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09 May 2010
Yes, we do–when we cannot deliver to you for whatever reason. Add 12% to the price for on-site construction (a minimum of $200).
No, God’s gravity anchors them solidly to God’s earth. Our portable buildings are so heavy and so sturdy that they will not blow over–unless a tornado hits them.
Your life time–if you take care of it. We block it up off the ground, but you need to make sure it doesn’t sink and that gophers and moles don’t push dirt up under it or around it. And eventually it will need a fresh coat of paint and new shingles.
We offer a five-year materials and workmanship warranty. Our Smart Panel siding comes with a 30-year manufacturers warranty. We use 35-year Atlas arquitectural shingles–but I want to be honest. I don’t promise you that they’ll last that long in Oklahoma, where the wind blows and the sun beats.
We use top quality satin finish paint and give your building two coats on top of the factory primer. We see buildings that we built 10 or even 15 years that look almost like new. Using good paint pays.
No, you don’t. We provide concrete blocks to set the buildings on. If you have an existing slab, of course we can set your building down on it. If you want us to build on a slab you provide, please contact us.
Yes, we can build on a slab. However, it hardly ever works to build on an old slab. A slab needs to be level and sized correctly. If you want us to build on a slab that you prepare, please contact us for details before you pour it. We do not normally do any concrete pouring ourselves but we can recommend a reputable contractor.
Normally, we put concrete blocks under the treated skids. That gets the buildings up off the ground so they won’t rot and makes it easy for us to level them up.
We used ground contact 4" x 6" timbers for the skids under our building. All the rest of our framing lumber is kiln dried Standard and Better Douglas Fir, the best framing lumber available anywhere. It’s much stronger than “white wood” lumber (spruce, white pine, etc.), and holds the nails much better. And it won’t twist and warp like southern yellow pine.
First, be sure that your projected site is accessible. Typically, our delivery truck and trailer back into position, the trailer tilts and your portable building slides off the trailer right into the spot it needs to be. We can shift the building around some after it’s on the ground–if we need to.When you think about your site, look for overhead obstructions–low tree limbs or utility lines. Also make sure that your site is reasonably level. We block your building up level when we deliver it, but we do not do any dirt work.
No. We tell you up front what your building will cost–and that’s it. Of course, we have to add sales tax, and the state requires us to figure the tax rate at the point of delivery. We can accept legal tax exemptions but we do ask for a copy of your exemption certificate for our files
First, aesthetics. A quality portable building looks more attractive than a metal building.
Second, wood buildings are tighter than metal buildings, and they won’t “sweat,” dripping condensation on what you have stored inside.
Sure, our wood buildings have to be repainted eventually, but not for 15 years or more. By then your neighbor with a metal building will be tightening the screws to stop the leaks in his faded metal building. And after a while the neoprene washers under those screw heads will simply “give out” under the baking Oklahoma sun. Then you’ll be glad you have a wood building. And by the way, you even have better cell phone signal in a wood building!
I agree that God made wood beautiful.
Some of our competitors use T1-11 or treated wood for their portable buildings. We can do that, too, but we don’t think that you’ll be as happy with it. Any clear coat finish applied to a wood product has to be renewed every year or two. If you neglect it (and you will unless you are more motivated and disciplined than most of us), your beautiful natural wood finish will gray and weather and deteriorate.
Yes, we accept Visa, Master Card, American Express and Discover.
None.
You rent the building while you are making payments on it. We are regulated by the Oklahoma Department of Consumer Protection and use the same basic 36-month contract that all rent-to-own programs use. The state dictates the terms, specifying that 60% of your monthly payment shall pay the purchase price of your building. The other 40% pays rent for that month. To illustrate, if you buy a building worth $3000, your contract will show that you owe $5000. And of every $100 that you pay, $60 will be paying on the building and $40 will be paying rent. The good news is . . . you don’t have to pay rent for 36 months! You can pay your building off at any time and the rent payments stop. Your pay-off amount will be just 60% of your contract balance.
That’s up to you. Purchasing a building through our rent-to-own program costs you more money, but you can start now and pay the building off whenever you can. And the rent you pay is likely cheaper than the rent you would pay in a self-storage unit. That money is “dollars down the drain.” Besides, think how convenient it would be to have your storage space in you own back yard!
You may be able to get financing through your bank to purchase a portable building. We bank at Payne County Bank in Perkins, and the loan officers there have been willing to loan money on our buildings because they know we have a quality product that lasts and lasts. Wells Fargo also finances our buildings. You can contact the Stillwater Office by calling 405-624-0182.
When you place your order, we ask that you pay the first month’s rent plus a deposit equal to two month’s rent. If we deliver your building in the first half of a month, your next payment will be due the 5th of the following month. If we deliver the building in the last half of a month, your payment will be due in the second calendar month following. For example, if we deliver a building to you on July 10, your next rent payment is due August 5. If we deliver on July 21, your next rent payment is due on September 5.
You have two options. Most of our customers set up a direct deposit payment. To do this we ask you to sign an authorization form and attach a voided check. We take it to Payne County Bank and they put it in their computer system–and it’s done automatically each month. No hassle. No forgetting.
We also offer a second option: pay by credit card. Here again, we ask you to sign an authorization form for us to charge your credit (or debit) card each month.
