After meeting my handyman at Home Depot on Monday and buying $500 worth of supplies, I headed to the office. I passed the portable mini-barn lot as usual but this time I decided to stop. I have always assumed that these buildings would be more expensive than the sheds from the shed company plus, they are only open 10-5 so I haven't stopped. I pulled in and wandered around. The salesperson wasn't on site so I grabbed a brochure. The largest shed was 12' x 32' and I fell in love.
It is smaller than the 24' x 24' garage I was planning to build but it is already built, and it has 2 lofts, and it is cute!
A blank slate, now if I only had the money and the time to work on it. Anyway, I went to work and called my mother to invite her to lunch so I could show her what I wanted to buy. She agreed that the buildings were cute and had potential. Since she is helping me finance this project, I was thrilled to get her blessing and I wrote a check. The only hitch is that I don't have a permit yet. If for some reason I can't obtain a permit I can trade in my building for 2 - 10' x 20' sheds because I don't need permits for buildings 200 sq.ft. or under.
Next step is to finish the site plan so that I can apply for a permit. My building will stay on the lot until I tell them to deliver it. Hopefully that will be within the next 6 weeks. I can't wait for it to be on my property so I can start imagining the interior. Yay! This is fun!
8 comments:
This is your new home? Its beautiful but you are going to have to go for smaller dogs! or maybe hamsters??
this is going go be fun!!
Lizzie, I bet I could fit dozens of chihuahuas in that loft!
Anonymous, is that you, Mom? :)
LOL Daizy, no I am not your mom, just a long time follower who lives one state over and always posts anonymous. You blog has introduced me to those mini homes and to see one come together - well I think it will be interesting to see how it evolves.;
Anonymous, hahaha, my mother calls me daily with her ideas about my little house. She is very excited too. Actually, I am following another blog of a woman who bought 2 of these buildings in Oklahoma. Her blog is Rancho No Dinero on my blog list. I really like what she did with her building. It didn't occur to me that the building she bought and the ones I kept passing on the way to work were the same because hers was a Derkson building and these were called WeatherKing. Now that I look back at her photos, they are the same buildings. I wish I could just work on my little house all day but I guess I can't quit yet unless I want to live in a little building with bare walls and no insulation. I can't wait to get to that point though. Getting it delivered is going to be the highlight of my year!
I love it! Excited for you!
Thanks, Dobermom. It won't seem real until I get it on my property. I can't wait!
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