I am in the process of building my oldest daughter her own house right now, my gift to her so that she will always have her very own place no matter what happens. Not a big house, 1 bedroom 400 SF, but easily could build on a second bedroom.

Get this, I am doing it myself, the entire thing, saw'd the framing lumber and siding, about to put the roof on in the next week. I have all the materials to get windows and doors in and totally sealed up. Got some free stuff and some really good deals but we are into it about $3200 right now. Still need insulation for the walls and cielling, wiring stuff and fixtures and sheet rock. Total cost with electricity, water and sewer is going to come in at under $10,000. Not kidding, I am in the construction business, if you were to build the same thing with permits it would be over $170,000.

regarding free or almost free stuff, I got 52 sheets, 14 foot x 16 inch snap lock metal roofing for 200 bucks, most of it brand new. From a retired state parks employee who salvaged it from work, he was selling a boat trailer for $200 bucks but you had to take the roofing as part of the deal. People wanted the boat trailer but no one wanted the roofing.




Doing the entire thing myself, I may hire a guys to help with installing skylights and help with finish sheet rock but that is it.