Hi Ben,A brewery huh...You probably have something else in mind. but when you say Fort Collins BreweryI envision a Brewery/public bar with the bar having 12 foot high ceiling to floor windows on one side (on the side of a mountain) with a long expansive unobstructed view of the lower lands below.With a 40 foot deep deck on piles with chairs and tables outside in front of the large windows.And inside chairs and tables plus 6 premium raised up horseshoe booths that go for $20 extra just to sit there and enjoy the view--and buy alcohol and food.The bar serves high quality skin on hot dogs, fries cooked in beef tallow, pizza with  ton of cheese on it, high quality fried cheese sticks, and hot wings.The interior color scheme is dark brown wood and burgundy Naugahyde with nail trim.With some salt blocks put out to attract Elk to the area.There is a large steel building on the property with it's own parking lot for rental for wedding receptions, which includes a bar (due to the liquor licence)It also has a nice view and flowery repose area for wedding pics with the beautiful view as a background.Customer base not aimed at the College level (animal House crowd), but a nice place, a destination, that if someone is going to visit Ft.Collins--this is "THE" place to visit (and spend money at).But with Covid...public gathering places...hmmmm .... hmmmmm(???)

Otherwise 5,750SF is all you need (unless you find a lot in one of the infill areas with cottage or urban lot options etc., in which case you can go even smaller).

You should obviously set limits to the number/size/type of animal, but make some cheese!

A conversation in January with a coworker (and BP fan) opened our eyes and here we are - we just closed on a cash-out refi of our primary residence (in Missouri) today @ 2.875% and we're going to use that as seed money for somewhat of a cottage (2B/1b SFH) built in the 1940s in southwestern MA. 

There are 6 Cottages (technically 8 units as 2 have suites above as well) on 40 acres (most fairly close to each other), a 5 bed 5 bath house with commercial kitchen, pool etc...

Purchase price: $50,000 Cash invested: $25,000 Sale price: $125,000 3 separately metered units, each 1bd/1ba cottage, on single tax parcel with heavy deferred maintenance.

Purchase price: $84,500 Cash invested: $12,000 str listed on airbnb- small cottage near lake and other outdoor attractions.

I'm dealing with a few properties in this exchange so i can be flexible but man someone just moved my cheese... again! 

We're at the final steps at closing on a cottage, and an Issue I ran into is with the bank issued appraisal. 

I am seeking recommendations for GC that work in the Sugarhouse area and are familiar with the cottage style home remodels in the area including finishing basements.