[Tilted Irish Kilt]

robroys woman :" ..will hopefully get my 36x36 garage done this summer.
That one is $17k including concrete slab."

I know of people who build a garage in Appalachia ( NY/Pa.),
put in a basement, and then chose to live in it.
Somehow they beat the zoning code for plumbing
and never got around to building the 'main house'.

[robroys woman]

Heh. There is plenty of that where I live. I confess that if my wife wasn’t against it I’d love to build a barndo.
https://www.google.com/search?q=barndo

Fact is, there are a lot of those around here and they can be downright palatial on the inside and quite attractive on the outside, as long as you don’t mind sheet metal siding and a slab floor. Check out the photos for yourself.