I purchased plans to build my lake house. It is designed by Eric Moser, and is provided by Lowes originally to provide affordable yet smart stylish housing in Katrina affected areas. But Lowes made the plans available nationally. I am modifying the plans to some degree, it calls for balloon framing and 2x6 studs, which is a bit over kill for my inland lake house. I am going to forgo the metal roof and go with traditional shingles. The materials sheets run the costs to be around $40,000 to build this. I am aiming to get the whole thing done for less than $10,000, which will be a hard feat to pull off, but so far I am about $365 into it and I have a sizable amount of materials.
Here are some images of the model home of the Katrina Cottage 697, which features A vaulted ceiling in the living room and sleeping loft define the open feeling of this plan.
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Hi, haven't seen an update on the home building progress in a while and was wondering how it was going. I work for Mr. Moser and we are always interested to see how people use our plans. Your story caught my eye and I just wanted to check up and see how the material "hunt" was going. Would love to see some updated photos as well! Good luck.
Thanks for checking out my progress. Funny in a way to mention but the location in San Jacinto county, Texas took some damage from Hurricane Ike. So I am thinking I will need more of the Hurricane features than I thought!
I will have some more updates shortly.
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