Re: Inexpensive, easy to build House?
[Re: Providence Farm]
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02/27/21 02:38 PM
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$7.75 last week was the price I saw on 2x4 studs at Lowe's. I anout had a heart attack. I thought they were crazy when they hit 3.50 $44 for a sheet of 1/2" CDX plywood now. I ain't building nothing. I'd buy an old house and fix it up. If you have a good foundation and the infrastructure is already there, you can do wonders. Fix up the inside, leave the outside looking like crap to keep the assessor from raising your taxes.
Life ain't supposed to be easy.
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Re: Inexpensive, easy to build House?
[Re: Donnersurvivor]
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02/27/21 03:08 PM
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Have you considered a houseboat on a hill. Its way under 200K and you can sleep easy even when there are flood warnings....... no basement though
Let's go Brandon
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Re: Inexpensive, easy to build House?
[Re: Donnersurvivor]
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02/27/21 03:35 PM
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Take a look at a entercept home built in watertown sd... styrofoam panels with locking i joists. sheeted in and out and most wires run .. material is little higher but you save on labor ... can erect a small ranch house in a day... heat with a candle
The only place you find free cheese is in a mousetrap !
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Re: Inexpensive, easy to build House?
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02/27/21 03:50 PM
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Now is a horrible time to build. lumber prices are nuts. X2
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Re: Inexpensive, easy to build House?
[Re: Donnersurvivor]
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02/27/21 04:09 PM
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not a good time to build.....2x4 are a $1 a foot, 1/2' osb is $37, if you can get it
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Re: Inexpensive, easy to build House?
[Re: forestman3]
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02/27/21 04:15 PM
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Have you considered a houseboat on a hill. Its way under 200K and you can sleep easy even when there are flood warnings....... no basement though Guess that thought had not occurred to me, grand idea though! Rough cut is against code here. You have to have it inspected here, someone comes out and starts stamping marks on good boards from my understanding. At very least I can do the siding/flooring etc.
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Re: Inexpensive, easy to build House?
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02/27/21 04:18 PM
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Take a look at a entercept home built in watertown sd... styrofoam panels with locking i joists. sheeted in and out and most wires run .. material is little higher but you save on labor ... can erect a small ranch house in a day... heat with a candle I am looking into this now, thank you, never heard of this before.
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Re: Inexpensive, easy to build House?
[Re: Donnersurvivor]
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02/27/21 05:26 PM
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Take a look at a entercept home built in watertown sd... styrofoam panels with locking i joists. sheeted in and out and most wires run .. material is little higher but you save on labor ... can erect a small ranch house in a day... heat with a candle I am looking into this now, thank you, never heard of this before. Alternative choices now, Cool
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Re: Inexpensive, easy to build House?
[Re: Donnersurvivor]
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02/27/21 06:27 PM
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i have provided crane service for a local contractor for years on these houses lemme see if i can find some pics of the last one e did around xmas time
The only place you find free cheese is in a mousetrap !
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