Is this a $100,000 Shed!?!? | Cost Breakdown
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- Is this a $100,000 Shed? | Cost Breakdown
In this video we answer the most asked question throughout our build - "How much does it cost?" This is a two-story japanese-style shed that we've spend the past eight months to build together as a couple doing it all ourselves (diy). In this video, we'll go through each step of the build showing the costs at every stage to construct our 2-story cabin / shed.
Let us know what you think - how much would you charge or spend to have a shed like this? What do you think it cost us to build? Did we spend too much? We'd love to hear from you!
Hi Everyone - thanks for watching! We appreciate it!! If you're interested, we have a 32-part video series for each step of this build, you can watch them here: ruclips.net/p/PL7E4LqKoom-tVQkPMg1yDq-MQpp6KhLHx
nice job 5 guys one week 5k labour 5k materials mishaps 17k , my profit guy 6 lol 4k
Thanks!@@scottmckenzie-hb1xj
This is amazing. Maybe you didn't pay $100,000 but it looks the quality of $100,000. To do this for $5,500 is mind blowing.
Thank you! This means a lot to us. Thanks for watching!! 😁
It is just beautiful. I can't imagine one could get even close to $5500 for a 2 story building like this. I'd guess you would have to quadruple, plus, plus, plus the price. Cost breakdown was appreciated!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video!
@@buildingmodern Totally forgot - Happy Thanksgiving!!
@@justme5544 thanks - Happy Thanksgiving!
Hi, so pleased I have just discovered your channel, I am just about to start a full design and build a complete Japanese garden that will include a shed/workshop disguised as a Japanese tea house 😊
My house won't be finished being built until April and because it's a new build I will be working with a blank canvas.
I'm excited to get started as it has always been a wish to design and create a Japanese garden now that I have retired from work I have time to focus on more pleasurable hobbies in life 😊
Lovin what you are doing and how you are presenting your channel, so I have subscribed and will be binge-watching from the beginning 👍🏼
Welcome! It sounds like you found the right place! Let us know if you have any questions as you go through the videos - we’re fairly thorough, but I’m sure we missed things here & there. 🙂
$25-$30k max, just for the shell only. Completely finished out, maybe $55-$60k finished. building only. Not including septic/well/power. My dad just did a 22ft x 40 ft complete with septic and a $20k solar power system. Hardwood floor (whole building), tongue and groove ceiling/walls, 6x8 stained) stressed exposed beams. $75k total.
Wow, well done! That’s a fantastic price for all of that all in and at that size. Thanks for commenting! 🙂
Cost of goods for that out by me, for the way you did it, would probably be closer to $8-10k. Out here, you couldn't get away with that foundation on a two-story accessory structure & if this was being built as a job, things like the windows would be expected to be at least builder/contractor grade, not custom made from single-pane plexi. Not to mention, all the cedar would have been purchased ready to use (rather than remilling from fence boards) & presumably the top roof would also be done in cedar. All that together, you're probably looking at closer to $20-25k in materials depending on the specifics. Pricing would be something like:
1. Materials: $25k
2. Stamped drawings & Permits: $2k
3. Framing & Sheeting Labor: $7k
5. Siding & Decorative Labor: $7k
6. Roofing Labor: $1.5k
Subtotal: $42.5k
w/ Overhead: $48-52k
Now, all of that would be very contingent on a lot of details I don't have here, but that's probably low-end. Could easily balloon up to a $70k+ job.
Kudos on the work. Looks like it came together very nicely
Thank you!! We love this detailed information! Thanks for sharing!! I hope others see it as it’s super informative.
Yeah, we really wish we could have done sonotubes or poured concrete footings, but code doesn’t allow it in our area for an unpermitted shed. As it was explained to us by our chief inspector - the 2nd story is technically an attic space (unfinished, under 6’ in height), allowing for this to be built … but, it has to either be on blocks or a flat gravel bed (too much of a slope to go for this option).
All that said, it feels extremely solid and we don’t have concerns about it going anywhere. A good bit of houses were built this same way 60+ years ago in our area. We’re happy with the end result & especially the end price.
At $40k-$70k, maybe we should go into the shed building business. 🤩🤣
@@buildingmodern "At $40k-$70k, maybe we should go into the shed building business." As long as you can find folks looking for this kind of work and willing to let the build take 8 months, you should be golden. 😋
In all seriousness though, there's certainly money to be made for those interested in doing this full time. But, like most professions, for many reasons, it's usually less glamorous as a job than a hobby/passion project.
Totally looks like $100k build to me! I've never seen a building with as much detail as you both have put into this structure 😍 And yes, you completely surprised me with the actual cost. Totally kicked butt on this project!
Thank you!! Ha, glad we surprised you on the cost - we definitely were happy to stay in budget (we really weren’t sure we would as we had to continue to buy more & more cedar 😅). Thanks!
Just ran across your video on cost breakdown. What a beautiful work of art, Koo-does on your design, workman ship and team work. This video by it's self did not show much of the building in it's entirety, I'll go look for previous videos... You two work very well together, "cute couple." I would have to agree with the comment below something like this built for you would cost approx 30K in today's market. To me that's expensive that's why I do DIY as well. and the feeling you get from a job done well can't be beat. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you!! Definitely - we enjoyed building it and have a great sense of pride seeing it every day. 🙂 We've just pinned a comment with the link, but Id thought I'd link to the entire video series is here as well (lots, if not too much, content/videos 😅) : ruclips.net/p/PL7E4LqKoom-tVQkPMg1yDq-MQpp6KhLHx
Nice looking work y’all! I think your cost on materials sounds really good, I would have estimated closer to 7k just looking at it. As a shed/tiny house/workshop builder myself I would probably charge around 15-18k obviously with variables. Keep up the cool work!
Thank you! Thanks for watching 🙂
I was guessing 8k to build. I'd spend 20k-30k for the build. 5k-10k to finish it out. If I got quoted 100k I'd definitely build it myself.
Thanks! Ha, right!?! If we could get $100k for it though, new shed building business here we come!! 🙂
This is the first ive seen your channel, beautiful job definitely impressed .... my experience is most contractors are like car companies, they first ask themselves what can people afford? then they set a price. the nicer the neighborhood the higher the cost is the rule unfortunately....
Thank you! Ha, we feel that’s definitely true. The contractor I was speaking with definitely served a high-end clientele. We’re super happy with our end cost though. Can’t wait to start our next project! 😁
First, happy thanksgiving!🙏🏼
Second, cost of your passion & completing your shared dream, PRICELESS 🫶🏼
Impressive!!!
I recently moved back to a conducive climate for growing Japanese maples & opened a new passion for my small collection. So glad I found your channel, linked thru Mr Maple☺️ a spring garden tour of your beautiful collection of Japanese maples & conifers. Followed you thru the whole build of the ‘shed’. (What an understatement) your channel is creative & classy. I really look forward to your new content. Thank you so much & wishing you the best.
Thank you!! Ah, fun, we enjoy the Nichols and their passion for Japanese maples. 🙂
Thanks for watching - more future projects to come!
You both did an amazing job. I'm not sure it would be a $100,000 shed but $35,000 to $40,000 would not be unreasonable for me, especially considering the quality, effort and thought put into its construction. Thanks for your uploads. You definitely deserve more subscribers!
Thanks! We appreciate it! Here’s hoping this video or one of our others gets more traction. Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃
Ps, I’d give most anything for a shed like that. I’m presently needing a storage shed. I think a contractor would not pass on any savings for re-upped scrounged materials. The many personal touches you included is where they would charge the big bucks. A simple framed building in your dimensions would probably be cut & dried. It’s the finishing touches, details & personal problem solving you did that they don’t seem very flexible on. $$$ creativity is sometimes a rare commodity these days. That’s why there’s prefab…
Thank you! It’s definitely in the details. I’m fairly certain we had it dried in within a couple of months, and then the rest of the time was spent on details to make it actually look/feel japanese
@@buildingmodern I’m previously from Japan & I’d say mission accomplished! It truly is lovely & im homesick. While you completed your ‘shed’ ☺️ I created a Japanese garden. You both have been such an inspiration. Celebrating our major completion at the same time. Due to health issues, I didn’t think I had another demanding project in me. It has truly been a rewarding challenge & your videos were a great encouragement. Cheers! 🥂
@@patricianealfarley7150 thank you!!
I’m not sure it’s $100k, but definitely at least $40k - we’ll done!
Thank you!!
It took from February to October, was it? How many total hours?
Ha, we weren't really counting the hours. Recording videos adds a lot onto it as well. I don't really have a clue on the hourly breakdown. If we made it without breaks, 5 days a week, and without recording videos, and without other work, it would probably take us 1-2 months as a 2-person crew. A lot of the time was taken up milling wood and doing what we could to save funds.
my guess was 5k, and what id pay is probably 20k if i wanted something so intricately designed. 100k+ is some absolute nonsense but you know what they say about a fool and their money
Wow, about spot on for the guess of the cost - well done! Thanks for watching & commenting 🙂
Ha, and we agree - if we could get $100k for it, sounds like we have a new shed building business ahead of us 🤣🔨
Nice video. I think your contractor friend pointed out a major issue in home improvement, building, and renovation services. They have rapidly become prohibitively expensive to hire for 95% of homeowners. In other words, builders and renovators are catering to the top 1-5% of homeowners who would not think twice about dropping 100k on a shed. And you can't really blame the craftsmen, can you? They are just trying to make money, improve their lives, and provide for their families. BUT professional contractor services are now a luxury service reserved only for the very wealthy.
And this is why, now and in the future, at least in the USA, homeowners MUST become DIYers if they want to see significant improvement to their properties.
Thanks for watching & commenting.
We see your point, though we've always preferred to DIY. We feel we have more control on the level of finish due to more time to work on the project. Coincidentally, cost is also much lower as our labor is free-to-us.
Even if hiring a contractor, we're still big proponents of knowing the steps in the build or project you need to have done. Not everyone is physically capable of doing it themselves, but having the knowledge will let them know if it's being done correctly and any particularly difficult spots that might have to be worked with.
That's our 2 cents anyway. Cheers. :)
@@buildingmodern Yep, I am a big DIYer as well... my point is that if you are NOT a DIYer in 2023 (and beyond), you are largely out of luck in terms of executing a big project (like this), unless you have lots of money to torch. Cheers, and thanks for the quality content
You forgot to mention you had tools to with which do this project, if you didn't that would have increased your expense by a few thousand dollars too!
Thanks. I thought we were sure to mention this - but, if not, and either way, that’s a good point! Definitely - the track saw alone is nearly $500 🤪
Dave ghrol??
Ha, I (Spencer) get that sometimes. Grohl is a great guy - I’ll take it as a complement 🙂
Considering how fancy your "shed" is, yeah, it's rather costly. Doing it yourself instead of contracting it saved you a lot. Contractors take their time (high labour costs) and they usually waste a lot of material (higher material costs). Also, I think you live in California, which is outrageously expensive anyway. I'm building a 12 X 16' shed (tiny house) and am at the framing stage. So far, I'm under $1,000. I do have one advantage you don't: no required building permit (log cabin rule).
Thanks! We feel the same - most of the cost would be in labor. Cheers!