Cheap Alternative to living at home

rorysllvn2

Hi,
just wanted to see if anyone knows a cheap alternative to living at home?
Have a empty field that would be perfect for maybe a log cabin or something.
I could afford anything up to 30k max. need something thats warm with a good bit of space for 2 people. Don't really fancy a mobile home they look abit tacky. Any suggestions would be great

RichardAnd

Personally, I would love to build a fortress up the side of a mountain and cut myself off from this this idiot infested island.

To that effect, I looked into this a few years ago and there are prefab houses that can be built which are pretty good. A friend of mine build a two room + bathroom hut in his parents back yard and it's lovely so yes, it can be done. Here's a link:


http://www.cabinpac.ie/


I don't know what the planning laws are but remember, it's not just a case of building a house, you need electricity, plumbing, sewage so this isn't a simple thing. Good idea though.

syklops

Dont know why you posted this in Politics. Get a mod to move it to Accomodation & Property.

Have you looked into getting a timber frame house?

CiaranC

Get a van dude, sorted

ei.sdraob

you would need planning permission, good luck with that

rorysllvn2

is there anyone out there selling a nice chalet or maybe a one bedroom log cabin either would do the trick.

rorysllvn2

RichardAnd wrote: »

Personally, I would love to build a fortress up the side of a mountain and cut myself off from this this idiot infested island.

To that effect, I looked into this a few years ago and there are prefab houses that can be built which are pretty good. A friend of mine build a two room + bathroom hut in his parents back yard and it's lovely so yes, it can be done. Here's a link:


http://www.cabinpac.ie/


I don't know what the planning laws are but remember, it's not just a case of building a house, you need electricity, plumbing, sewage so this isn't a simple thing. Good idea though.

would you be able to get a picture of your friends prefab? very curious about these. also are they well insulated? and would you have any idea how much he paid for it?

Riskymove

http://www.shomera.ie/Studios/studio-extra-living-room.aspx

rorysllvn2

any suggestions? @ richardand you got any pictures of your mates prefab?

RichardAnd

rorysllvn2 wrote: »

any suggestions? @ richardand you got any pictures of your mates prefab?

Afraid not. The closest thing I could show you would be this:


http://yogoprabowo.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/prefab-home-sport.jpg


He hasn't got the sliding doors but inside he has a living room, a bed room and a decent sized bathroom with a shower. I've been in there in the dead of winter and it's pretty cosy which I assume is down to the smaller size of the building.

What he did do though was link his electricity and plumbing to his parents' house so that kept costs down. It's a pretty cool little home for a single guy on his own and I' wouldn't mind having one myself. You'd need to check out about planning permission though which in this country is a can of worms.

rorysllvn2

RichardAnd wrote: »

Afraid not. The closest thing I could show you would be this:


http://yogoprabowo.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/prefab-home-sport.jpg


He hasn't got the sliding doors but inside he has a living room, a bed room and a decent sized bathroom with a shower. I've been in there in the dead of winter and it's pretty cosy which I assume is down to the smaller size of the building.

What he did do though was link his electricity and plumbing to his parents' house so that kept costs down. It's a pretty cool little home for a single guy on his own and I' wouldn't mind having one myself. You'd need to check out about planning permission though which in this country is a can of worms.

wow thats nice.
did he do it all himself?
also did he jus buy a used prefab or a new one?
that's a great idea anyway would of loved to see a few pictures of it.
would you have any idea how much it cost him to do it all?

sceptre

Moved from Irish Economy to Accommodation & Property. It's a discussion better placed there than on either the Irish Economy or Politics boards.

RichardAnd

rorysllvn2 wrote: »

wow thats nice.
did he do it all himself?
also did he jus buy a used prefab or a new one?
that's a great idea anyway would of loved to see a few pictures of it.
would you have any idea how much it cost him to do it all?

I'm not too sure of the detailed at all as I didn't see it being built. As to the cost, I think it was about 20k for the pre-fab and furnishings but remember, he was linking all the utilities onto his parents' house.

It looks alot like that prefab in the picture I linked but it's not in a forest or surrounded by trees, sadly . It's a good idea, go for it if you can.

Idbatterim

How about a shipping container or two? bang one on top of another, put a sprial staircase going from bottom one to top? that would be legend!

mufcboy1999

a cave

Idbatterim

i googled used prefabs and the following came up...

http://www.maccom-ireland.ie/used-modular-buildings/

might be worth checking out the prices...

waffleman

CiaranC wrote: »

Get a van dude, sorted

I concur

http://www.whatvan.ie/usedcardetail.php?id=214529

nice big mattress + a gym membership for showering / workouts / toilet

Washing / storing clothes might be a problem but I still like the idea of this

Idbatterim

a van would be taking things to an extreme IMHO. a mobile home would be prefect! that or a prebab.

Rathminian

Just came upon this thread. You could try Abwood, who import some Swedish cabins. There is also a company called Finnforest that do something similar.

http://www.abwood.ie/timber-buildings-abkabin.htm

http://www.finnforest.co.uk/products/finnlifelogcabins/cabins20m2andover/Pages/Helsinki.aspx