Guides & tools

Plan the project before you buy the plan

Free and low-cost resources for the decisions that come before drawings.

Gravel fire pit with chairs in front of a cabin
Free checklist

Smoky Mountain STR Build Checklist

25 items to design in before you build: alarms, exits, decks, fire pits and hot tubs.

 Concrete block crawlspace foundation under construction
Build story · coming soon

From Dirt to Guest-Ready

A 592 sq ft rental cabin in 11 stages, from excavation to the first guest, with the decisions behind each one.

Two-story house with gray siding before conversion
Playbook · coming soon

House-to-Cabin Conversion Playbook

How to turn an ordinary house into a cabin guests book: what to change, what to keep, what to skip.

Sample plan sheet
Build notes

Design for the STR inspection

Smoke and CO alarms, evacuation maps, extinguishers and outdoor clearances, explained.

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The STR build checklist

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