Couple bought a homestead for $390,000, spent $13,000 on DIY renovations: Their No. 1 takeaway after a year on the land

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Couple bought a homestead for $390,000, spent $13,000 on DIY renovations: Their No. 1 takeaway after a year on the land

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In 2023, Sophie Hilaire Goldie, 37, and Rocky Goldie, 50, had just finished converting a friend’s Home Depot shed into a tiny home and were ready to start looking for their own place together.

“If it wasn’t for meeting her, I probably would have ended up in a little shack,” Rocky tells CNBC Make It. “I took a long way to get here but I wanted to be some type of homesteader when we met. She had the same vision and it’s not common to meet somebody who does.”

“He also wanted to be living off the land and homesteading,” Sophie adds. “But he didn’t have this big grand vision of all these buildings. He just wanted something simple.” CONTINUE READING
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