San Antonio man very upset after his tiny house stolen after 2.5 years of construction

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A San Antonio man said his "tiny house," a project he had been working on for more than two years, was stolen.

Casey Friday reported his Spring Branch tiny house, about 228 square feet, was stolen in a profanity-laden blog post, saying his “heart dropped” when his realtor called him Dec. 20 to tell him a neighbor noticed his “trailer” was gone.

“My entire body was shaking as our former real estate agent gave [sic] me the neighbor’s phone number,” Friday said in the blog.

Friday, who lives in San Antonio and owns property in Spring Branch, referred to whoever stole his tiny house as a word that cannot be published by the San Antonio Express-News and said the trauma of someone stealing his home has discouraged him from pursuing future tiny house constructions.

Friday said in his blog he and his wife put about $35,000 worth of parts into the house, and estimated the resale value of the home at up to $60,000.

They paid more than $18,000 for the piece of property and spend thousands getting the land cleared and tree-trimmed, and Friday expects to lose money on the land.

One of the worst parts of the theft for Friday is that he and his wife never had the chance to live in the home, he said.

Friday left an editor’s note on his most recent blog post saying there were indeed more precautions put in place to deter the theft.

He recommended people interested in building a tiny house to not take on the venture alone like he and his wife did, especially since the construction process is time-consuming and complex.

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