steel shop/home plans and builders

[MThuntr]

Grant, you should give Dave a call. He just finished his, and did something real similar to what you are talking about. He sent me some pics and it looks really nice...

he sent me a few pics yesterday. definitely like the route he took

 

[buckbull]

So far I've found about 80 companies online and several look super sketchy but some do have interesting plans. Most exist in the midwest so it would be prohibitive to get them here. I did find "kits" that get you the exterior and possibly the interior wall studs and the rest is on you. They have full schematics and claim to be DIY friendly...we'll see about that...HA

The one thing I'm finding is that local developments don't have the restrictions that are seen elsewhere...you know the standard HOA BS. What I am finding is that there is plenty of land but a lot of it doesn't have power nearby and that's a huge killer to most ideas because dang getting power is expensive. I'd love to live 30 miles out of town but that isn't going to work for me at this time.

A realtor contacted me yesterday about a house on the market...a quick search says it sold for around 170k last year and is now listed at 240. It doesn't even have a yard. I laughed and said what did they do in the last year to justify the huge mark up. She said they painted the bathroom but otherwise that's the "new norm". Maybe I'll just live in a van down by the river.

I wouldn't say that companies in the midwest would be prohibitive. Many of these companies have crews that travel all around the US. A lot of times they have crews available in the regions in which they deliver, so just because they manufacture the buildings in say St. Louis doesn't mean their workforce must travel from St. Louis to your location.

 

[BigHornRam]

Most counties in Montana do not require building permits. Need a permit for electrical, plumbing, and septic system though. Banks will probably not loan on non standard construction plans like a house in a pole barn. Maybe they might loan on a land purchase and a pole barn with a good percent down. Put in a wood stove, rent a porta potty, and finish it out on your own as you can afford to.

These guys put up low cost structures. Maybe they travel to the Dillon area?

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Metal Buildings in Washington, Montana, Wyoming, for all your building needs. Boasting post frame building in Spokane and Billings.

www.mqsbarn.com

 

[MinnesotaHunter]

he sent me a few pics yesterday. definitely like the route he took

I can send you some pics from the cabin Ed and I have on our hunting land in MN. It is a Morton Building; 50/50 garage living space. I don't know much about the building process though as it was on the land when we bought it....

 

[buckbull]

Here are some pics of the quanset hut cabin i'm building. Might give you some ideas. The steel was $8500, 36 yards of concrete ~ $4000 spray foam $5000 were the big expenses. will probably have $30,000 in it. I acid etched the concrete floor for $500 so its an economical way to go for that and we tore down an old barn for the interior walls.

 

[Wildabeest]

I wouldn't say that companies in the midwest would be prohibitive

I agree with this. I priced out building a pretty straightforward 1700 sqft timber frame home/cabin on some property I have in UT. Would be constructed from Douglas fir. Company based in NH with shop in WVa was 20+% cheaper than local UT company less than 20 miles from my build site. That included shipping the raw logs from PNW to WVa, cutting and fabricating the joints in WVa and then shipping it back to UT along with a crew to put it up. My assumption was the local company had so many multimillion dollar jobs in Park City that my little project was not worth their time unless they were getting a huge margin on it.

 

[Hem]

Finding an unwary landowner in the desirable parts of Montana right now would be a miracle. Specifically my area is affected by the Yellowstone television series production. It's a literal zoo as far as real estate in the Bitterroot Valley right now. mtmuley

Its a zoo everywhere.
Bozeman rats fleeing to Miles City...go figure.

 

[HSi-ESi]

Check out https://barnpros.com/ for some ideas. They were selling through Costco at one point, not sure if they still are.