Kent Skinner
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I'm leaving the Bay Area and headed back home to Southern Oregon where I grew up. Selling my house here should finance my new shop & house.
I have a 5 acre piece of land and should break ground some time next spring when the rain lets up. I have a guest cabin to stay in for the winter.
My initial thought is to:
1) cut in the driveway (I have access through adjacent property, but only want to use it if absolutely needed).
2) Bring in the infrastructure (well, septic, power and phone/internet).
The first building will be the shop. I'm thinking of a 30'x40'x10' with attic trusses and a living space above the shop. My contractor said it would take 2.5-3 months to build out the shop (mostly because it's a big empty box).
I'll split the downstairs space into a woodshop and a space to work on a car.
At some point, I'll build the house & garage. The county won't give me an occupancy permit on the house till the shop is no longer a "house", so I'll have to remove the shower.
Until then, I'll be reading lots of threads here and hoping to catch a few mistakes before they happen. Hope to start posting photos in the next few months as I move my things north.
I have a 5 acre piece of land and should break ground some time next spring when the rain lets up. I have a guest cabin to stay in for the winter.
My initial thought is to:
1) cut in the driveway (I have access through adjacent property, but only want to use it if absolutely needed).
2) Bring in the infrastructure (well, septic, power and phone/internet).
The first building will be the shop. I'm thinking of a 30'x40'x10' with attic trusses and a living space above the shop. My contractor said it would take 2.5-3 months to build out the shop (mostly because it's a big empty box).
I'll split the downstairs space into a woodshop and a space to work on a car.
At some point, I'll build the house & garage. The county won't give me an occupancy permit on the house till the shop is no longer a "house", so I'll have to remove the shower.
Until then, I'll be reading lots of threads here and hoping to catch a few mistakes before they happen. Hope to start posting photos in the next few months as I move my things north.