We’re officially squatters in our home. We have not closed on our home yet. For those joining this journey later. We left Utah July 2017 and signed on the land for this home August 7th 2017
Ah well… We’ll keep squatting.
Control your own destiny
It is awful when someone else has control over your future and you can do nothing to speed things along or help them out. Originally, I was going to pay someone to do all the work to build me a small fence (about 200 ft) around my home. But since we haven’t closed my general contractor will not put any funds toward anything else until the closure is imminent. Therefore, I am going to build it myself and potentially take too much on…. again
So I’ll be building a fence. Probably number #111.
DIY fence calculators
I attempted to have 3 different contractors bid on my fencing. All of them said they were good and could fit me in in about a week. Also, all of them requested about 9000 for the 200sq ft fence. Since I don’t have that money laying around… I’ve been researching DIY fencing. Here are some of the resources that I have found. First here is a cost calculator:
https://www.omnicalculator.com/construction/fence
https://www.inchcalculator.com/fence-calculator/
I can’t vouch for the pricing one much but I’ll keep you posted.
DIY fence instructions
I think that Home Depot did a good job on explaining how to build a fence using a video. Again I haven’t built the fence yet. But I’m also planning on using Bob Vila. Since I’m going to the trouble of building the fence myself, I should build it to withstand everything. It seems a bit excessive with gravel and concrete but I don’t want my wood rotting and I know my soil is quite acidic out here. This week I plan to get all the materials and begin construction next weekend.
Garage Contractors
When I began this whole process with building a home I thought the best way to do it (other than a manufactured home) was a panelized home. California Precut seemed like the best way to do it. I thought it would be like legos and put it together. It sounded quick and fun! Well it was too expensive so I didn’t have the opportunity. Also, now I don’t think any home project is quick and fun.
I wanted to give them a 2nd chance when it came time to get a garage. So I called them and asked about their garages.
After talking with them on the phone. I found that they want about $15,000 to deliver a 24×24 garage that I still need to put together. That does not include the cost of a foundation, or a roof covering.
My neighbor recommended TuffShed and that is who put their garage in. TuffShed also doesn’t include a foundation. But it does include installation and roof covering! For a basic 24×24 garage from them it would be about $15,000.
TuffShed is a clear winner here. It was funny, while I talked with California Precut the person there said “For some reason we don’t get calls to build garages any more, my knowledge on our costing is a bit dated.” Now I can tell him why he doesn’t get calls for building garages. They aren’t competitive in the market any more.
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