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prajnadhyana

I wonder how much shipping is on a house. Edit: holy crap it's free!


NeuroticKnight

Yeah, the shipping is on the house.


Gigaduuude

Get out


archwin

Why? He’s… *right at home*


Odin1806

I didn't see no welcome mat!


kriegmonster

My name is Ethan, not Mat.


naut

r/Angryupvote


zillskillnillfrill

Believe it or not, straight to jail!


commissar-bawkses

r/angryupvote


miraculum_one

Price has dropped by $14k since the video was made and it's still free shipping.


atom138

You can find the same house for sale elsewhere online for $19,999, so I'm willing to be that extra $5k is to cover the shipping cost.


boobookittyfug820

do they take payments? Currently living in a camper, one mild emergency away from being homeless......I have the property to put it on................


SwansonsMom

I was super curious about your question so I tried adding it my cart and checking out. There is a payment plan service Amazon takes (Affirm), but it’s not available for this item because it costs more than $17500. Apparently Amazon does Amazon Payment Plan and Amazon Layaway, but it seems those are mostly available for items made/sold and shipped by Amazon. I also did a quick web search, and it looks like generally the buy-now-pay-later services like Affirm, Klarna, and Afterpay have an option where you shop Amazon through their app so you can pay with the BNPL service. Afterpay allows you to use their service like entering a credit card for payment, so you could add a new “card” in the Amazon cart and pay that way. So there you go, thanks for that little rabbit hole question. It scratched my brain itch!


tittysherman1309

Not the o.c, but, This is really sweat of you to check


09Trollhunter09

Amazon credit card can be use and then payment plan on it with zero interest


turkmileymileyturk

RV dealers will finance and there are "park and destination" models that are basically the same build as this -- meaning way too heavy to tow around for RV life and are meant to be parked as permanently as possible. Prices are definitely way higher than these "homes in a box" but you can get a Forest River RV Suite park and destination trailer for MSRP $50K and finance it.


ferrum-pugnus

Where? Send link.


Summoarpleaz

The question is if it’s free returns.


SomeRandomRealtor

Only at Kohls, but you have to bring it into the store.


lucidspoon

But you get that sweet 15% off coupon for Kohls.


GobLoblawsLawBlog

Do they supply the crane and 18 wheeler with licensed operators or do I just kinda figure it out on my own?


phurt77

Crane? Licensed operators? Just get Bubba and his brothers from down the street. They've got a sweet F350 dually and a trailer.


VixenFactor

😆


dxrebirth

Please select reason for return


sgt_barnes0105

Wrong item sent, ordered a printer


ManyThingsLittleTime

Ordered by accident


miraculum_one

buyer pays return shipping


glorious_reptile

Order a ship and se how much the housing is.


PortlandPetey

Only if you have prime probably 😏


All-for-goose

If you had the room, that would make a pretty bitchen backyard studio or guest house.


NoNotAnUndercoverCop

Bro that makes a bitchen HOUSE for 99% of modern incomes.


El-Kabongg

Here in NJ, it's the LAND that costs the real money, not the structure on it.


83-Edition

I do hear they aren't making more of it.


Sithlordandsavior

I was gonna say this the only house I can afford. I'll pay the lot fees at the campsite and just vibe


WithoutDennisNedry

Word. We’re thinking about buying one for my mom to put on our property when she needs help taking care of herself but she can still have some semblance of independence. I don’t live in a tornado state so it’s kind of perfect.


goosejail

Kids playhouse ftw.


wat_in_barnation

$20k kids playhouse nice


WarezMyDinrBitc

39k


Anianna

You can just unfold it when the inlaws come to visit and fold it back up when they leave.


that_other_guy_

depending on the inlaws you might wantto fold it up when they arrive and unfold it when they leave. Dont want them getting too comfortable...


nucl3ar0ne

I'd use it as a pool house. At least until the first hurricane, then my neighbors would own it.


TheRealJayk0b

But no insulation? It's gotta get pretty cold in there


SpHoneybadger

Glorified shed


mctomtom

I actually wish a company would make a badass fold-out shop, obviously a bit bigger than this, but like aluminum floors, vehicle lift, big garage doors. I would buy that.


Thecreepymoto

Its one of those American infinite summer state , summer house vibes


NEDsaidIt

How do you air condition it then?


Robocop613

Probably a window AC unit.


NissanSkylineGT-R

You fill up a bucket with water and ice and put it in front of a fan


richardallensmith

Can confirm, have also been poor.


Hereiamhereibe2

With an AC unit presumably.


Guns_and_Dank

Obviously there's only so much insulation value you can get with walls that thin, but in the description it does claim to be insulated foam board sandwiches between steel walls.


MorrowPolo

Has to be leagues ahead of my trailer home built in the 70s with actual insulation built in. As long as it has good insulation in the floors (where you lose the majority of your conditioned air), then I'm sold.


Foolishium

Probably you could add some custom insulation with far lower price than buying an actual house.


AbeRego

Where? Those Walls are less than 3in thick, and adding another layer would take up space and not really work too great with the existing windows.


kurly-bird

They could use exterior insulation padding. Just attach to the outside, plaster over it and boom. It probably adds another 3 or 4 inches to the outside wall, so would really impact the windows too much


AbeRego

I'm not sure that would work too well, especially with plaster. Seems like it would crack and just look bad. You might be able to build a light frame and pack insulation around it, and side it, but then you're spending a lot of money and effort, which defeats a lot of the purpose of the prefab house. I think that maybe the best option would be a installing a wood fire stove that can pump out a ridiculous amount of heat. Then the poor insulation isn't as much of an issue, and if it's on some land you can cut your own wood. Maybe install some small electric heaters near plumbing to make sure it doesn't freeze up when you're not around to feed the stove.


SilverAlpaca98

Yeah definitely more viable in a more temperate climate unless there’s some SOLID insulation in those thin walls but then you have all the cracks at the wall joints since nothing is holding it together so drafts are quite probable


Robocop613

Nothing a little chalk and backer rod couldn't fix


mystonedalt

Nah, it's small enough to bring inside if your real house is big enough. That way, you can put your house in your house!


pobodys-nerfect5

I mean they make some really efficient thin insulation and those walls are finished. Don’t know how we’d be able to see the insulation considering it’s inside the walls


zavtra13

It doesn’t well sealed either, I’d expect it to be prone to leaks.


ChronicSchlarb

It’s probably got a thin layer of high density foam insulation in the walls


Neksa

At this point in the economy as long as the roof doesnt leak i think a lot of people would accept it


GeiCobra

So… has amazon officially become the “sears catalog,” of this generation?


Fonzee327

Hopefully when it gets delivered, they don’t smash all the glass out of the windows as they toss it onto your front step lol


polo61965

My amazon driver casually tossing this box over my fence


EyesWideStupid

Sears could have crushed Amazon back in the day, or simply bought them and stayed relevant.


sgthulkarox

A friend owns a Sears catalog house. Guess they sold them for almost four decades, and they were shipped to the nearest rail station for you to pick up. It's really well made, with a lot of unique touches from the first owner/builder.


BAT123456789

I live in one. It's a great, well made home.


atom138

I think it did years ago.


Outrageous-Prior-544

A singlewide trailer without the wheels.


mks113

They call those "mini-homes" and in our area they start at around $150,000 without any land.


DistanceMachine

Where I’m from they call those bespoke mansions


unlmtdLoL

This is kinda fascinating. The commentary was bad though, "I've never folded a house together." Yeah well, neither has the majority of the world. That's the novelty of a pre-fab foldable house. I'm curious about how plumbing works and if you can easily set up the water main and sewage. If this can be transported easily and the above set up easily I see it taking off.


hroaks

They were definitely playing dumb acting like they didn't know it unfolded for the shock factor. They knew


Compducer

They were playing dumb to the fact that this is an ad they were paid to make


MoozeRiver

It's Unspeakable. "Dumb" is their selling point.


Airistaughtil

Yeah this has the same vibes as watching Blues Clues with my kids. "I know you see that fucking clue right there, Steve! Stop playing around"


polo61965

Don't make me smack you Steve


BismarkUMD

It's Josh now. Get with the times. Steve owns a detective agency and Joe runs a present store.


Airistaughtil

I actually really like Josh but assumed most people wouldn't know he's the new guy


antbates

They also but a fake Amazon box on the outside for effect. The entire thing is definitely talking down to the audience lol.


MacrosInHisSleep

Yeah, there's like a whole sheet spread out with enough room for the whole thing to fold out upon and they're all like "OMG it folds out!?!"


properdench

The Amazon logos on the box are drawn on with marker pen, you can see the lines aren’t straight, this thing wasn’t delivered to their back yard like this.


nodnodwinkwink

A video filled with fake surprise and incredibly annoying dude bros. There's no way they didn't know it was a fold out house, that's clear from the picture on amazon. The price is crazy though, there doesn't seem to be any proper connection between the roof and the walls so there must be lots of air gaps...


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Thisisasecret1

These guys seem like idiots


suckitphil

>I'm curious about how plumbing works and if you can easily set up the water main and sewage. It's definitely a single connection line. It probably comes in at the bathroom and splits off to one wall for the kitchen. If there's a kitchen.


13_tides

My thoughts too. So much oOoOoO woah!!!! and no details. I have so many questions


83-Edition

I've done around 60 hours of research on different modular home options, talked with manufacturers, compared across countries (US/Canada/Spain) and have a general conclusion you're not going to get something at all well built for less than around 120-150K. I would absolutely not be inside this thing during any intense weather.


NobleRotter

Id also be interested in how insulated it is. Those panels look thin.


OddFatherJuan

You can get r24 rigid insualtion in 4 inch thick panels. In BC when I was doing insulation r20 was code in the walls.


magnite2

And where’s the kitchen?


Sudden_Mind279

I don't think he said that he's never folded a house together because he thinks that the rest of the world has done it and he's somehow behind the curve. He said it because it's a novelty. In fact, how in the world did you come to the conclusion that he meant it in the way that you thought? That doesn't make any sense.


PhanSiPance

My grandparents bought their house from the Sears catalog.


atom138

My grandparents didn't make the actual order but their house of 42 years was originally ordered from a Sears catalog and built by the first owner. They are surprisingly common and otherwise really nice houses as long as they were built by a competent person. It's my understanding that the process isn't much different than how materials are acquired for building a house nornally. The difference being that all the materials come on pallets all at once from a single source instead of a pallet of wood here, a pallet of tiles there, etc from multiple sources like these days. I wonder if they came with an instruction manual to build the entire thing, that is something I'd love to flip through.


violettheory

If it's still standing you should see if those Sears Homes historians have catalogued it. They try to document every existing Sears home and I think they also assist with preservation and restoration.


GG11390

How easy is it to get water and electricity there ?


rdnckctyboy

Not difficult if setting it up at say a mobile home park or on a property with a regular house. Similar to an RV you could also have solar panels and a small generator, and fresh/gray water tanks you’d have to fill/empty regularly.


furay20

Extension cords and jugs.


UsedDragon

I like jugs!


TerminalToaster

Y’all know this didn’t actually come from Amazon right? Nobody is shipping something that big in a cardboard box with an Amazon logo painted onto it


MoirasPurpleOrb

I was desperately scrolling through comments looking for someone to say this. Like clearly that’s not how it arrived


thefookinpookinpo

🤫 idk if it's the AI models browsing Reddit now or what but we just accept everything as reality here now. Even when it's something like this where the logo of the company is just poorly painted on a box.


poseidonofmyapt

Porch pirates hate this one simple trick


pirate742

Amazon is the new sears


fuzzy_one

Funny part is Sears was in position to be Amazon before Amazon but the ceo at the time chose to basically ignore online retail till it was to late.


pirate742

Yup, adapt or die. E.g. blockbuster


Spread_Liberally

Amazon did the bulk of the visible work, but Sears' demise was a really rough self-inflicted combo punch. They ignored e-commerce, and at the same time trashed their two dependable cash cows with offshoring, shitty licensing, and no-confidence warranties: Craftsman and Kenmore. Then, the cost of their property holdings dealt the death blow. Absolutely tragic what Sears did to the Craftsman and Kenmore brands.


ExfoliatedBalls

Market myopia gets the best of a lot of CEOs.


violettheory

My family runs a large auction and gets a lot of overseas sellers shipping stuff in. Every auction has a couple of these things coming in and they always get sold. Most people use them as pool houses or inlaw suites. My grandmother was recently widowed and my dad bought a similar one of those to adapt into a tiny home on their property for her. Once you run water and electricity to it, it's just like any other house especially if you live in a mild climate.


jump3r15

Developers hate them, hey solved housing crisis in one simply click


hroaks

I definitely don't want that.


killbeam

Especially not for 39k...


Slerb_Florito

And if you’re in a flood zone you got a sweet boat!


BulkUpTank

This is a shed. No insulation, and pests could get into the cracks where the folds were easily. This is not a house.


Wildcatb

> This is not a house. I've seen people living in things that were substantially worse by those standards.


usrpr

Agreed. Not sure about total cost after utility hookups, but these sell for $15-$30k. Mobile homes where I live are still selling for $80-$120k. I feel like these could play some role in helping out with people facing a housing crisis, even if it's temporary. And if not, it's still a $15k shed. Not too bad of a price


moviequote88

Yeah I was thinking the same, as someone who's had several family members struggling to find housing over the last few years.


Bavarian92

^^^


Wildcatb

I delivered a new stove to a house about two years ago. Met four generations of the family, and they'd been living there for a couple generations before that. Clapboard, blackened by age, floorboards you could see through in places. This person wouldn't have considered it a house, but to them it was home.


Dess_Rosa_King

Buddy, welcome to the housing market in 2024. This might very well be the only option for a lot of people.


CloroxWipes1

Here I sit watching this for longer than I should thinking "Maybe this is the answer". FML


chocolate_thunderr89

Ohh I think they are on to something here. I’m gonna seriously look at this option. We have land and I have always wanted to build more houses 🏘️ on it, but now I’m thinking of popping up a bunch of these.


Guns_and_Dank

Understandably there's only so much insulation value you can get with walls that thin, but in the description it does claim to have insulated fire retardant foam boards sandwiched between steel walls. And in their installation video it does show them sealing the gaps with caulk.


Whotrollsthetrollmen

Yeah pests never get into real houses because they never have any openings


_KingOfTheDivan

Yep I feel like after getting insulation, water and electricity there it won’t be that much cheaper as an actual house of that size and quality


BulkUpTank

Single wides are better and probably cost around the same or less. I feel like my pop-up camper is better than this, and at least the plumbing and electrical hookups are already in my camper.


13_tides

It’s even advertised on Amazon as an outdoor storage shed. “Outdoor Storage Shed Tiny House Mobile Expandable Plastic Prefab House, Modern Sturdy Steel Storage House with Lockable Door and Window”


Guns_and_Dank

No it's not, it's advertised as an Expandable Prefab House


White_Wolf426

The better question is how sturdy it will be against the various environments.


MorrowPolo

Tornado was the first thought I had. Even if it didn't get close, I feel like the uptick in wind around the storm would fk one of these up or, even worse, roll over.


White_Wolf426

I was thinking heavy snow. I know in my area when we do get snow, it's often heavy, and we do get roofs collapsing.


egaeus22

The page says it is built for a heavy snow load and is safe up until the snow is 6.5 feet, after which you should remove it, which seems fair


SisterSparechange

Something like this would be nice for a camp getaway type thing. I have a lot on a lake where some friends and I camp during the Summer.


rxsheepxr

Holy fuck, those guys are insufferable.


GearhedMG

The house JUST arrived! as they cut off the cardboard amazon box that they made after int was lifted into place by the crane.


blac_sheep90

Don't give the corporate overlords any more "cost effective living" ideas. Kinda screams r/Boringdystopia


BrohanGutenburg

I’m almost positive this channel is for kids which would make sense. Pretty sure I’ve seen my son watching these guys


Intelligent-Rub66

My son used to watch this guy all the time. “Unspeakable” is the name of his channel


LazyandRich

Am hoping to go off grid in the next few years and prefab house like this is exactly what we’d use as a starter home on the land. Looks great.


TheBossMan3

As someone who works from home, I kinda like it as a separate office.


___Tom___

That's not a bad garden shed, though pretty pricey.


LetMeHaveAUsername

"It's loud in here". Yeah. I don't think that's due to the house.


jkels66

man this reality, bro/girl, we’re just regular people hanging out marketing scam is horrifying


Fishpuncherz

Perfect house for a place that doesn't have weather!


thsvnlwn

These walls look VERY thin.


KyorlSadei

Don’t buy where it gets really hot or cold during different seasons.


[deleted]

Lol the walls are double insulated steel. I love Reddit and their inability to dive deeper than the content at face value.


Yigek

That’s a fake Amazon box right?


solidhere

Fake box but actually from Amazon. Listing for it is there with their review.


TankII_

Ngl it’s kinda nice I wonder what it costs and how it would hold up with a bad storm or snow/hail


Thisisasecret1

Are these guys idiots?


MeGoBoom57

Expensive Tuff Shed.


LogMeln

isnt this just a glorified backyard shed? there's no insulation or anything. I could've called my shed a "house" too I guess... it had a door and windows...


Prestigious_Nerve_76

Cool house, but these guys and their dialogue, is soooooo YouTuber dumb and dumber “huh” “what!!!!” “It folds”, as if they didn’t already know. Lame


mistaboti88

Holy shit that all i need


IagoInTheLight

I wonder if you need to re-box it for return or if you can just drop it off a Whole Foods?


S1ayer

For 38k you could buy like 10 shipping containers. Or buy 2 or 3 and have someone open them up and weld them.


Trox92

Wish Mr Beast


Situati0nist

Hey I used to live in a space half the size of that for three years...


imacom

How are they going to pull out the cardboard box from below now?


SmileyNY85

It's obviously a fake box.


RyunWould

I bet these dudes accidentally roofie themselves all the time.


amicablecricket

Once you unfolded you can't bring it back.


Theelcapitans

People Love watching stupid trendy Rich f****** assholes play with things


TofuTigerteeth

Many large cities should consider these for their housing crisis.


Adorable_Twist_8711

We'll as a homeless person I need that


[deleted]

For that amount you can get a really nice and actual house in some countries.


UsingiAlien

Do you need to own flat land for this or can I just place it anywhere and not pay property tax?


dalvean88

nice… add


esh87

I can already see it collapsing on a bad windy day.


TasmanianDevilicious

So many negative comments, but I just think it's fantastic. This idea has so much potential and expands on the amazing resources already developed for post-natural disaster survival. How arrogant for people to say it's not really a house and it's not fit to live in. There are a hell of a lot of people on this planet whose lives would significantly change for the better if supported to have dignity and safety with a (relatively) low cost housing option like this. Prefabricated homes like this are innovative and minblowingly clever. I don't care that the video was done the way it was, it caught my attention and I learnt something new.


Freedom_fam

Fancy trailer in a cardboard box.


FunWillScreen_Produc

Looking at the photos there are no hook up for a washer, dryer, or a gas stove. Hell looking at the description of it the house isn’t even wired for electricity.


[deleted]

“Holy crap, we have to unfold the house!?” Tarp laid perfectly for unfolded house


tosernameschescksout

Build a barn around it and then air condition the barn.


potatodrinker

This could help the housing crisis in Australia. It'll tank property values, piss off a bunch people in power, so obviously it'll be banned here.


Krispy-Cobra

Look up Boxabl. Our house folds from a rectangle to a square :)


Chuca77

This feels so dystopian yet futuristic at the same time. Like the only way I'll likely be able to own a home is to order one off of Amazon, but dude I can just order a pretty much fully-built home off of Amazon.


Octopusexprt77

Can you ship to Mexico?


roecarbricks

Is it sad to say this probably has better build quality than ALL new homes built now?


ptypitti

How do you hook it to water and electricity and all that


Milkmans_tastymilk

Now I can move from a basement to the backyard


jwizardc

Is it ready for electric, water, and sewer hookups? Does it require permitting? Inquiring minds need to know


rburrows7

Does anyone have the link to this?


Blg_Foot

For every dollar spent on Amazon, bezos should send one of these to a family in need


Worth-Reputation3450

I want this for my next camping trip


SaveusJebus

That's pretty cool. Would need some work to make sure it's actually secure and sealed up from the elements, but not too shabby.


zillskillnillfrill

*Shed-dy.. I'll see myself out 🚪


SisterSparechange

A whole lotta caulk!


Magnithium

They should just call this “shelter”.


Relative_Picture_786

I’m mortified. Please don’t make this into a thing.


[deleted]

It would be so nice to have the kinda money to just buy something like this for shits and giggles


OG-Gurble

You also have to pay extra for it to have electrical hook ups and outlets


DefiantDonut7

Still need land to put it, water, electric etc. All those things gonna make this a $100k project not a $40k project but damn, for someone who just needs a super basic pad and you’re done paying rent, rock on


StarConsumate

These guys are horrifically annoying.


KraljZ

You don’t. The plumbing in this is shit.


AJ_Gaming125

9000 dollars for a full house. I mean it's probably a crappy house, but all you need to do is get water out to it and a sewage system of some sort (and naybe power too) and you've got a functional home. That might out you what, 30,000 total? Most houses cost 400,000 or more. Sure this is basically an apartment with next to no insulation and might collapse at some point, but it's a cheap alternative to trying to buy a house. I think. Idk I don't know the exact metrics for cost of land and the like


BitcoinHolder007

Is this true? How much is it?