I’ve lastly decided on my workshop! And let me inform you, it has been a tricky determination, and I’ve gone full circle with this one. Should you’ve been following alongside during the last two weeks, you recognize that my greatest precedence is to search out one thing to make use of for storage in order that we will transfer in direction of getting our kitchen addition began. As a way to begin on the kitchen, I have to get the sunroom utterly cleared out, and I would like a spot to retailer the issues I need to hold.
My preliminary concept was to go forward and construct my workshop, which has been within the plans for a number of years now. You’ll be able to see it on our panorama plan sitting simply behind the carport.
However after taking a look at these choices and getting costs, I believed perhaps it could be higher to simply substitute the previous rusted storage shed that’s in our again yard proper now. This factor was right here once we purchased the home, and whereas there are some things in there, I don’t really use this storage constructing as a result of (1) it has leaks, and (2) there’s no mild in there (no electrical energy and no pure mild) so it’s simply darkish and creepy.
I believed it could be simpler and quicker to go that route as a result of that shed sits on a concrete slab. So if I simply rip that one down (which may’t be that onerous as previous and rusty as it’s), I might simply have a brand new one constructed on that slab, proper? Fast and simple!
Nicely, not so quick. I went out and measured the slab (it’s 10′ x 14′), and I additionally took my framing sq. out to verify the slab is sq.. The native shed firm requested me to verify. It’s not sq.. It’s not even near sq.. So mainly, the person on the storage shed firm steered that they may put the shed on that slab, however they’d nonetheless use their wooden basis. That signifies that the completed shed can be about 12 inches above floor. The entire value of a brand new 10′ x 14′ storage shed was going to run about $5600.
I didn’t love that concept, so I saved looking for different concepts. After which I used to be scrolling Instagram and noticed that on one of many woodworking accounts I comply with, they use a transport container as a twig sales space. I liked that concept! Each time I’ve to spray one thing, I discover myself wishing I had a everlasting spray sales space arrange someplace to make it simple and to get out of the wind and climate. Somewhat transport container is a good concept for that!
In order that despatched me down a rabbit gap on the lookout for a transport container. The issue is that I wished a 10-foot transport container, however these are fairly costly. Till two days in the past, I didn’t know that 10-foot transport containers are usually dearer than the 20-foot containers as a result of they’re customized made. They take 20-foot containers, minimize them in half, after which seal the up. So that you’re paying further for the additional work that goes into them. However there’s no means I desire a 20-foot transport container in our again yard.
In any case of that, I went again to the concept of simply constructing the workshop. I discovered a neighborhood firm that I actually like, and spent plenty of time on the cellphone with the person getting all the particulars, asking all of my questions, and getting pricing on numerous choices. I lastly determined to go together with the 18′ x 32′ storage. I’m nonetheless undecided if I need to go together with the steel roof or the shingle roof, however the constructing itself will appear to be this on the entrance, minus the shutters…
After which that is the top that can be seen from the carport. It’ll have a roll-up storage door on this finish the place I can usher in sheets of plywood and MDF.
After which I’ll have two extra home windows on the again aspect…
After which the top reverse the storage door can be stable. I do know folks steered having two storage doorways, one on every finish, however I’m fairly decided to have one stable, uninterrupted wall in there.
I actually like this native firm. They’ve been so affected person to reply all of my questions and go over all the choices with me. I additionally like that they’re prepared to make use of my home windows. Should you’ll bear in mind, means again once I had that misguided notion to show our carport into my workshop after which construct a separate indifferent storage, I purchased 4 home windows that match the home windows in our home (similar model, similar type, similar all the things) to make use of for that. I’ve had them out within the storage constructing for about two years now, so I’m glad they’re prepared to make use of them.
I additionally determined to have it constructed on their basis moderately than pouring a concrete basis for it. I do know I’ll get combined reactions about that, however I advised the person what I used to be going to be utilizing the constructing for, and requested him his trustworthy opinion. He advised me that he ran a cupboard making enterprise out of one in every of these buildings constructed on their basis, and he had each software I discussed plus an entire lot extra. His constructing that he used for his cupboard making enterprise was 18 x 50 as a result of he had walled off one finish to make use of as his spray sales space to color the cupboards. However he stated he by no means had a little bit of downside with all of his cupboard making instruments sitting on their basis. So I made a decision to go together with that since it will likely be a financial savings of a number of 1000’s of {dollars} that I’d moderately put in direction of our kitchen.
So how did I virtually get scammed out of $2000? Nicely, I sat down at my pc yesterday morning to jot down this put up and inform y’all all about my workshop determination. And I wished to incorporate an image of a cute 10-foot transport container. So I headed over to Fb Market to see if I might discover a image of what I used to be speaking about.
And lo and behold, the primary results of my search was a cute little grey 10-foot transport container with a roll-up door that appeared to be in GREAT situation for less than $1600!!
I couldn’t imagine it! Right here I used to be, settled on shifting ahead with the workshop, and the proper little transport container at an unbelievable value landed proper in my lap. I couldn’t imagine it!
So I didn’t need to come right here and inform y’all that I had selected the workshop if I used to be about to alter course. I contacted the vendor and requested what the transport payment can be. The itemizing stated it was in Conroe, Texas, which is a couple of 2 hour 20 minute drive from Waco. He stated it was $225. So the full value got here to $1825. I requested about gross sales tax, however he stated there wasn’t any gross sales tax. That appeared fishy to me. This wasn’t a person promoting his personal transport container. It was a enterprise promoting transport containers. Each for-profit enterprise in Texas has to gather gross sales tax.
Anyway, I stated I wished it, and he stated he’d ship my information to the billing division. However once I received the invoice, it was coming from Florida, not Texas. That in itself isn’t unusual, however all of those unusual issues have been simply piling up. So I seemed up the enterprise web site and it stated they have been the main supplier for transport containers. However once I seemed up the registrar information for the web site, it was only some months previous. The web site had been arrange in February of this 12 months. How will you be a number one something in only a few months? And the person promoting this transport container had solely joined Fb in 2024 and had no historical past and no image.
So I referred to as the quantity on the bill, and a person answered. He had a really thick Indian accent. Once more, that’s not an odd issues in isolation, with all the different unusual issues, it simply didn’t really feel proper. However what actually sealed it for me was that there was numerous static on the road. Why would there be a lot static on a name from Florida? And curiously, it appeared to chop out (or he pretended to not hear me) each time I requested the place they have been situated. I lastly hung up, and he referred to as proper again. Similar factor. Plenty of static, and conveniently chopping out (or he pretended so) each time I requested the place they have been situated. I requested that a number of instances, and each time (on each calls) he pretended like he couldn’t hear me every time. He by no means did reply my query about the place they have been situated.
I hung up once more, and he referred to as again three extra instances. I ignored these calls. After which I wrote the man again on Fb and stated, “By no means thoughts. I don’t need it. This looks as if a rip-off, and I’ll be damned if I’m going to get scammed out of almost $2000.” To which he responded with a thumbs up emoji. 😀
Curiously, this morning I checked out Market once more for 10-foot containers, and I noticed that precise image in three completely different listings from three completely different Texas cities — Conroe, Stephenville, and Dallas. So I’m fairly certain it’s a rip-off. Those that appear legit are those that ask you to pay a proportion down, after which the stability on supply. However I’ve but to discover a 10-foot container from a kind of locations.
*Sigh* My hopes for having a cute little grey transport container with a roll up door have been dashed. 😀 However that’s okay. I wasn’t scammed out of $2000, and I can now put that cash in direction of a pleasant workshop with an actual native firm with very useful workers who’re capable of reply all of my questions.
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