Maybe cost depends on the area of the country, both for prebuilt and
DIY material cost. For us, the materials for the 12x20 were about
$1600 (lumber, hardware, steel double doors, 2 windows, a couple small
skylights, etc.) total. We upgraded the shingles to 30-yr., too, for
that price. A prebuilt shed that size, with those features, was over
$6000 here, priced both locally and with the big chains. (It's a cool
shed -- more for workshop than just storage)

The project sure was a lot of work -- just my husband and myself, and
the occasional afternoon friend. Fortunately, he's a construction
project manager, so he (at least) knew what he was doing. I was the
ladder-holder and hammer-fetcher. :-) But I learned a lot. He says
he'll let me build the next one.

-- peliroja-roja


John Bachman wrote in message . ..

My prebuilt 12 X 16 with two lofts, two doors and a window cost $3,200
installed. It would be hard to save $4,500 on that!

However, I have seen plans at Home Depot. Get down there and check it
out. But make sure that you really know what a prebuilt costs.

John