As suggested here, this will be a simple log of our building progress in case it's useful to anyone else in future.
Background:
Plans:
Might look something like this (stolen from one of those home office websites). Not quite so posh with all the windows, but still has the vertical timber cladding as it has to look semi-professional for Business reasons.
Budget: £7-8k, although build cost now £13-14k, therefore business loan required.
Current costs (as of 02/11/2015):
Background:
- We had an old garage - it was useless. Too small for car, looked hideous, damp, cold, asbestos, no power, not secure, etc.
- We need a better & more spacious home office.
- We need to move ourselves out of the current home office because it's destined to be our son's bedroom. And it's too small.
- I'd like somewhere to put my 5 games where i can get the f'ing glass off/on easily. I'd naturally like more space, but room for 5 is good compromise (trust me, it's better than the other option i.e. zero).
- We need to clear the space where i've currently got my games (where i can't get the f'ing glass off/on easily) because the flat roof if leaking (again), plus we've got some grander plans for that space in the future.
- I'm paying a little for offsite storage of 2 games & I'd rather not (yes, i could sell them, but i don't want to).
- The old garage looked really ****.
Plans:
- 6m x 5m (with a corner missing so it fits next to the house)
- Well-insulted timber structure. Cheap & fast to build.
- Flat GRP roof, or a green roof.
- Storage heaters.
- Room for office, including any potential employees or visiting clients/contractors.
- Room for 5 Pinballs as part of the office space (so they'll need to look good too, AND incorporating room to get the f'ing glass off!). If this become a fulltime Pin-shed then there would be room for 10 or 11 games... i can dream.
- Could be converted to a generic useful space i.e. if we sold the house - hold a car (with a new front door) or gym or whatever.
- Office by day, Pinball room evenings and weekends.
- [Now] Aiming to be done before March '15 - as lower priority than paid work, but enables us to expand the business.
Might look something like this (stolen from one of those home office websites). Not quite so posh with all the windows, but still has the vertical timber cladding as it has to look semi-professional for Business reasons.
Budget: £7-8k, although build cost now £13-14k, therefore business loan required.
Current costs (as of 02/11/2015):
- £500 - 'safe' re/oval of old asbestos garage.
- £1230 - Concrete base (inc. 5m3 of concrete, steel and lots of hardcore). Was quoted £950, inc. 3m3, but hole needed to be bigger, but got a very solid base now.
- £150ish (TBC) - Planning Application
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