Going to Build a House...Well, Maybe, Hopefully

bgaidan said:
Unless I'm reading that wrong, it's 10 for agriculture and 20 acres for timber. It appears that's set by the state and the county guidelines all mimic the state's.
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Mine is under the timber plan, maybe I mis understood and it is set to be timbered in 10 acre blocks. I will read it tonight and confirm.
 
jeepinmatt said:
Came to post that. State rules are 5 acres for botany, 10 for agriculture, and 20 for forestry. Interpretation will certainly vary county to county.
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Looks like I need to plant some more grape vines and fruit trees and start calling myself a horticulturist! :cool:


Like I've always said, you can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.
 
Loganwayne said:
as others have said, windows, some doors, garage doors, any specialty vinyl soffits, plumbing fixtures the list goes on and on. we are currently looking at average of 8 month lead times for "ordered" products.

under ground wiring to the house site can be around 10.00 a foot once over 200 ft. plus conduit if it is the road way. road grading is easily 80-100 dollars a foot. well i would budget 10,000 same with septic. You can easily spend 75,000 to have a pad for a place and a road to it depending how far off a road you go.

i also think youd be hard pressed to build a house now for under $200 sf.
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Thanks for the heads up. I have a few ways to soften the blow but I think this is going to cost more than practical and we may have to wait simply to save up more money.

bgaidan said:
Hijack of @OnlyOneDR 's thread now complete!
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Leave it to you...

ramjo said:
Worked on house a couple years back that had a garage poured over steel deck....somehow I ended up with a set of plans so heres a little visual info off those plans. Nothing really specific, but it's an idea of what it'll take......it'll be cheap too :lol:
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Still less expensive than an entirely separate building that will need its own electricity and plumbing. Thank you for snipping and sending these, this is what I was thinking and great to see.
 
OnlyOneDR said:
Thanks for the heads up. I have a few ways to soften the blow but I think this is going to cost more than practical and we may have to wait simply to save up more money.



Leave it to you...



Still less expensive than an entirely separate building that will need its own electricity and plumbing. Thank you for snipping and sending these, this is what I was thinking and great to see.
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Working on a house for a couple at my church and they have a suspended slab garage.......16" I beams, 5" wide flanges, roughly 36" on center, spanning about 22'



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ramjo said:
Working on a house for a couple at my church and they have a suspended slab garage.......16" I beams, 5" wide flanges, roughly 36" on center, spanning about 22'



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That's awesome. Seems over-engineered for suspending automobiles but it should never fail! Thanks for showing me that!
 
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