My workshop is not the greatest but I�ll bet it is one of the cheapest. We purchased an old but solid 12 x 50 mobile home (good roof and 3/4� plywood floor) that was no longer suitable for habitation. Paid $500, towed it home with a one-ton Cummins Dodge � twenty-five miles with no title, registration, permits, etc.We gutted the inside, installed an 8� slider on one side, built a workbench across one end, built shelves floor to ceiling along both sidewalls, added a 12� awning roof on the slider side (all salvage material, zero cash cost), and cut a hole and installed a 48� �chicken fan� on the back end (and almost had to bolt down the table saw to keep it from blowing away). We live in rural eastern Texas, a state that requires NO building permits, inspections, or bureaucratic interference for those who with acreage outside city limits. (And, which has excellent �homestead� protection laws that exempt one�s home and up to 200 acres from legal attachment). The �ranch� is 50 acres and the only way anyone could see the shop (which isn�t going to win any beauty contests) is by risking trespass (Texas also has tough laws against trespass and we are well versed in use of 12 gauge dissuader) or by flying over. It would be nice to have higher ceilings and a less linear layout, but what we have works well for light maintenance, modest woodworking and lots of storage.
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