Metal house-shop/Barn-o-minium's
 

Does anyone on SC have a metal house with shop? or know who builds them in SWLA? I just bought me 5 acres in Hathaway and want to build one.....if you have any pics of them please post them..need all the ideas/advice I can get......my plans so far are stained concrete..bout 1200sq ft living area, I'll finish out inside...with atleast a 30x30 shop on the back of it......

a guy down the street built one its a pool house up front and shop/ toy garage in the back has stucco/brick front and a shingled roof. hes living in it now and plans to build a big house in front of his property i can take pics next time i pass by

I am doing the same thing just I am looking to build a 50x60 which is 3000sq ft living space. The hardest thing for us is finding a plan we like for the inside a friend of ours told me that the place you buy your build thrugh might have someone in house that can do the inside plans for you. I am going to Ideal Steal in Lafayette tomorrow I will let you know what I find out.

A friend of mine built one in Holmwood (near Iowa). I think it is a 30x50 house portion (2 stories) and a 30x50 shop attached. Pretty sweet looking.

It's on Nick Martone road.

Try ideal steel in Broussard

Try S AND S teal in ARNAUDVILLE.

I am trying to sell the wife on the idea of an all steel home. What is nice is that they are 'clear span' construction(no interior support walls). You can design the inside walls any way you want. You just have to have all your plumbing right before pouring a slab. Most off the shelf (prefab) buildings have a very low pitch.(1/12, 2/12) I would have them fab it at least 5/12 or 6/12 pitch for asthetic reasons. Good luck...

Wish I could have talked mine into building one but had to live in a subdivision. Would also talk to insurance agent about type of coverage can be placed and cost. Some companies will write a comprehensive policy and some just bare bones (excluding theft). Know your insurance options before spending a ton of money and learning there are going to be problems. Banks will want you to cover the entire loan amount but insurance companies do not insure land so be careful.

I will look for pictures of mine. I have a brick home in a subdivision, but added a 30x30 steel building, with a 10' overhang for a patio on one side. I put a wall down the middle of the interior, making a 14' section as my outdoor kitchen, with the remaining space used as toy/equipment storage. It has survived 3 big storms and almost a direct hit from a huge tornado and has never even lost the rollup door. Of course, the installation had a lot to do with it as these guys do it right, but aren't the cheapest.

start out with a general idea of what you want, like this....

then customize it exactly how you want it.

www.reichardtconstruction.com

This outfit is out of Texas. Nice photo's and a few plans.

thanks folks.. i'll check out those places for quotes... i like those reichard buildings though.....

i'm hoping to build this thing for 40-50k total....i'm figuring 20-25k for the shell/slab and then 20k to finish out with me and friends doing everything except plumbing

think this is feasible ? raymond....yea i'm hearing insurance might be a problem and hardly any bank wants to finance so its gonna be done alil at a time as i have the money....only thing good about that is when i'm done..there will be no note.

fin...i'd like to see some pics when ya can post them..thanks

I'm going take some pics now! , but it's dirty, haven't had time to clean it! I did mine w/o financing it and I'm glad I did it like you are talking about.

However, I need to tell you this, since I almost went to jail over it!!!!!

I don't like lawyers, car salesman, or anyone involved in real estate since since I think they make their own rules. Don't send me any hate mail guys, I have just been burned by all three groups and some of those people in those careers need a bullet. With that said, I had to have my home appraised since we were refinancing and making a substainsal addition to our home once I got re-married. I went from a 1600 sqf home to a 2400 sqf home plus a 25' x 25' carport. When the appraisal was done, I wanted to beat the guy down with my bear hands, since he only put my outdoor building as a $5K dollar "additional structure" on the paperwork. He could not understand why I was so PO'ed since he has been doing it for 20 years and never had anyone get mad at him. I told him I had $23K in the building and his response was- "I look at it as a swimming pool - some people may like a house, and not want a pool in the backyard". "That building does not add any value to your home".

Just wanted to let you know about that for your "long term" plans for the property. If I ever sell this place, I will make sure the buyer is a guy that has lots of toys and like to cook!

Here is a few!

A more!

Man that is awesome! FFF

Thanks, we use the crap out of that thing! And w/ 4 boys, it actually helps keep the house cleaner!!!!

Fin, how big is your shed? I'll be building one in a few years and pretty much want to do what you did there.

Hebert, I'll take some pics of the one I'm living in right now, this thing is rediculous. 2 story with a very nice size shop in the back. It's for my in-laws, the 2 story part is set up as a 2 story apartment, my wife and I are living on the bottom floor and my 'man cave' is upstairs with all the weight equipment.

30' x 30' , w/ 10' overhang for patio on outdoor kitchen side.

oh my word...dats a man cave!!! Nice!!!

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.