Construction idea

Ok, so my most recent thought is to find a contractor to work with that will build homes for us.  But not 'homes', just homes.  Something people can use as upscale hunting cabins, guest houses, or homes for people that are low income and want a real house as opposed to a mobile.  Also thought it would be nice if we built a base line home with a floor plan like this:

It's very basic.  Kitchen, bathroom with eat in bar, living space with a wood heater and an A/C unit in the wall behind it.  The little closet on the living room side of the bathroom would be half closet and half a set of drawers, so basically a built in dresser.  Add a couple bar stools to eat and a sofa bed in the living space and you're all set.  For just over $4500 I can buy the standard items needed to finish the inside.  If I find a contractor that can do the framing, roof, electric and plumbing for a decent price, these could be great little homes.  

I also thought I could do additions as options.  In other words, you buy the base home (above) but the front of it would have the two windows and a door in the center.  Where the two doors are currently would be a space that would accept another building adjoining it.  People could purchase a bedroom to add there, or you could buy the master bedroom / bathroom with a walk in closet.  You could opt for the higher floors with a ladder against the closet area that would go up to a sleeping loft that would be over the kitchen / bar area and bathroom.  

There could be a front porch option that people could buy as well to give additional outdoor living space, or a side porch off the kitchen for a larger outdoor dining space.  Because you'd start with the basic home and have the option to add on, it's something that could grow with a couple as they become a small family.   It will be highly insulated which will keep the heat / air costs very low.  For those interested in off grid, optional solar panels for the roof can be added as well as a propane fueled water heater.  Placed on a lot with a septic and well, off grid would be simple.  

From the exterior, the optional higher ceilings with the second floor sleeping loft would look similar to this:

The basic efficiency cabin with front porch would look similar to this:

And this would be the standard bare bones cabin, or at least very similar to it:

The hope is I could offer a basic bare bones cabin for under $12,000 and offer financing if needed.  If so I can hook up with a local realtor that sells a lot of land and do package deals.