We built our house on 1 acre a few years ago with ZERO intention of ever adding a shop in the back. Why would we need to? We had a 4,000 square foot shop 25 minutes away. HAD! That's a long story! Suddenly I found myself packing a 3 car garage with my tools, my 1972 Camaro, SxS, zero turn mower, and all my hunting and fishing gear.
So it became obvious that we had to do something to clear the clutter. The Camaro spit a rod the day we were moving into this house, November 2017. We had to build a fence, irrigation, yard, landscaping, and my dad was living with us as he battled pancreatic cancer. So the Camaro took a back seat.
Fast forward to September 2019, I now have a 1 month old little boy, and the wife wants to park in the garage again. So we decide to build a shop. I wanted a 30x40 with 20x30 covered porch, we settled on a 10 foot porch. Got a few quotes from contractors, most weren't interested in the project or just flat blew us off. Then came a**hole #1, extremely good salesman, talked the talk and walked the walk. Showed us in person buildings that he had recently finished, always posting on social media, blah blah blah. We signed a contract with him in November 2019 and, against my better judgement, gave him a deposit. You guessed it, he vanished. The start and completion day has come and gone, nothing but excuses. We are now suing him, knowing full well that we wont get our money back, but once the court case is settled, I'm going to ruin his company
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Anyways, we found another contractor, one that doesn't require any money down, but one that said it will be a few months. His dirt and concrete guys showed up in early January 2020 and I at least have a really nice slab. The building will be 30x40x14 with 4:12 pitch roof, 3 12x12 roll up doors, and cedar trim on the porch. I'll try and document the build process with pictures as they come.
All this so I can finally swap motors in my Camaro
So it became obvious that we had to do something to clear the clutter. The Camaro spit a rod the day we were moving into this house, November 2017. We had to build a fence, irrigation, yard, landscaping, and my dad was living with us as he battled pancreatic cancer. So the Camaro took a back seat.
Fast forward to September 2019, I now have a 1 month old little boy, and the wife wants to park in the garage again. So we decide to build a shop. I wanted a 30x40 with 20x30 covered porch, we settled on a 10 foot porch. Got a few quotes from contractors, most weren't interested in the project or just flat blew us off. Then came a**hole #1, extremely good salesman, talked the talk and walked the walk. Showed us in person buildings that he had recently finished, always posting on social media, blah blah blah. We signed a contract with him in November 2019 and, against my better judgement, gave him a deposit. You guessed it, he vanished. The start and completion day has come and gone, nothing but excuses. We are now suing him, knowing full well that we wont get our money back, but once the court case is settled, I'm going to ruin his company
. Anyways, we found another contractor, one that doesn't require any money down, but one that said it will be a few months. His dirt and concrete guys showed up in early January 2020 and I at least have a really nice slab. The building will be 30x40x14 with 4:12 pitch roof, 3 12x12 roll up doors, and cedar trim on the porch. I'll try and document the build process with pictures as they come.
All this so I can finally swap motors in my Camaro
I am not an attorney, but if his credit is ruined and he has no-way to bond, he may decide to 'make you whole,' so he can return to his scams.
