Easy home construction

[CodyH]

My father is considering buying a large piece of land for hunting and fishing and general outdoor activities. We are entertaining the idea of building a house on it together. We want something that doesn?t have any wiring or plumbing hooked up to it, we just want to put a wood burner in it. It does not have to be very large. I am posting in this forum because I was wondering what my options are other then a log cabin. Any information would be great and thanks for your time.

[2 cents]

I assume you are looking for simple & DIY. Take a look at socketsys, I like this for perhaps building a barn after I build my log home, but you could build a house with this too.

http://www.socketsys.com/

[CodyH]

That seems like it would work, I am going to send them an email thanks for the response.

[rreidnauer]

There should be plenty of options available for a simple hunting cabin. Heck, I've seen prebuilt sheds/garages upwards of 20x20. A bit of insulation and paneling, and they're ready to go. GT and Ponyboy came up with some good ideas some time ago, here: http://www.loghomebuilders.org/cottage-homes

[ponyboy]

Looks like the Eco Cottage link has changed to ecosteel. I don't see the cottage on the web site any more. :-(

If for some reason you didn't want to take the LHBA course and wanted a small log cabin.....
I can't remember who posted this link but I kinda like these. But if you took the course you could build
your own a LOT cheaper.

http://www.montanamobilecabins.com/index.html

[akemt]

There's also this link I just revisited that has open-panel construction with more inclusions than the normal open-panel kit I've run across: http://cabins.ca Saves you time, some money (atleast for me with my location and costs), and if you're not putting in electric/plumbing, it'd be done quickly.

Were these links on here? They're not all exactly what I'd call cheap. They all have their up/down sides, depending on what you need: http://www.moderncabana.com/MC_main.html
http://www.cabanavillage.com/cabins/
http://www.montanamobilecabins.com/faq.html
http://www.nilsondirect.com/fishhouses/index.html
http://www.fishhousestore.com/frames.html
http://www.panelconcepts.com/homepage.htm
http://www.townandcountryplans.com/

[akemt]

Ever considered a Yurt or Tipi?

[dcbrewmeister]

When I was in Alaska, we started to frame up "cabins" that were really storage sheds from Home Depot. They came in a kit, all bundled up nice and ran ~$900 each. A few modifications (tin roof, a couple of windows and insulation) and they were really starting to take shape. We put up 3 a day with 2 guys working on it, the finishing took longer. The best part? The whole kit fit in the back of a pickup with an 8' bed... Once they arrived on the barge that is.

Another trick for a cheap building is to stay dimensional - 4x8, 8x12, 8x10. If you do it right, you'll have very little waste or cutting and it will go up very fast.

[akemt]

www.countryplans.com is a good resource for building small and off-grid.

[ftully]

Earthbag building : the tools, tricks and techniques by Hunter, Kaki (ISBN 0865715076)
It may be available in your public library.
If not, click link.
http://ipac.slco.lib.ut.us/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12W17Q639D541.117193&profile=dial&uri=link=3100007~!629839~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=subtab13&menu=search&ri=2&source=~!horizon&term=Earthbag+building+%3A+the+tools%2C+tricks+and +techniques+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus

[ponyboy]

Found this the other day. Don't know if they're any good or not.

http://www.cabanavillage.com/cabin-kits/

Oops! akemt already posted this one. Doh!

[workman43113]

ever consider building an A-FRAME? It would be pretty cheap and easy to build?

[ponyboy]

Not any insulation to speak of, but kinda cool.

http://materialicio.us/2008/03/01/abod/