Buy a home in Nashville... on Amazon?

by www-tjandersonhomes-com

Being totally honest: You can’t really buy a house in Nashville on Amazon, exactly. Dwellings — at least ones you can actually dwell in — tend to be a little more complicated than two-day shipping and a big (really big?) cardboard box.

But as this House Beautiful post about a “DIY Backyard Guest House” available on Amazon notes, there is a whole world of Amazon Prime-style homebuying out there to explore, some purportedly ready to go with just an eight-hour assembly.

The click-and-buy guest house House Beautiful tipped to is definitely appealing. At 172 square feet, you’re not stuffing a family into the Allwood Solvalla garden house kit (pictured above, via Amazon), but you could definitely turn this into a home office, art studio or songwriting space here in Nashville, and enjoy its cozy, window-walled interior space and covered porch. Kit price as of this posting (not including running electricity, a foundation, etc., but including shipping): just under $7,oo0.

Allwood’s cool kit is also just one of many visually appealing, comparatively affordable outbuildings that can be procured from the same place you buy your soap refills and big bags of socks.

Below, a few more the little house/cabin kits that might suit a piece of Nashville property nicely, mostly produced by the Allwood company.

Allwood Halmstad Studio

The same folks who make the Solvalla construct a smaller, but still attractively modern 106-square foot “guest house.” Assembly time for this one is estimated at eight hours, too, with, the manufacturer says, “minimal tools.” The kit includes all the hardware needed, outside of roof singles and foundation materials, and the structure’s mainly made of Nordic spruce wood. Price: just over $5,000.

Allwood Sommersby

This cabin’s the same size as the initial inspiration kit, listed for a little more: about $8,500. But here, the covered porch space is interior space, with double doors and an almost midcentury modern-style charm.

Allwood Arlanda XL

Own a modern Nashville home, and prefer your outbuilding keep the aesthetic going? This 227-square-foot house kit shoots for “contemporary urban” vibes, with clean lines and lots of sunlight streaming in. Price: just under $10K.

Allwood Avalon Cabin Kit

Buying a full-on house on Amazon really isn’t that far from the truth. This 540-square-foot cabin has a 218-square-foot sleeping loft, and lots of bed/bath/kitchen space setup possibilities. With its larger footprint, it’s supposed to take about a week for two adults to assemble. Price: just under $34K.

Expandable container house With Solar Energy

No free Prime shipping with this one (it’s $1,000 to transport), but there are some significant points of interest — particularly, the solar power system that’s already in the design. The manufacturer says the 20-to-40-foot, galvanized steel-based building just needs a simple concrete block foundation, and that “installation” is in and out in about two hours. Price: about $37K.

Could you buy a house on Amazon?

What’s your take — could you see yourself buying an outbuilding for your Nashville home on Amazon? Even if you prefer to stick with stick-built structures, the DIY kit options available now are fun to window shop.

Looking for a home in Nashville that’s already assembled, and already in your favorite Music City neighborhood? I’d love to help you find it. Check out some homes for sale in Nashville here, and contact TJ Anderson Homes to get started.