Thanks, I hadn't seen where you had put the size in an earlier post, sorry about that. Does that 14' x 30' kitchen area give you enough room to have a few people in there to watch a game? I was thinking about doing a 30' x 40' building that way I could make a 30' x 20' 'man cave' and have a 30' x 20' shed to put all my toys in.

As nice as mine is, and as much as I use it, I have only one regret - I wish I would have gone 40' x 40'. After it was all said and done, my steel guy said the difference in price would have been about $1200. I kick myself in the butt today I didn't go bigger. At first, I thought it was too big, until I built the "man cave". I was also worried about the size compared to my house in front of it. Now that we have added on the house, it still would not have looked bad going 40' x 40'. If I ever do it again, it will be larger.
So to answer your question, yes - I have enough room to have people inside for a game, and we have a table to sit 6 people inside it. I really enjoy it in the fall/winter when we have the fire pit lit outside and grilling w/ a good football game on.

You guys feel free to come by and look at it to get ideas, and several of my neighbors have some in different configurations that can give you 5 or 6 to look at in one place. One guy did his kitchen in cypress and it is as fine a college girl on a stripper pole!

hey Brian, I wonder if there is any beer in that fridge? THE OVER HANG IS ALSO GOOD FOR CLEANING DEER AND HOGS....:)

You would know about cleaning animals under it!!!!!!!!! Ha!!!! Remember that night when Bryant killed his little buck? That was a crazy day....fun, but crazy!

Goldenrod has one right across the street from mine that is really awesome also! Too bad his wife took it from him! LOL!!!!!

Paul, post some pics of yours on here, just leave the office furniture out of the picture!!!!!!!

I only have one desk in there, everything else is moved to the new office...

We need to have a party in there to welcome back the place!!!

Oh yes, probably lsu vs florida

fin...awesome spot ya got there...exactly what i'm looking to do......i'm thinking 30x60 or 40x 60 shop and split it in half....

Thanks Hebert, you guys are all welcome to come by, have a beer and look around we have several in the neighborhood that have been built since mine!

I wired a 30X80 for my old neighbor and he turned a 30X30 into 2 big offices, a full bathroom and he made a kitchen on the outside wall in the shop, talk about nice with plenty of room, he has somewhere around 80k in it but he has some neat things like motor driven hoists, a pit for changing oil in vehicles, 5 ton a/c unit to cool the actual shop area for cookouts, and above his offices is decked for storage, if the building was 2 ft taller it could have easily been a second story. Like Fin said check the price on a bigger building just for sh*t and giggles may surprise you how little of a price change for a bigger building because its a "common" size for them to produce. I'll try and get some pics of my old neighbors and put it on here soon.

Hey guys, this is a great post! I'm nearing retirement and I'm ready to get out of the hustle and bustle of Houston and get back to my roots. When I think of a retirement home, this is the kind of layout I want. Lots of hunting and fishing toy room, lots of man kitchen cooking space, and lots of LSU gameday party space. I'm leaning more toward the entire house being a metal building structure, with the living portion dressed up for looks.

My question is, other than insurance and financing concerns, is there any serious downside to the structure itself. Is it harder to cool, more difficult to remodel, harder to heat in the winter? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

My wife and I have been living in one since last February. If I wouldn't be building in a subdivision I would want to build one like what we're living in. It stays cool in the summer and warm in the winter. We've stayed there during hurricanes before we moved into it and never felt like it was unstable.

Thanks longsidelandry. That pretty well covers my main concerns. I'm not worried about the financing, it will be a cash only project. The insurance may be the only hurdle I need to get over. I don't know if long term corrosion is a problem, but since it's a retirement home, my heirs will be the only ones having to sweat that one. :D

No prob man, the one we're living in has been there for about 10-12 years, maybe a lil longer.