As someone who lives in rural Georgia/almost Alabama...trends I see here are people having "barn houses" built for them or using some of the huge prefab outbuil

As someone who lives in rural Georgia/almost Alabama...trends I see here are people having "barn houses" built for them or using some of the huge prefab outbuildings from Home Depot/Lowes dropped on a piece of property and starting with that. The "barn houses" I am talking about are current tech barns built with 2x6s and galvilum (galvanized aluminum) for roof and walls. Generally take out a barn/land loan and then have interior slab and subs come in and turn the interior into a home. A home permit would not allow such an inexpensive build and if tax assessors only come around every five years provides a significant savings...generally 10-15k over those first five years.