[reeceh]

well i started this project quite awhile ago last year december i think. i built a cubby purely for me n the little fella, we were contempl;ating on buying a cubby kit but for 3500 i dont think so. plus being a carpenter it was just stupid. Heres some progress pics anyway, the pic with the frame is it wat it looked like at the start obviously and now it has grown into pretty much a mini house.

Features include front deck, inside loft/bunk, bunk ladder, windows, barn doors, and big windows on the side used as mini french doors.

To date its prolly cost me close to a grand, if not less. All the hardwood u can see is old house hardwood framing that i spent hours machining up with the planer, it is really worth it cause it adds character. The weatherboards and roofing were second hand. The only stuff new is the floor, frame, decking and the door material.


There has been countless weekends involved in this and just recently my mate hooked up some lights and some power caravan style.

In my opinion it shits all over the kit cubbys. It is 2 times bigger than a kit cubby and 3 times cheaper.

[89_tintop]

shit..... i have lived in smaller places then that..



you would nearly need council approval.

when does he move out there permanently?? if i had that whe i was a young feller i would have stayed there all the time.

[Joe]

Thats sweet mate the young bloke would be stoked with that

[reeceh]

more pics the pics with the lights are crap but u get the jist, there exterior porch lights with green bulbs looks awesome.

[reeceh]

yeah he didnt wana come up tonight, we just completed the loft all weekend, and he did not wana come up at all lol. Council approvals yeh hmmmmmm lol im not too sure with the rules an regs, but i always thought if it was an addition to your house/modifiny roof lines etc etc. However if a council prick picks me up on this he would have to be one of the lowest bastards out there lol.

[Joe]

Young bloke look quite at home on his porch

[reeceh]

yeh lol hes such a little bloke its not funny, all saturday morning reece lets be builders hahaa. Everyone keeps asking me why i built it so big reason is why go to that much effort and not being able to play in it yourself. I can comfortably stand up with miles of head room, and can quite easily get up onto the bunk lol

[Polar_Bear]

haha, top work champ!! i just got given a cubby for our younguns, but they arent quite old enough to use it yet, so i'll set it up at our new place. i'll have to keep an eye on this thread to give me ideas on decking it out!

[MacDaddy]

For some reason, i had the idea in my head that you were building a Suzuki shaped Cubby.....

[buzbox]

I use to have a big cardboard box.

Are you sure you didn't build it for yourself for when your in shit from the missus?

[reeceh]

actually when i was setting it all out i was planning for a bar fridge, sofa, and ive made room on one of the walls (wall next to sierra) perfect size for a 42inch aldi job flat screen lol. Its more like a little boys cubby, big boys retreat lol

[reeceh]

and if u want any advice/ info/ more detailed pics let me know ill be more than happy to help you.

[Built4thrashing]

joseph wrote:

Young bloke look quite at home on his porch

All he is missing is his Shot Gun.

Excelent work.


B4T

[reeceh]

lol well i do have a spudgun in the shed but hes a little young yet lol

[spuki]

thats bigger then my house!!

[reeceh]

lol its not that big actually i almost need to extend it cause all the shit he has in there has taken up all the room

[ealfa]

nice mate. did ya do the electrics your self??

[reeceh]

nuh lol one of my mates, infact is that u eric, e alfa

[reeceh]

lol eric dont buy a vitara there soft just like u buy a sierra lol, come figure out my reverse lights arent working lol