Home built blind and elevated stand less than $200.00 to build.
It is 8 feet up, 5x5 house with 3 foot porch, Stain is Behr fence and deck stain OOP's from Home Depot $5.00 a gallon or $15.00 for 5 gallons, corrugated roofing bent and twisted a deal of $10.00 for a 12 foot section. I used 7/16 OSB bought in the winter when it was cheaper. I also bought the 2x4's and ripped them in half on my table saw in the winter when they were cheaper, same with the rest of the lumber. Spring is the worse time to buy lumber.
Windows are all recycled from windows I pick up beside the road waiting for the trash truck, I make my own frames for them. a glass cutter doesn't cost to much either at $3.00.
I did pay full price for the hinges, screws and lag bolts. But by the pound at TSC is cheaper than a hardware store or home improvement store.
Window details.
I also have a couple I have less than 100.00 into including the elevated stand., I cut my own cedar trees to make the legs.
rest was recycled lumber from a building that was being torn down.
Another was made from scrap corrugated steel form a pole barn builder.
I could build one totally in a week by my self.
they are all modular too.
Al