I built a tiny home with my bare hands from the ground up - but my crazy neighbors kept reporting me for fake violations
Michael Hansen
Published Sep 12, 2026
A WOMAN said she built her dream tiny home from the ground up but claimed her "crazy" neighbors kept reporting her on false violations.
As the tiny home movement grows more and more popular, people are cutting back on space and are either moving into the homes or taking the initiative to build them on their own.
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Mackie Albertson (@mackiealbertson) shared her tiny house journey with her more than one million TikTok followers.
In a video, she said that she started building her house in her own backyard to live in and got help from her dad and brother but did much of the work on her own.
"I was super excited about how it was turning out and I surprise myself every single day," said Mackie.
She added that the building process had gone "so smoothly" except for her neighbor, who kept reporting it to the city because Mackie was "violating building codes."
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However, Mackie said she wasn't and that her tiny home was "nowhere near their house."
After the fifth call to the city, Mackie claims her neighbors "finally found something small that they could run with" and was she going to have to get rid of the house.
"I was so disappointed because I built this thing with my own two bare hands from the ground up," said Mackie.
She gave up on building the home after learning that she would have to get rid of it, however, Mackie revealed in an update that she got word from her city that she could keep her tiny home.
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"I'm super excited," she said. "I get to start the interior, which is the most fun part and I seriously can't believe it."
She received over 1,000 comments from people celebrating that she gets to keep her tiny home.,
"YASSSSS SHES BACK !!!!!" wrote one person.
"I love building. I’m proud of you. That is impressive. I’m proud of you," wrote a second person.
Others were calling out Mackie's neighbors for the alleged phone calls they made against her.
"Man people gotta mind their own business," wrote one person.
"Why are neighbors so miserable," wrote a second.
The U.S. Sun could not reach Mackie's neighbors for comment.
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