I have a 2800sqft building attached to my house. It was commercial until the 1980s, but now its zoned residential. I am going to try to fight that, but in the meantime, lets assume it won’t be zoned commercial. I’m quiting my job january 1 to fly solo and utilizing this space is an important part of the plan.
Ive thought about an Airbnb. I already have utilities and waste lines in there. I estimate I could build something for 75k and probably get 3k in gross.
Things like 3d printing, bitcoin mining, use it as a warehouse to buy and sell things from alibaba, all cross my mind but I have no experience with anything like that. So, I’m hoping for some guidance from some smart folks. If you had 2800sqft and 100k to invest, what business would you start?
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Use all that space to grow some wheat so you can feed cows. I hear cows like wheat.
Carpentry
Suggesting carpentry to someone who is not a carpenter is equal value as suggesting to do programming there to someone who is not a programmer.
Presuming somebody who speaks of utilities, waste lines, square footage and building out a garage into an Airbnb has no carpentry knowledge is about as useful as making a stupid comment hours later that has no value to OP.
Cabinet shop, automotive, some kind of light manufacturing.
Bitcoin mining, 3d printing, all seem like bubbles. What are you 3d printing? If you have viable product, just injection mold it. Bitcoin, really? Airbnb? Nope. Good old fashioned stable businesses.
Build trailers. Build stuff, that you can put on skids, wrap and wholesale, then work on making more and more. Or fix cars for $150/hour. Or build high end cabinets with CNC equipment and human input that go into high end kitchens.
Insulate it so it is 100% dark and silent inside. Charge $100+ per hour as an isolation therapy room. [Let people (individuals) walk around in the dark and bump into things, lol.]
You can also do themes on this, so add in brown noise or lighting synced to hypnotic immersion, etc.
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I actually love this idea. Would build it for sh*ts and giggles.
Market it as a way to relax from the daily grind. Setup a subscription and booking system, with a digital lock so that members can come and go as they please.
Sensory deprivation tanks might be interesting. I feel like they are falling out of fashion though.
I might want to do a community ceramics business. People can rent monthly access to throwing wheels and space. Not sure where you live but where I am in San Francisco there are about 4 within walking distance from me. A bit of a trend
Not sure where you’re located, or where the shed is, but i’d do something like boat, caravan, trailer under cover parking on a monthly basis.
2800 sqft is nothing for real deal Bitcoin mining and be prepared to spend way more than 100k for a mining fleet.
If you had the knowledge and means to set up a 3D printing shop for a under-served niche you could make bank, but I think your space is more so for someone who is already running something and wants to scale.
There’s honestly endless opportunities given your circumstances and capital, just do something that you think you’ll find interesting and enjoyable.
Me personally though, I would either start a VR arcade or make a porn set and see who answers the ads to audition ;)
Limousine / livery service - ran one all through my 20s and if done well is a lot of fun and cannot be classified as commercial if you don’t have customers stopping by, which you never will - just a place to park, clean and repair the cars
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I like it 👌
Where is it located? Easy to get to via transit? Thinking artist studios with keyfob access rent out 10x10 studio space and just frame it up?
Start a mushroom farm. Specialty mushrooms like Oyster, Lions Mane, Shiitake, Reishi, Cordyceps, Turkey Tail…
Honestly I would get large Klipsch speakers like Klipsch horns and continue running my laptop based business but blast music on larger speakers. I would also slowly become shit box jay Leno.
You can consider a custom merchandise business!
With my existing business, I would 1000% use that as studio space for photography and film.
Make it into an office rental space. Rent by the hour.
I would start now. Call it “Santa’s Workshop”
See, most people don’t want to construct their kids’ “Santa” presents at their own house, and they need tools and time to build these toys to perfection. They will need to store and transport the completed toys. And, they will need waste disposal of the packaging materials. These parents may even need handyman help assembling toys. All of the above is available for a fee.