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Ask HN: Anyone built a cabin before? Advice?

2 pointsby rwolover 5 years ago
Thinking about building a modified A-Frame cabin on a plot of land. Doing most of the work myself, with contractors for the toughest parts. Anyone done it before? Costs? Advice?<p>Would be great to hear about your experience.

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quaquaqua1over 5 years ago
My opinion is that sadly in 2020, most local governments will make it very difficult for you to comply with the building rules if your goal is a house that is anything different from what a &quot;normal&quot; house is.<p>Like the other commenter suggested, try with a shed, or even better, try making a tabletop model of your cabin with all the measurements and cutting scaled down from your ultimate goal.<p>If you do find a place to build, then great! But most likely it would be occuring in an area so far outside of town that it would be a very different life from suburb living.<p>Though I do know of a few people who made a house within a house....
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techslaveover 5 years ago
ever built anything? done a major remodel? practice first by building a shed in your backyard. you don’t want your cabin to be your first rodeo.<p>most important is learning to hire quality subs. very very hard if you’re not a GC in the biz.
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