Still being built, but thought I'd post the humble beginnings of our little cabin. About 80 percent of the framing is from our trees; we logged, milled, dryed and framed them. Prefabbed them during the winter and hauled them to site once snow melted, and now are getting ready for rafters. I'll post updates when we get a bit further. Cheers!
I used to watch a channel made by a guy in Canada (he had a strong Canadian accent) who was building a large cabin on his property. Somehow I lost track of him and I can't find his channel anymore. He built the walls first, then dug a foundation, insulated it, and was getting ready to move his pre built walks onto the foundation. I believe the channel had the word Wolf in the channel name.
Does this sound familiar to anyone? Does anyone know if the channel still exists?
I have nothing to show yet but I would love to see some UK specific cabins and tour sorrows behind them. I’ll hopefully be starting my journey soon.
My fiancée and I own one acre in the Shenandoah Mountains in Virginia and would like to build a cabin on it. We’re in the early stages and trying to figure out what is realistic vs what is a day dream.
The dream would be something around 800-1,200 sq ft with 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, a small shed/storage building, and an outdoor sauna. Long term it would likely be our retirement home, but in the meantime we’d use it as a vacation property and Airbnb.
From a looks perspective, we’d love a little stone cottage type of moment but we understand that may be VERY expensive. We’re also interested in Scandinavian-style cabins, A-frames, or anything else that makes sense.
The land is already paid off, which helps, but we have no idea what the actual build costs would be today. We have been throwing around numbers up to $450k, but that’s based on vibes. We are financially in a place where we would like to start building within the next 2 years.
For those of you who have actually built cabins:
We’re not planning to DIY much beyond cutting down a few trees for fun, so assume we’d be hiring professionals for essentially everything.
I want to hear real numbers and horror stories as much as success stories. Trying to learn before we start making expensive mistakes.
When we bought our 20 acres the goal was to make room for friends and family to enjoy it as well. We currently have an 800 square foot cabin and a 28’ camper on the property but wanted to add a small permanent guest cabin. The plan was hatched to build a 12x16 with an 8x12 loft over the bedroom and a second 8x12 over the porch. I typically build small projects with a few rough sketches and just go for it but decided I should do some actual plans for this one. It’s definitely time consuming but should make it easier when ordering materials and actually building it. Floor and 2 long walls drawn up so far with end walls up next.