Building a Shed vs Buying a Shed

Shed on land

There are several advantages to building your own shed on your property. Of course, you’ll have to get the permits and hire a land surveyor to ensure the proper property lines and other surveying needs, but it can be very rewarding building your own shed. On the other hand, buying a pre-made shed will eliminate the hard labor and time that it would take for you.

One of the most important things for you to think about is how your property lies. If you have a specific area you’d like your shed to be built or placed on, you have to make sure the ground is prepped and ready.

Advantages of Building a Shed

Building your own shed has some great advantages. First, you have control over the size, look, and feel of the shed with some exceptions to land surveying results on how and where you’re able to build on your property. This gives you a little more freedom to determine how you’d like your shed to look and function.

Advantages of Buying a Shed

Buying a shed to put on your property also has advantages that building does not. For one, you won’t have to build it yourself or hire someone to build one. Buying a shed cuts back time and labor, and you’ll get your shed right away.

Site Preparation is Crucial for Building on Land

With whichever option you choose to go with, you have to make sure your property is prepared for either. What do we mean by this? Well, when you build anything on your property, a land surveyor is needed to assess your property.

The other important things to do are preparing your property for construction. At Southeast Land Clearing, our job is to come in and perform site preparation, land clearing, brush cutting, and other land clearing services to ensure that you can build properly and your land.

Site Preparation & Land Clearing

  • Excavation
  • Land Grading
  • Yard leveling & re-sloping
  • Construction site prep

If you’re building a shed or buying one for your land, make sure to give us a call, so we can help with preparing your land for the build or placement. Contact Southeast Land Clearing at 850-665-4867 today or visit us online for more information!