sjoko- thanks for looking it over.
How do you go about assesing the quality of your power?
I'm sure there's some fluctuation in the power supply, there is in all power supplies. What is an acceptable tolerence for that fluctuation?
+- 1%?
+-5%?
I am planning on comming off the existing meter/supply at the house, which is around 50' away; max. And it all has to be underground.
Asymetrical trusses are a great idea. I wonder if you can have those made pre-fab? Sounds expensive.
For the Kitchen, I was planning on having just a sink and refregerator, some counter space. Something for coffee in the morning and ummm.... cold drinks at night.
No real need for hot water, so no hot water heater.
The bath will be just a commode and sink.
I think I will add a separate catagory for plumbing to the estimate, although I expect it to be minimal, due to the close proximity of existing utilities. But nothing else in the estimate really addresses it.
Oh, and I used 15% for material overage not 20%. Again, I'm hoping that will cover it.
I was hoping I could do this for $32,000 - $35,000 and as you can see, I'm right there at the lower end of that budget now.
I can't really cut costs anywhere. Damn. I hate to have to increase the budget..... well, it is what it is I guess.
My numbers are "hard", no "soft" costs in there anywhere except for the 15% contingency at the end. And that's getting nibbled away quickly.
Thanks again.