I have a small piece of land that I’d like to put a cabin on within the next two years. I looked at small cabins a couple of year ago in hopes to do something sooner. The biggest stumbling block is the lack of a bathroom for when a well and septic are eventually put in. No running water or bathroom are no-goes for bringing my wife.
A small cabin built with a layout that would offer a place to spend time in at a low up front cost and build time with easy add ons for a bathroom and possibly other rooms that didn’t look like afterthoughts. Something that would easily integrate plumbing later would be the holy grail IMO of small cabins.
The foundation cost was the hurdle for me. Digging a foundation for enclosed plumbing. I don’t think I’d want plumbing under an exposed pier foundation or trust a slab and burst pipe issues and then having to do it again with the addition of a bathroom and well/septic a few years later.
