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  • This Changes Everything: Bedrock Structures Intoduces Metal-framed Greenhouses!

    Continuing our conversation about Bedrock Structures, we are excited to announce their newest product: steel-framed greenhouses!  Whether you are a hobbyist or Master Gardener, you know the importance of keeping some plants at temperature and to get your summer garden going early.

    To date, our only source for greenhouses were from Bedrock Structure’s parent company, General Shelters (scroll to bottom).  Like all their buildings, the General Shelters greenhouses were designed to portable, but constructed with pressure-treated lumber and fixed on skids for easy relocation.

    The Bedrock Structure greenhouses are made with their customary 4 inch galvanized steel posts, clad with steel wainscoting and smokey polycarbonate panels, and roofed with polycarbonate panels.

    As you can see, they can install fans, and can add windows and doors, or provide cut-outs for you to install after construction.  A purlin runs along the ground level to tie the wainscoting down.

    We will have one installed by this fall at our showroom for viewing!

    They have not added the greenhouse option to their configurator, so please reach out to 979-836-7225 or email and we can give a quote for installation and estimate how soon we can have it installed!

  • Limited Time offer to Save Thousands of Dollars on Your Building: Place Orders Now!

    With President Trump’s announcement of tariffs on imported steel, it is just a matter of time until we see steel prices rise.  Because General Shelters buildings are wrapped in steel, steel is a major component to their buildings.

    We have not heard any details about how this will affect the prices of their buildings, but we can certainly guess that prices will probably go up on new orders.  We suggest to place orders now.

    Here at Trees of Central Texas, we have four cabins that are on the lot and ready to be moved to your land.  The Owner does not want to raise the listed prices of the buildings, even though replacement costs will probably be greater.

    This means that these premium, custom pier and beam cabins are being offered at the lowest price you probably will ever be able to get them.  Once these buildings are sold, their replacements will probably be offered at a higher price point; new building orders will probably cost more.  Again, how much more we do not know, or even if.

    If you have been considering a tiny home, portable building, or shed-to-home project, you should take advantage of this limited time offer.  If you are new to General Shelters, they manufacture finished portable pier and beam cabins and install them on your land.  Roll-off ready, General Shelters’ cabins are custom-built cabins up to 18x66sf, by a company with fifty years experience.  They know what they are doing and bring decades of hands-on experience into every build.

    We are updating the website to include more information about the buildings we have to offer, but if you want more information please call 979-836-7225.  All stock cabins  are available for tours, with delivery possible for less than six weeks after an initial site inspection.

    Supplies limited! Act now!

  • A Word about Financing

    When we drive by mobile home or trailer home dealers, it is a strong tell that what they are selling is the financing of their buildings and not necessarily the quality of the buildings. When the main message from their signs is 0% down and low payments, we suspect they are selling cost and not value.

    Having said that, few want to or are able to pay outright for their building. So what are the options?

    Bank Financing

    Depending on the bank, they may need to be educated on what they are financing. Their immediate reaction will probably assume the General Shelters building is a trailer or mobile home. We have collaborated with local banks to ensure they understand when our customers approach them for loan service, they are talking about pier-and-beam structures, rather than trailers or mobile homes.

    Even though they are designed to be successfully moved numerous times over the years, once installed on your property they are considered permanent structures.

    The amount of the loan may vary based on whether one is moving the building to an unimproved location without services or not.  Electricity, septic, and well/water service are all costs that can rolled into one convenient payment mortgage payment.

    Standard credit requirements will then determine down payment and interest rates, as with any other mortgage. Obviously, we are able to provide any information a loan officer would need to evaluate.

    General Shelters Financing

    We do not receive any compensation or incentive if a customer finances directly with General Shelters. The chief difference between General Shelters financing and bank financing is that General Shelters will finance the cost of the building and delivery only, so this would work if one is able to pay separately for utility costs,

    General Shelters financing typically asks for 15% down payment, and shortens the loan to ten years. There is a $150 credit application fee.  At the annual dealer seminar, this was another topic of discussion.  If a customer is having problems having the bank understand the product or hesitant to loan, the customer can pursue the loan with General Shelters and then refinance for a longer period with the bank; once the building is set on the land, some banks find it easier to understand what  they are being asked to loan for.  This approach has been successful for several buyers.

    The main point of this post is to offer a general review regarding financing.  Key to this process is thoroughly educating the loan company on the differences between a General Shelters building and trailer and mobile homes.  For more information call us at Trees of Central Texas. email. or visit our contact page.