The 20K House

[Bonny]

May 20, 2014 7:10:49 GMT -5 haapai said:

I had the same reaction as michelyn8 to seeing corrugated metal used as siding.  It kinda surprised me. 

I've lived under corrugated metal roofs.  I've watched my dad and his sibs install a corrugated metal roof.  I lived in places where a corrugated metal roof was a huge step up from thatch.  I've also seen a corrugated metal roofing material used as siding for homes. 

And I still hated seeing it. 

I can't explain why I hated it so much.  In theory, it's just a building solution.  I want to applaud the creativity and can-do involved in repurposing it as siding but I can't.  There's an association with insecurity and disaster that I just can't shake. 

Isn't interesting what a visceral reaction we have to homes?

Back when I sold (over 30 years ago) I would always advise folks that buying a home is both an emotional as well a financial decision and that they need to be aware that and buy what makes them happy.

The galvanized metal look is a very "hot" look in the SF Bay Area and the Wine Country right now. In the City and certain parts of Oakland it harkens back to the industrial history some of these areas had (and have moved to cheaper areas). In the Wine Country it's a nod to its farming/ranch history. But if a buyer doesn't love the look it doesn't matter how "valuable" the home is; they will never be happy.

For myself, I think overly ornate homes drive me nuts. I had my own cleaning business for a couple of years when I was a teenager. Even though I know you can hire folks to do the work, it just gives me a headache looking at it.

[michelyn8]

May 20, 2014 7:10:49 GMT -5 haapai said:

I had the same reaction as michelyn8 to seeing corrugated metal used as siding.  It kinda surprised me. 

I've lived under corrugated metal roofs.  I've watched my dad and his sibs install a corrugated metal roof.  I lived in places where a corrugated metal roof was a huge step up from thatch.  I've also seen a corrugated metal roofing material used as siding for homes. 

And I still hated seeing it. 

I can't explain why I hated it so much.  In theory, it's just a building solution.  I want to applaud the creativity and can-do involved in repurposing it as siding but I can't.  There's an association with insecurity and disaster that I just can't shake. 

Maybe that is why I have also have an instant dislike to it.  Corrugated metal is what you see shanty's made from in the cities of third world countries.  Its also what you see used after a disaster wipes out low income areas in those same countries or in refugee camps in war zones.  I can't see paying to live in something that looks like a storage building or is just a step up from something in a slum. 

If I'm going to live in something no larger than a shed, then I'm going to hit up the rent to own store that sells Amish built storage buildings and having something that doesn't look like I scavenged to build it.

[Artemis Windsong]

I know what minnesotapaintlady is talking about.  Water, electric, sanitation, snow load and insulation. 

The concrete for a slab single car garage starts at $6,000 here.