are treating a primary residence as a rental. People in my are have grown ruthless in turning in VRBO or AirBnB folks.
Doing any work without permit also opens you up to insurers denying legitimate claims because you've violated codes.
For something that small I'd almost look into buying an RV or an Airstream.
How could breaking the law *not* be a good idea???
Only someone from "Hippie Heaven" would make this type of statement.
Sometimes it takes "breaking" a law to "change" a law- but in the best interest of society as a whole, it's better to make change through the right approach.
Only someone from "Hippie Heaven" would make this type of statement.
Sometimes it takes "breaking" a law to "change" a law- but in the best interest of society as a whole, it's better to make change through the right approach.
Did you get the impression the OP was planning to break the law as her special crusade?
Seems to me she was just trying to lowball her project, not take a stand on principle.
legalities and insurance issues aside for a moment....
Have you really looked into what it takes to use, and maintain a composting toilet? They're not that simple to maintain and require work..
and not only that but that sh*t's got to go somewhere when it's full, no pun intended.. Where were you planning on dumping the contents?
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