It's been a while so here is a quick summary: Sold my house 3 months ago. My workshop was a 2 car garage which is why I have been wanting to move to a house with a 1 acre lot and no HOA, so I can build one of those metal buildings (somewhere in between 1500 and 2400 SQFT). This is in the Dallas Forth Worth region. Ideally I would buy a house with a workshop, but this has been proving to be ridiculously hard, so am thinking about buying the house and then build the workshop.
So as you can imagine, there are a trillion questions!
1. Which building supplier to use? Have looked at Rhino, Mueller and Morton. Morton seems ridiculously expensive although I hear these are the best. What I have heard about Rhino is that they just deliver and that's it. Then I don't know much about Mueller but I imagine they are somewhere in there. Experience with any of these? Any other builders which you recommend?
2. I know most of you have built your own workshop. I really do not have the time to do this so I need to hire somebody to do it all. Yes, it is going to cost more, but unfortunately it is that or NOTHING. Experiences with contracting a third party provider for this? Where to start?
3. I would like the workshop to have electricity and water. I imagine if I hire a builder they will take care of all of this. Any input on this seemingly simple topic? It is usually the simple ones the ones which bite the harder...
4. If you had a third party to build the building, did you take care of subcontracting them all or was there a firm which managed all of this stuff?
5. What kind of budget should I be looking into? I hear about $20/SQFT. Is this is still the norm, or has it gone up/down?
6. Any other recommendation you feel like offering? Any pitfalls I should be aware of?
Thanks for your input!
PS Ooops! Forgot that I want it to be insulated as well. I imagine this can be added later, though.
So as you can imagine, there are a trillion questions!
1. Which building supplier to use? Have looked at Rhino, Mueller and Morton. Morton seems ridiculously expensive although I hear these are the best. What I have heard about Rhino is that they just deliver and that's it. Then I don't know much about Mueller but I imagine they are somewhere in there. Experience with any of these? Any other builders which you recommend?
2. I know most of you have built your own workshop. I really do not have the time to do this so I need to hire somebody to do it all. Yes, it is going to cost more, but unfortunately it is that or NOTHING. Experiences with contracting a third party provider for this? Where to start?
3. I would like the workshop to have electricity and water. I imagine if I hire a builder they will take care of all of this. Any input on this seemingly simple topic? It is usually the simple ones the ones which bite the harder...
4. If you had a third party to build the building, did you take care of subcontracting them all or was there a firm which managed all of this stuff?
5. What kind of budget should I be looking into? I hear about $20/SQFT. Is this is still the norm, or has it gone up/down?
6. Any other recommendation you feel like offering? Any pitfalls I should be aware of?
Thanks for your input!
PS Ooops! Forgot that I want it to be insulated as well. I imagine this can be added later, though.