building living quarters inside building

Posted by Michael Lane on April 22, 2007, 9:17 am

SWMBO thinks I am crazy. I own a farm & told her I was going to put up a
big metal building. Inside the building I was going to partion off 1/4
of the square footage & build a living quarters with all the amenities.
From the outside it would still look like a big metal building. Looks
mean nothing to me, I am not a 'keep up with the Jones ' person ( wife
likes to put on the dog) I am a white shirt & bib overall person. Has
anyone ever done this? I live in Tennessee & would use the rest of
building as a garage. My thinking is we will have nice living quarters
inside the building + I will have easy access to shop & it would be easy
to modify for any future living needs as I was going to use 4 ft wide
doors to make wheelchair accessibility down the line.

thanks in advance

Mike Lane

Posted by on April 22, 2007, 9:59 am

A friend of one of my coworkers did just that.

I guess it worked out fine.

It got me to thinking I'd like to do the same thing.

Good luck with it.

Posted by r truth on April 22, 2007, 12:48 pm

greg6755@gmail.com wrote:

> A friend of one of my coworkers did just that.
>
> I guess it worked out fine.
>
> It got me to thinking I'd like to do the same thing.
>
> Good luck with it.

Yes, enjoy it. please , consider solar .

--
If you believe that the only tool you have is a hammer,
No wonder you look at all your problems as Nails.

Posted by aemeijers on April 22, 2007, 7:59 pm

>> greg6...@gmail.com wrote:

>> > A friend of one of my coworkers did just that.
>> > I guess it worked out fine.
>> > It got me to thinking I'd like to do the same thing.
>> > Good luck with it.

>> Yes, enjoy it. please , consider solar .
>> --
>> If you believe that the only tool you have is a hammer,
>> No wonder you look at all your problems as Nails.

> I've seen this recently in Weatherford, TX. Only difference was that
> the man valued his (w/l)ife and made sure it looked good: he did the
> inside up really nice (tile, hardwood, wide hallways, HUGE kitchen)
> and also bricked up the outside. Turned out well: lofty ceilings,
> sprawling layout and cheap.

Chuckle. Wise man. That wouldn't be a consideration for me, since the days
of my having any chance to convince a woman to live with me are long past.
Cheap and easy to clean and maintain would be all I worried about. I mean, I
wouldn't be a damn fool about it- I'd spot things on the lot, and set up the
septic and utilities and such, so a 'real' house could easily be added- the
barn apartment could be for guests, boomerang kids, etc. Or just hubby's
secret clubhouse. That should cover resale consideration, although that
would likely be the problem of my shirt-tail relatives, since if I built a
place like that, it would be the Last Home.

aem sends....

aem sends...

Posted by Steve Barker on April 22, 2007, 10:44 am

that's becoming somewhat popular around here in Kansas. I've seen several
VERY NICE places inside a basic post frame metal building. Makes your
interior wall options unlimited because none of them have to be load
bearing.

--
Steve Barker

> SWMBO thinks I am crazy. I own a farm & told her I was going to put up a
> big metal building. Inside the building I was going to partion off 1/4
> of the square footage & build a living quarters with all the amenities.
> From the outside it would still look like a big metal building. Looks
> mean nothing to me, I am not a 'keep up with the Jones ' person ( wife
> likes to put on the dog) I am a white shirt & bib overall person. Has
> anyone ever done this? I live in Tennessee & would use the rest of
> building as a garage. My thinking is we will have nice living quarters
> inside the building + I will have easy access to shop & it would be easy
> to modify for any future living needs as I was going to use 4 ft wide
> doors to make wheelchair accessibility down the line.
> thanks in advance
> Mike Lane
>

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