First Things First - Make a Space

The basement has been completely underutilized since we moved in. It needs to be finished and turned into useful space. Here's the plan...

1. Frame it, redo the stairs and put in egress windows
2. Plumb the new bathroom and the workshop sink
3. Wire the lights on one circuit, the bathroom outlets on another and other outlets on a third
4. Run the phone lines and home internet cables rationally
   
5. Sheet rock walls and bathroom ceiling. Paint
   
6. Lay tile throughout
7. Sheet rock the rest of the ceiling
   

Too many projects, not enough time. Before I add another one there needs to be a place to do them. My wife has a strange prejudice against welding or casting molten metal in a wood frame house. So I'll need to make a fireproof place to do that.

Two ways present themselves. A concrete slab floor and load-bearing walls or a pole building with a non-ground contact wood floor. Walls will be AAC. There has to be electricity. Water and natural gas would be nice.