Comments on: Louisiana Cabin By The Lake

By: karen

karen — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:55:58 +0000

i’m in new orleans & want to put a tiny house–about 24×10–in my backyard. would LOVE to talk to you about your experience!!!!!!!

By: homes for sale in la

homes for sale in la — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 03:00:32 +0000

Great pictures and love the design! Thanks for sharing!

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By: Website Design Kent

Website Design Kent — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:24:17 +0000

Wow, thats a neat design.

By: Mo

Mo — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:34:08 +0000

Interesting post. I too was a little surprised by cost, $8,000 for a shell that wouldn’t conform to IRC. What code standard is Louisiana using?

By: Kerri

Kerri — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:07:14 +0000

Great idea. I almost went with this structure when adding the office to our land. I still think it’s a great looking little place!

By: Anne B

Anne B — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:18:20 +0000

Bill, I really appreciate the details you provided in your story. I was especially interested in how you dealt with the permitting issues. Good job!

By: Kent Griswold

Kent Griswold — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:58:08 +0000

Hey Doug – thanks for input and educational response. I’m tempted to use it as a post -Kent

By: doug

doug — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:35:26 +0000

14 by 24 for $8000…this is about a thousand dollars of material and something any basic carpenter could build in two days, short ones. If you pay a contractor to put up a garage he will do it for about $5000 this same size, with a concrete slab foundation. About half the cost of the garage, the slab.

Its a way to double the cost and sell wood. With very little design and labor added.

Less is more, in this case, that is, less building for more money. The frame of a house is a tiny fraction of its finished cost. The expense is in systems and finishing work and fixtures, not the box. Thats why shipping container structures are much more costly than wood frame, no shortcut and no savings.

I framed my 14 by 40 house with 700 sf for about $3000 materials..It took ten days. The structural box is a small fraction of the building cost and all these alternatives, Hay bale, tires, cobb, coke bottles and cement, cinder block..are costlier than wood frame, not less.

The reason subdivisions are full of stick frame homes is its the fastest and easiest adn cheapest structure available. The cost of housing is not in the box..People dont get that and see this box that looks like a house, ONLY $8000 and say wow cheap, when its ridiculously expensive…but its not a house. Its a shell..Just the bare structure.

This is not informative. Its gimmicky.