New Shop Design help needed

[Flash68]

I would agree with your assessment that - while it may not be exactly how you would like it or design it - that extra work for $10k seems like very good value.

Cool shop either way.

[SSLance]

The reason this cropped back up so late in the game is we took a contract on our KC home this weekend. This freed up some cash (and anxiety ) so I started rethinking things.

What I did not take into consideration is that building permits have already been pulled and it's too late for major design changes...so it's plan #1 and more work for Lance once we move in I guess. At least this way I can build it like I need it to be.

[dontlifttoshift]

Plan number one is the right plan, value be damned.

Am I the only one that thinks its weird for the bathroom to open up outside?

[dhutton]

Originally Posted by dontlifttoshift

Plan number one is the right plan, value be damned.

Am I the only one that thinks its weird for the bathroom to open up outside?

I think that bathroom is intended for the pool guests....

Don

[dontlifttoshift]

Lolz....pool people never crossed my mind.

[SSLance]

Lol... Yep it's a dual purpose bathroom. There will be a $900 door that opens to the shop as well.

[SSLance]

This rendering kind of gives you an idea of how the RV garage will sit next to the house. There will be a travertine sidewalk from the pool deck over to that corner of the RV garage where the bathroom door will be.



This is roughly what the lot will layout like once complete.



3100 sq ft house and a 1634 sq ft RV garage on a 8/10s acre lot in a gated subdivision in Peoria, AZ. We are basically getting everything and more that we have now on our 11 acres in Missouri...minus all the grass to mow. To say we are stoked would be an understatement.

This is pretty much what it'll look like from the street.



There's a 6' concrete block fence surrounding the lot and I'll have a flat graveled 50' x 50' pad behind the RV garage and a 15' wide area alongside the RV garage to put trailers and what not hidden behind the fence in the backyard. Plus there is an oversize (for AZ standards anyway) 3 car garage attached to the house.

The people that just put on contract on our house pretty much bought everything we have except personal items. I'm pretty sure we'll be able to fit everything we move in one 20' rental truck, the majority of that will be my tools from the shop. I'm probably going to leave most of that as well and just buy new once I get into the new shop. Things like engine hoists, engine stands, trans jacks, screw jacks etc...mine are all old, hand me down, dirty, leaking type of tools and I figure a nice new shop like this deserves new equipment...don't you? It even makes more sense because we'll be renting a place there for 6 months while this is finished...and would just have to pay to store all of that crap in the meantime.

My 5hp 60 gallon air compressor is still in consideration though, along with the wind up hose reels, shop vac and pressure washer. Decisions decisions...

[traut811]

How tall will the bathroom be? Lofts are awesome for storing stuff that just takes up floor space. If the bath ceiling is 7-8' tall, I recommend maybe building off the side of that as well for additional storage. Just something to think about if it'd be needed. It's nice you'll have tall ceilings. We'll hold Missouri down for ya when you leave