Hello my name is Michael. I am having a 12x32 wooden shed delivered to my house tomorrow. I am going to turn the shed into a home office/livingroom. I am putting the shed as close to my house as I can. The shed will be about three feet away from my home and about 6 to 8 feet away from my outside breaker box. I have a large breaker box outside with 1 main quad breaker and three double breakers so I'm assuming that I have space available for at least 1 double breaker. In the shed I'm going to want at least two over head lights one of which I would like a ceiling fan. I also would like an outlet on each wall and two total on each long wall so a total of 6 outlets. I am going to be using the outlets for my computer, tv, maybe lamps, stereo, vaccum, ext. Pretty much the essentials that you would use everyday in your house. I also will need to heat and cool the building and need to either use a window unit or a wall unit of some sort. I also would like an outside light by the door and a total of two or three light switches in the building. Depending on the price it would also be nice to have an outlet on the outside of the building. I have called about 8 electricians and the prices I'm being quoted are dramatically different. Ranging from $600 to $2000. Why are The prices so different? I need to know what to look for what questions to ask the electricians and what exactly I am going to need. Will I be able to connect to my existing outside breaker box, will I have to bury wires or can they be connecting without digging, do I need a breaker box in the shed, what price range should this job be, ext? I feel that some of these electricians around here just want to rip me off because I don't know anything about electricity I need some help and advice thank you. Michael p.s. I am located near Murfreesboro TN

For outdoor wiring, I see "weather-resistant" outlets, including GFCI outlets, but no weather resistant toggle switches. Are there such switches, or what does one install? My house had a 2 gang box on a block wall outside with duplex outlets and a toggle light switch for flood lights. The outlets had a weather cover as did the switch. I replaced the outlets with a GFCI duplex outlet, and replaced the switch,and installed a big honking in-use weather cover. But now I think the GFCI and the switch should be rated weather resistant. Right?