Update on Travis' playhouse

Phoned two local big-metal-shed-building companies, just to get a rough sense of prices for my [eventual] playhouse.

Stated criteria: They assemble; they pour the concrete; no ''garage door''; two person-doors; two windows.

Asked for two sizes: 8.5m x 7m (for the music room/gym plus woodshop) and 6m x 7m (for just the music room/gym; the woodshed could be a small, separate shed).


Company #1: around AU$10k; around AU$7.5k

Company #2: around AU$11k; around AU$9k


So, they seem to be about one-third the price of the ''built like a regular house'' version: Best-case, $10k vs. $29k; $7.5k vs. $20k.

I'd have to add the interior walls and insulation myself. Once labor and materials are included, I'm not sure what the savings would be (easy to price -- but not now). And maybe the full-size one ($10k) might be reasonable, relative to the smaller one -- as I'd have to subtract the cost of building the small, stand-alone workshed against the ''$10k minus $7.5'' gap.

But -- not anytime soon.


--GG