My dream of having a shop has come to fruition. My neighbor across the street builds shops, metal fences and does dirt work. I’ve shopped around, got some quotes and he gave me a quote of $25K…that included the concrete work that he farms out. I already had a contractor for the concrete and so he quoted me $17,500 for the shop. I said that was a bit much and that I’d need to think that over.
So I’m building a fence, setting landscaping posts in concrete and my other neighbor that moved from…..guess where? That’s right, Commiefornia! He said that our neighbor built built his shop and I should come by and check it out. Turns out that Ricky does some damn nice work! I was impressed to say the least.
Then I get later on that day from Ricky, saying he could do the shop for $12k. I told him that I have $10k for a shop (we already discussed the size from the quote he gave earlier) and he said “let’s do it”!
The $10k wasn’t trying to get a lower price, that’s what I have for the shop, 22x24x12. I had budgeted $19k for concrete and the shop and concrete was $8500.
Today they started at 9:30am and stopped at 7:30pm. They have some trim and rain gutters to install and the roll up door will be installed Monday. It’s not the biggest shop, however, it’s what I need/want to get back to Moparing!!
Here’s a couple pics of the shop from earlier today and the fence I’m working on.