If you enjoy extending your hospitality to friends and family but find that space in your home is in short supply, why not build a small guest house on your property? While the thought of a guest house might seem impossibly pricey and out of reach, the low price of steel buildings brings it easily within reach of most homeowners. Whether you want to add a guest house so that your daughter can come spend the summers without plunking down in the middle of your living room or so that you can rent it out for a little extra income, there are many advantages to choosing customizable steel buildings for your guest house project.
Permitting May Be Simpler
No matter where you live, you’ll need permits from the town or city in order to put up your building. Because smaller steel buildings don’t require dug foundations and basements, the permitting process may be easier with prefabricated steel buildings than with other types of construction.
Steel Buildings Go Up Faster
Once your property has been prepared for construction, the process of putting up a steel building is straightforward and moves quickly. If you’re handy and have friends, you can put up a small DIY steel building yourself over a weekend. If you choose to contract the project out – which is advisable for a complex project with wiring and plumbing – the contractors may finish the job in one or two complete days once the concrete foundation is poured. From there, you can go on and complete the interior with a few days work. From start to finish, steel buildings take far less time to construct than wood buildings.
You Have More Flexibility
Because steel buildings require no interior posts or supports, you’ll have the entire interior floor space to design the floor plan. That gives you enormous flexibility to create a layout that fits the structure and its intended use. From a simple open bedroom with an attached bath to a complete studio apartment, complete with kitchen and a loft, a steel building offers the flexibility to move walls around, put windows where you want them and add interior structures where they make the most sense.
A guest house will be a bit more expensive than a typical steel storage shed but far less expensive than a full scale addition to your home. Attractive, flexible and affordable, steel buildings offer the ideal way to improve your property with a free-standing guest house for guests or tenants.
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