Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Living in a Shed During Construction? 21May 11, 2009 12:50 pm 2011 Home Sweet Home Handover 03 September 2010 PCI 27August 2010 Plumber 20August 2010 Electrician 19August 2010 Painting 04 August 2010 Cabinets 13Jul2010 Lockup 23June Frame 20April slab 1Mar10 Re: Living in a Shed During Construction? 26May 15, 2009 10:39 pm 2011 Home Sweet Home Handover 03 September 2010 PCI 27August 2010 Plumber 20August 2010 Electrician 19August 2010 Painting 04 August 2010 Cabinets 13Jul2010 Lockup 23June Frame 20April slab 1Mar10 Re: Living in a Shed During Construction? 28May 24, 2009 7:06 pm 2011 Home Sweet Home Handover 03 September 2010 PCI 27August 2010 Plumber 20August 2010 Electrician 19August 2010 Painting 04 August 2010 Cabinets 13Jul2010 Lockup 23June Frame 20April slab 1Mar10 Re: Living in a Shed During Construction? 30May 24, 2009 11:32 pm As I've posted before about being a "shed-dweller" and promised to post some pics, I thought I'd better get around to it. Well, here goes: DSC_1041.jpgDSC_1045.jpgDSC_0912.jpg We love living in our shed and sometimes wonder why we're building the new house Cheers zeke Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Living in a Shed During Construction? 31May 24, 2009 11:41 pm Pebbles, thanks for the detailed post. Lots of helpful hints there from someone who is "living the dream" Zeke - wow that is one comfortable looking shed you have there. You even have piccies up on the walls We've been in our house for years, and I still haven't hung pictures Very nice What have you put on the floor??? Re: Living in a Shed During Construction? 32May 24, 2009 11:55 pm Maya_Papaya What have you put on the floor??? They're actually carpet tiles from discount city carpets(+ a bit of cheap/nasty vinyl in the kitchen area). They just get loose-laid on the floor and seem to work very well. Enormously practical and easy to clean or just replace one or more tiles in seconds.....no more worries about spilling anything. Unfortunately the carpet in the new house will be less easy to maintain, but it will be softer underfoot Cheers zeke Re: Living in a Shed During Construction? 33May 25, 2009 12:13 am Good idea re: carpet tiles - has to be warmer than walking on cold concrete. Just showed my OH - he has alot to live up to Re: Living in a Shed During Construction? 35May 25, 2009 8:21 am zeke As I've posted before about being a "shed-dweller" and promised to post some pics, I thought I'd better get around to it. We love living in our shed and sometimes wonder why we're building the new house Cheers zeke Gee Zeke, I reckon your shed is a LOT bigger than the 3 bedroom unit I rent and no, I'm not joking 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: Living in a Shed During Construction? 36Jun 18, 2009 2:57 pm Hi All Thought I would just post a few shots of how our shed (home) is progressing - slowly but surely, we still don't have council approval on our new home so we're not panicing - yet. DH started construction a few weeks ago until we came up with a new design which meant he needed to take down the wall he had already built - he was not a happy camper! The new plan: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The cleanup: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Bedroom wall goes up: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Will post some more in a few weeks, we are gutting our house moving kitchen etc into shed in early July so should be looking more homely by then. 2011 Home Sweet Home Handover 03 September 2010 PCI 27August 2010 Plumber 20August 2010 Electrician 19August 2010 Painting 04 August 2010 Cabinets 13Jul2010 Lockup 23June Frame 20April slab 1Mar10 Re: Living in a Shed During Construction? 37Jun 19, 2009 5:20 pm zeke As I've posted before about being a "shed-dweller" and promised to post some pics, I thought I'd better get around to it. Well, here goes: DSC_1041.jpgDSC_1045.jpgDSC_0912.jpg We love living in our shed and sometimes wonder why we're building the new house Cheers zeke My god, after seeing those pictures there is no way I'm posting pics of mine (dirty, dusty & messy). Mind you if my shed looked like yours I doubt I'd be wanting to move into a house! Re: 38Jul 04, 2009 10:26 pm zeke Well we're actually doing this and we like it so much we tried to cancel the house Seriously, the advantages are huge. The biggest and best one is being on site throughout the build - no travelling to see what's been done. The rental savings can be ploughed into decking out the shed, which will be an ongoing asset. Also it meant only one move for us. Another big advantage is that we have a real "Please take your time and don't hurry" approach to the house build. But I have to say, our shed is a pretty good one as sheds go. It is 16.5 metres by 7.5 metres (we are on 20 acres) We've lined and insulated it, separated off a bedroom at one end and and bathroom/laundry at the other, covered the floor with carpet tiles and vinyl in the kitchen area (IKEA s/s modular kitchen) We have 3 r/c split system a/c (from the house we demolished) home theatre area, Foxtel etc etc. Things we miss are the dishwasher, a proper oven, an effective rangehood (only have an exhaust fan) and insulated storage space. We have another REALLY big shed that could store 8 vehicles, but the temp in there can swing between 60 and 10 degrees C in the space of 12 hours. So, as an "expert shed dweller" I see the priorities as: 1. Insulation 2. lining 3. Exclusion of critters, insects etc....shed rollerdoors etc are NBG for this 4. Services and creature comforts The advantage of being on-site during the build is the fantastic plus and has been surprisingly well-tolerated by the tradies. I should also point out that we did a lot more with our shed than we intended at the outset, but it's been fun and will be worthwhile in the long run. Go for it, I reckon Cheers zeke PS I should probably post a couple of piccies when I suss out how to do this. Hi there, I have posted a related topic about insurance on a shed with personal belongings in it....that is I cannot find any company to insure our shed while we are not living on the property....maybe we could say we plan to live there?? Any help greatly appreciated. Ame Re: Living in a Shed During Construction? 39Jul 06, 2009 9:43 am I'm planning to convert the back half of our shed into a granny flat/ kids games room. I would recommend to anyone doing this sort of fit-out for a permanant use to use blue-termite treated framing. Garage and shed slabs generally have no termite barriers installed before pouring so having untreated bottom plates etc sitting staight on the concrete is asking for trouble depending where you live. 70mm x 35mm T2 framing is only around $2 per metre so its cheap insurance Re: Re: 40Jul 06, 2009 4:17 pm ame Hi there, I have posted a related topic about insurance on a shed with personal belongings in it....that is I cannot find any company to insure our shed while we are not living on the property....maybe we could say we plan to live there?? Any help greatly appreciated. Ame Yes insurance, we were with I think NRMA for contents in NSW, the sister company here in WA is SGiO, they only insured us living in the shed (just contents) because we were already had a policy (NRMA which carries over as SGiO here) and we were building. When I inquired about it prior to moving over here I found that most companies won't insure you if living in a shed and particularly if you don't already have an existing policy. Others that will I think have certain standards (ie shed may have to be lined / insulated etc). From an insurance perspective I think we were lucky, but I do wonder if something major happened (ie fire) weather an excuse would come up why we can't make a claim. 1 62399 Just to makea point about this, an approach that some people have found sucessful in negotiating these rises down, Is to provide some workings to the builder, specifying… 4 82853 The only thing to add to these comments is that where possible it's always good to try and work with people than just say "no" because you can. Having someone… 4 18063 |