8x20 stick build??

[Russell griffiths]

14 hours ago, jaymd_123 said:

May be a stupid question, but wouldn't this cost a small fortune (i.e. 4x more than his £25k rent). Curious because we considered a granny anex. 

Yes, but you still own it. 

[Iceverge]

On 19/09/2024 at 19:26, Paul29 said:

Hi all, abit of a long post but hopefully will get some advice.  
 

im looking at building a temporary home (max 2 years) while we build our house.  We have four small kids so the idea of a static caravan doesn’t cut it. 
 

My build will not be to regs but should be fine.  Raised timber base with 200mm rock wool. Walls 100x50 stud walls with 100mm cavity battens/rock wool. The roof is the thing that is keep me thinking… I’d prefer a flat roof for the ease but I’m not going to be able to span 8m.  I’m now thinking along the lines of a vaulted ceiling with pir inbetween the joists.  What are your thoughts?

 

it’s going to have an open area for living room and kitchen, small bathroom, two medium sized bed rooms and one master.

 

This is going to be build well away from anywhere in Ireland so I’m not going to have issues with planning etc.  

 

would love to know people’s thoughts.

 

 

Sounds enormous, too big I would say. 

 

I know of a couple of circumstances where people built a "garage".  Say 5.5m x 8m externally with a converted attic  above. 2 rooms upstairs and 2 downstairs and a w/c shower too. 70m2 total. 

 

Specs at a guess are 150mm floor insulation, 150mm EPS beads in the walls, Second hand uPVC Double glazing and 200mm mineral wool between the rafters. 

 

All within planning but not built to current building regs. However it was wired and engineered safely. In any case better than almost all rental properties. Given how hard it is to find housing here and the need to get kids started in local schools etc it was perfectly understandable in my mind. 

 

When the main house was finished then they moved in there, used the garage as storage and used upstairs as an office.