A lake place has a specific storage problem: everything you need is bulky, seasonal and expensive, and for most of the year nobody is there watching it. Buying a building for a lake house in Lyon County is a different decision than buying one for a house you sleep at every night.
Buy for the closed months, not the open ones
Design around what happens between November and March, when the building sits alone. That means three priorities: it stays dry, it stays shut, and nothing living gets in.
Dry starts under the building. A level gravel pad about a foot larger than the building on all sides, sitting slightly above the surrounding grade, keeps water from standing against the skids. Dry continues at the roof, where ventilation and, if you want to be thorough, spray foam insulation stop condensation from forming on the underside of the deck and dripping on your gear all winter.
Store it dry or do not store it
The most expensive mistake at a lake house is putting a wet boat cover, damp life jackets or a soaked tow rope in a closed building in October and opening it in April. Everything in there will smell like a basement and half of it will be ruined. Hang things to dry, then store. Use hard bins for anything fabric.
Security on an unattended property
A good hasp and a shrouded padlock beat a cheap lock and a fancy alarm nobody will hear. Put the building where it is visible from the road or a neighbor rather than tucked behind trees where somebody can work on it unseen. Do not put a window in the door. And if you are storing a motor, a trolling motor or electronics, take the small valuable things home rather than trusting a shed.
Size it for the trailer, not the tackle
Small gear goes on shelves and takes almost no room. The trailer, the tubes, the kayaks, the dock hardware and the mower are what set the size. Measure the longest thing you will bring inside, including the tongue, and add four feet. Measure the widest and add three. A 12×24 holds a mower plus lake gear plus a couple of kayaks. If a boat on a trailer is going inside, look at 12×28 and up with a 9 or 10 foot door, and check your door height against the tallest point on the load.
We build 6×8 up to 16×60, so the size is not the constraint. The lot usually is.
Delivery to lake property
Lake lots are frequently steep, wooded and tight. We need roughly two feet of clearance past the building width along the whole path and about 13 feet of overhead room, on ground firm enough for a loaded trailer. Walk it before you order, not the week of delivery. Deliveries run Monday through Friday. Details on the prep page.
Coverage and cost
Every building carries our 10 year guarantee against storm damage, settling and craftsmanship, plus a 50 year LP SmartSide siding warranty and a lifetime AdvanTech floor warranty, with claims handled by us. Pricing starts at $1,900 for a C+ Utility 6×8 and $2,762 for a Cardinal Utility 8×8. Rent-to-own has no credit check, 24 to 60 months, from $75.44 a month, first two months down, no early payoff fee.
Get Started on Your Eddyville Building
You do not have to drive to a lot to get moving. Use our 3D Shed Builder to pick your size, siding, colors, doors, windows and add-ons and see the building take shape on screen. When it looks right, send it to us and we will confirm pricing and a delivery date for Eddyville.
Prefer to talk it through? Call our main office at 618-518-5578. We will walk you through building styles, custom options and rent-to-own and financing, and answer anything on our FAQ page. You can also see what we serve nearby on our location page.
