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Re: Guess I'm Just 30 Years Too Late
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Posted by Hugh MacKay on August 20, 2006 at 02:45:52 from (216.208.58.128):
In Reply to: Guess I'm Just 30 Years Too Late posted by in-too-deep on August 19, 2006 at 19:33:23:
I don't know as I would call it 30 years too late. The fact the old house has been demolished may be a blessing. Over the years I've rebuilt or remodeled two old houses and three barns. In every case, it would have been less expensive to start from the ground up with a completely new building. Just to give you an example, in 1960 my dad built a new tie stall dairy barn 36' x 100'. By 1970 the herd had outgrown the barn. In 1971 I built an extension, 46' x 130' perpendicular to the old barn for $17,000. The new area was free stall loose housing. I then remodeled the old section to be free stall, the cost $17,000. In essence it cost me $34,000. for 9,580 square feet of cattle housing. Had I gone to a more level spot that required less excavation, I probably could have trimmed $1,500. off the $34,000. and built 260' x 46' giving me 11,960 square feet of cattle housing. The old barn was just going to be used for hay storage anyhow.
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