if I ever build again, I'm starting with an
outbuilding, first, then the house.

We built our detached 24'x28' two car garage a year or so before we built
our house. It offered many benefits including a place to store tools and
materials, a place to work on projects like cabinets, and a place we could
still be working on things even if it was raining outside.

We lived in a single wide mobile on the property while we built our home,
but are very thankful we built the garage first.

Anthony