On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:37:55 -0500, the infamous -MIKE- scrawled the following:
Steve Turner wrote:
>> I've long wondered why none of these builders have ever thought to
>> incorporate a good quality shed on a slab (with electricity) straight
>> into the overall plan for the subdivision. Everybody needs a shed;
>> wouldn't it be a good selling point to have a well-designed,
>> top-quality, aesthetically pleasing shed for every house in the >> neighborhood? >> >
>I don't know about them but if I ever build again, I'm starting with an
>outbuilding, first, then the house.
That's how one of the wreck.metalheads did it. Harold had his 3-car garage built (complete with metalshop space and HVAC) and he and his wife moved into that. They've lived in it for years now, as they build the main house.