I am flattered that you like it. And, I apologize for taking a few days to get back to you as I was out traveling.

I wanted the cabin to be “barn red” and the closest I came up with is a red from Sherwin Williams #640345435, however that was back in 2007.

I’d also mention that individual monitors render color differently, so it is hard to tell from the screen.

Anyway, hope this helps, thanks for asking!

—-alfred

I need to know how high the whole structure is to know if I can be permitted to build it in my area.

Can you tell me how high it is?

Also I have no building experience… are the plans detailed enough so that I could use this as a first home building experiment or would you suggest another project with plans developed for beginners?
Thanks for your help!
Jessica

Thank you for your kind words!

After spending a year and a half on this, it always good to hear that others like it as well.

(and I probably don’t want to add it all up)

Also, you probably need to clarify the question a bit.

There is the land itself, the cost of the well, septic, bringing in electricity, creating access to build (and you’ll note that now you can’t drive up to the cabin – the contractors loved this), the final short driveway and gravel walks all of which are location specific.

As for the structure itself as its at 8’500′ it was designed for heavy snow load (with engineered trusses, metal surface, custom fabricated crane set 28′ glue-lam ridge beam), cement board lap siding, etc. – you get the picture.

It was also built by licensed contractors/tradesman to fairly high standards and I did none (well, almost none) of the work myself.

Your situations is undoubtedly very different.

Okay, to hazard a guess, to build just this structure alone now (2010), in a moderate clime, with easy access, without all the extra-stout stuff, with workers eager for the job, it could be as little as $40K or maybe as much as $80K depending on what part of the country you are in.

I am not trying to be vague, but there are just too many regional and site specific variables to account for.

To give you one illustration, the electricity (admittedly not part of the structure cost but illustrative nonetheless). How far do you have to bring it in from the road, 50′, 100′ 500′, 1000′? (The charge is usually by the foot.) How deep does the trench for the cable have to be (usually you have to dig it), or can you bring it back in on poles? What does a pole cost? What does someone with a backhoe cost to dig the trench? Are there rocks below the surface? Can anything else (e.g. water) be in the same trench.

In short, lots to add in.

Hope this helps!