Small Cabin Site Planning
If your cabin building site that is already cleared and has an existing driveway - you have just saved lots of time. For others, including me - the cabin building site had to be planned and prepared first.
First thing to do is to develop your small cabin site plan:
- Where will be entrance to you site
- Where will be your small cabin built
- Where auxiliary structures will be built (see separate section on other structures)
Here is what my cabin site plan looks like:
The site plan will allow you to clearly see what exact area needs to be cleared before building the cabin, and it will serve as a guide for the contractor if you choose to use one.
Tip:
Assuming you have a treed lot: consider making your driveway curved instead of strait - it will add privacy to your site (your cabin will not be as easily visible from the road). It will also allow 'navigating' between large trees so you wouldn't have to cut them.
I addition, the curved driveway is more esthetically pleasing.