Re: She walks.../land to buy

"Dalene Barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Ray Drouillard wrote:
>
> > We found a piece of land that I really like, but is a bit out of our
> > range ($119K).  It's a pair of mobile homes on about 54 acres.
That's
> > right -- 54 acres!  The land just goes on and on.  There is some
> > forest in the back, and a whole bunch of pasture that can be farmed.
> >
>
>
> We actually put a contract on a piece of land - 15 acres about 5 miles
from
> where we are now.  The front is cleared and growing thick, beautiful
bermuda
> grass, the back has heavy woods with a creek bed running through it.
We've
> already staked out where the house and barn will go, and put up the
feeder
> to encourage the deer to hang around.  Many many deer tracks!  It's
very
> exciting!  We have to close on the sell of our house, then on the sale
of
> the land, the immediately sell 10 acres to afford to build a house on
the 5
> acres we're keeping.  Otherwise, we'll pitch a tent on our lovely 15
acres,
> as we can't afford to do both at this time!  It's awesome to watch
God's
> hand moving in this entire process, for which we've been praying 10
years or
> so!  Hopefully, in about March/April we'll start construction on the
house.
> And some really cool news - we're renting THIS house from the buyer
until
> our new one is livable, so we only have to move once!
>
> Dalene


Congratulations!

Pitch the tent.  Definitely, pitch the tent.  It'll be a pain now, but
you'll be glad you did five years from now as you wander around your
fifteen acres.

Better yet, put up a big pole barn with a potty, shower, and 'summer
kitchen'.  Camp out there as you thin out your forest a bit and build
the house of your dreams.

If you *must* sell ten acres, make sure you don't sell your crick!


By the way, I have been doing some research and design on possible house
designs.  I'm looking at stone masonry, A-frame buildings, and geodesic
domes.  I even downloaded a GPL'd program that does all the
calculations.  I came up with an idea for building a dome out of tree
branches.  I haven't written anything down yet, but it looks like a
workable idea.  The biggest challenge with domes is connecting the
struts together.

Of course, your needs are somewhat different.  I suspect that you want
as much storage (book shelves!) and shop/office/studio/class room space
as we do.  We have more need for insulation, however.  Also, we want a
roof that will shed show and sticks well.


Ray Drouillard