okay, here's where im at.... bought this thing in 2011 as a step to a dream of a log home that fits me... rustic, different, comfortable. Front of house it was 7500 contract for deed with 500 down 300 a month 8% interest. had an acre and that's all i knew about it except that it had a clear unencumbered deed, it was in the country with neighbors to the south, no one to the east, a 5.5 acre vegetable farm to the north and a neighbor ...
Well Last year we purchased an awesome chunk of terra firma, and now we have fast forwarded a year and did--- cut trees for the 600' driveway cut some more for the house site, learned to drive a cat dozer learned to set up a Woodmizer saw mill that i now own got the 45' logs for the house learned to drice a cat telahandler Now the Wife and i are General Contractors getting the plumbing and Cement guys all straight. ...
Hello all LHBA, I'm going to make an effort to blog though out my build, seeing as I enjoy looking though other builds and it seems helpful. The last month has been a crazy one for me but I officially own 6.7 acres in Gypsum, Co. It was a foreclosure piece which created a headache every step of the way. I also managed to get a another vehicle and another job and move onto my property all in June. I will be rocking the pop up camper at least tell winter when I hope to have some ...
when we got to the lake Friday evening, the LULL which was supposed to be picked up during the week, was STILL THERE on our property! what's a poor owner-builder to do?? despite feeling a bit of a moral twinge, we used the lull to set the RP! we'd rented the Lull for June. sometime mid June the rental company sold it to a guy in Fergus falls. when we last talked ...
just a quick post to summarize our activities so far this building season. We had such a mild winter that we were able to begin weekly visits to the build in mid March. -we got the solar array set up again (after being smashed by the big Ash Tree falling down late last season). -got the well pump working reliably again (just needed a steady power supply) -obtained stain samples for garage and cabin exterior and interior. -rented a Lull for ...
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