Man Cave on a budget.

[Martini1991]

Hi, I'm looking into buying my first house with my girlfriend, we've got all our budget set aside etc, and now it's thinking about the luxuries (Although this is all for next year, so things could change)

This would be in a new build.

Is it possible to get something like ; https://dunsterhouse.co.uk/premium-severn-w5-0m-x-d4-0m

to use as a man cave (Get it powered/networked) and mount a projector in as a sort of home theatre system room?

Obviously I'd need it fitted professionally etc, and I'd need an electrician to wire it etc.

Or is it a completely poor idea and just full of potential problems?

 

[Martini1991]

I've seen that thread before, and it's why I'm after doing it with a wooden structure, but obviously his was quite custom.

I don't know what type of steps/extras I'd have to take if I went with something like in my OP.

 

[Martini1991]

Do you know how Lie finds it? (Or hoping he sees this thread)

As for the power, I'm not *too* concerned yet, I've got some scope to ask as it'll be a new build, so see if there's any chance of something being done (But that's next years questions)

Just, there is obviously limited space with new builds, and the garden isn't a bad size.
We were just going to shoot the projector on the living room wall, as it's just asking for it, but something outside could be better.

 

[Martini1991]

Yep, totally do-able. You'd want to insulate the walls, of course, or it'll be freezing in the winter and boiling in summer.

As long as your new-build garden is big enough. Fairly sure the garden in my first house (Victorian terrace) was about the size of that shed

From what I can see on a lot of the places that sell these cabins, insulation are all options, so that's good.

When I went to the showroom today, I took a gander at the garden of fully constructed versions, and the garden size seems quite "sound", not that there will be much garden left after said man cave

 

[Martini1991]

That's the type of answers I'm after.
Did the wood need treating or anything?

 

[Martini1991]

To be honest, I'm not entirely sure what type of base I'd be using etc.
At the moment it's literally a case as I'm looking at possibilities of things to do with my new build.

When I was speaking to the sales adviser they mentioned their estates manager is meant to be pretty accommodating, I'm somewhat hoping that when it comes to going for a new build (There's a development that'll literally be slabs when I intend to buy) that I might be able to get it built into the garden through them. But I imagine the likelihood of this is very low.

I've got builders in the family (Well, God father who did our Kitchen/Bathroom) so I'd hope that I'd be able to get them to do the DIY (Although I'd pay nigh on their usual rate, just friends and family discount) and I'd consult them first before I did anything.

I did notice that on the cabins there's scope to get them with insulation/flooring in the ordering process which is handy.

To be honest, having measured the type of area that I'm currently in with my projector, I'd only really need 3M by 3M's.

And as for height, I was ideally going to keep it ~2.5M.

To be honest, if it started to get into the area of 4.5K for the cabin I'd probably have to put the idea to one side for at least a few years, we're only on modest wages, the only reason we'll have any solid money to do something like this is my Mam's paid my deposit and then some, and I'm able to save about 7,000 by the time I'd be moving in (Assuming I was literally moving in a year from now)

I'd want to try and keep things to an absolute maximum of about 3,500. But I think that might be a fools errand to be honest.

EDIT ; The 10x10 of this; http://www.tigersheds.com/product/the-corbetti-28mm-log-cabin/?option=759 seems perfect to be honest.
I intend to have my PC in the man cave, in the new build we want there's a tiny third bedroom which will be used for my PC. This space would literally be for a type of home theatre system, just my current HD141X blasted onto a 92" fixed screen connected to a blu-ray player and my current speaker set up of my Marantz PM6005 and Monster B2X's

 

[Martini1991]

Title thread needs changing to man shed on a budget.

Big man shed ?

 

[Martini1991]

It'll probably be cheaper and far easier to go for 44mm than attempt to insulate 28mm walls. Also, as the structure will move with the seasons, you need to account for this in how you fit insulation to walls.

Fair enough, thicker walls might be the answer then.

Since you've obviously got experience with doing a project like this, do you think if I were to get the 10 by 10, that I'd be able to do everything for 3.5K max?

Cheers.

 

[Martini1991]

Can you not just look to buy a slightly larger house/extra room? Depends where you are in the country, but sounds like the building is expensive, and a larger house is easier to recoup resale costs

(assuming this isn't the only house you'll ever live in)

Well, I'd be buying first time so ideally I'm after a new build.
To be honest, given how nice I found it, I could happily live there indefinitely.

At 112k I thought it was reasonably priced, I'd only need 84k mortgage because of help to buy.

If I was reasonably looking at an old build, I don't think I'd have enough money to do it as I so wish

I'll have about 8000 after deposit and our furniture.

That'd be nil in an old build.

 

[Martini1991]

You realise a lot of "old builds" won't need 8k of work plus furnishings? A lot may have new pipework etc and may just need some new paint and carpets etc.

I can appreciate you may want something "new" however. (but youll be paying extra for it over an old build!)

Most the houses around here that we'd be able to afford are pretty meh to be honest, at the very least they want a proper new kitchen and the ones I do find really nice are in such dire areas my girlfriend point blank says no

The extra on the new build ends up being worth it to us ultimately.