Almost as genius an idea: workshed

O.k., so it's probably going to be too expensive to build the two-garage garage/workshed/mega-shed right off: all the components nickel-and-dime their way into being too much -- at least for a few months, or a year, or whatever.

I had this -- what I thought, anyhow -- pretty clever, innovative idea:

Three of the large costs will be the assembly fees, the council registration fees, and having the concrete slab put down. I was in the shower this morning, mind kind of wandering -- as always -- and came up with the idea of getting a used camping trailer, or motor home (what Aussies call a ''caravan''), stripping out the insides, and using **that** for my woodshop and box storage shed. It's portable, so technically isn't not a building, and thus don't need to register building plans for it. It's off the ground, so we wouldn't need to lay a concrete foundation (just put it up on blocks). And there's no construction involved, so no waiting time, and no extra construction fees.

I did a quick search of the classifieds, and I could get one for about AU$1,500 [US$1,125]. And that's without doing much price-hunting; could probably get one cheaper if the interior is more run-down (since I'd be stripping it out, anyhow). When it had outlived its usefulness, we could sell it for darned cheap, just to get it off the property. And in the meantime, we could put up a trellis with vines in front of it, to hide it from view (for the aesthetics).

We'll see if The Lady goes for this idea.



--GG