Summer Camp Cabins - Suggestions needed

[dcados]

Hi All,

Opening a summer camp in Northern CA and need suggestions for kids cabins. This is a summer only camp and we are looking to keep the costs as low as possible. Need a cabin which sleeps 12 (24x14 or there abouts), easy and fast to construct. Suggestions welcome...And Thanks in Advance for your help!

[tesa]

greetings!

look around at the plans here, and see if any fit your needs

do you want individual rooms for the campers, or would they bunk in
one large dorm type room?

you could build a bunch of tiny "little houses", or maby the 20x30 with an open floorplan and
a bathroom or two, one for boys, one for gilrs

if i was gonna start a kids camp, i'd go with the little house plans, you could build as many as
you'd need, and building something so small would give you great practice.

maby others can chime in on cost, but i think there is one in the "gallery" built for like 1500 bucks
or something like that

tesa

[firefox]

 
The first thing to do is check into all the rules and regulations, permits,
etc. California tends to have lots and lots of regulations.
Good Luck

[Minicup28]

You might look for shed/garage prices in you area. I bought a 12 x 28 single car garage for around $5000. They can either drop it onsite or assemble it in a day if access is a problem. Amish built sheds are quite common here in the northeast.

[glenn kangiser]

hmm I was sure I replied to this but don't see it here.  Maybe I forgot to push post or it became one of the mystery disappearing posts we have had once in a while.
I recommend John's Little House plans with the above cautions re: California.

http://www.jshow.com/y2k/listings/29.html



I built the above garage off John's Little House Plans I modified for post and beam.

[pagan]

I do like your garage, Glenn, and it fits with the car. My neighbor has an all original and complete 1927 Nash. I know I could get it from him at a very good price, but right now I have no place to store/restore the car.

[glenn kangiser]

Thanks.  Did Nash have the Willy's Knight sliding sleeve engine at that time?

[pagan]

No clue, I'll ask him next time I see him.

[MountainDon]

I believe Charlie Nash's early cars used nothing but OHV engines, first an inline six, then a 4four (2/3 of the six, although they did have a flathead in the later 20's for reasons of economy of manufacture.

[pagan]

I'm pretty sure Stan said it's a straight six.

[glenn kangiser]

Probably before they were together or something.

Looks like the Knight was earlier.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Engine

I had a 54 Willys car.... OK rust bucket.

[dcados]

My Thanks to all! We are going to try the 20x30 and working with the county planners now.

[glenn kangiser]

Please keep us posted.

[diyfrank]

hmm I was sure I replied to this but don't see it here.  Maybe I forgot to push post or it became one of the mystery disappearing posts we have had once in a while.

I seen your post Glenn and later it was gone.   
I'm glad it wasn't me loosing my mind. There not much left as it is.

[glenn kangiser]

Turns out there were similar threads in two forums -- I'm not crazy.... totally