Workshop floor is getting poured tomorrow. So our builder's crew hustled today to insulate the floor. So far looks like workshop being ready and livable by may is going to happen. It won't get used as my workshop until main home is built year after. But I am happy for any suggestions on things you would do if this was your shop. It has full bath in back corner so I don't track sawdust in the house but other than that, it's full open 600 sqft shop.
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@Rajiv Great idea, building your shop, living in it, while you build your home. I'm planning a move in April and I've been stressing about not having my shop readily available. I've no problem living in the shop while building my small house. Thanks for the idea! So why did you go with a square design, if I may ask?
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@elaterite honestly, no specific reason. It is 26x26 structure. I always wanted bath in the shop for two reasons… I hate dragging in sawdust in the home and I also want to pick film photography again. Bathroom could be converted to darkroom on as needed basis. Wife and I just looked at each other one day and went…all we need is small kitchen and we could live there. So we added that. For now, appliances will move to main house when it gets built. But in future, when it becomes harder to do woodworking ( I have arthritis in my hands ), we could easily convert it back to livable space and use it as vacation rental. We are 5 mins from beach with back end of lot backing on protected inlet.
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@Rajiv Nice--good planning! Now that I'm thinking about it, if I build the shop so I can live in it, I may never get the home built--lol! I hate to go to all the trouble of putting in a bathroom, but your idea really has merit for what I plan to do. I'll be doing most of the building myself so I need access to my tools and equipment instead of traveling 40 miles round trip to dig around in a storage shed for the stuff I need. I guess a bathroom is a small price to pay to save on time and fuel.
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@elaterite when we bought our first house in 1999, it was a subdivision of 20 homes outside city. We had a neighbour who was into vintage cars. He literally just had a large 5 car garage built with mezzanine level that was livable space. His plan was to build home bit later but 5 years that we lived there, he never got around to build his home. So yeah...risk is real :)
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