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My little cabin in the woods...
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My little cabin in the woods... About a year ago, I signed an agreement with four of my siblings to purchase a 15 acre parcel of undeveloped land not too far from where I currently live. Our dream has been to build a main Lodge with a community sized kitchen, couple bathrooms and a huge open space in the Lodge for the whole family to meet...I have 7 siblings and when we all gather a couple times a year, we've always rented group camp sites or a big community building that is big enough for all of us to visit and have fun. This Lodge and the 15 acres would be our permanent family gathering space. The other part of our dream was to be able to build individual small retirement homes on the property, sharing the utilities. I am on a limited income so I opted to add a 600 square foot studio space onto one end of the Lodge as my 'cabin in the woods'. I would use the community room's kitchen and bathroom. The 15 acres is in the shape of a T with the bottom of the T being an open 5 acre meadow and the top of the T is in light woods. It is quite wet there during the winter...several north/south canals have been dug across the property to divert standing water to a creek on the south side of the property, which flows into a river not far away. There is one area of the lightly wooded area that is knee-deep in standing water during the winter months. We have already been paying monthly on not only the property payment but we've also gotten the electrical installed and the well done. We had someone do an environmental study as part of the septic design system and she declared the place we'd designated to build the Lodge (the front 5 acre meadow) was not a wetland. We were looking at starting to build the Lodge this coming summer. I was hoping to move into my space in about a year. We have just learned that the person who did the environmental study did it at the wrong time of the year to be valid. It has to be done in late February or March....the wettest time of the year in that area. She did her study last May. This study is important as it determines if the area is a wetland and therefore unbuildable. A re-inspection done two weeks ago, of the holes she had dug for the study, showed they are now full of water so everything has been halted. We have a meeting now for the first week of March to re-inspect. Someone from the state will go out to the property between now and then and dig more test holes, in different areas of the property...my siblings are saying he just needs to dig more test holes in the meadow area....I am trying to get them to ask him to also dig test holes in the lightly wooded area, close enough to the already-installed electrical pole and well to be used by a building but not so close as to be a problem for those utilities. Just in case all the new test holes in the meadow are full of water and the meadow is designated a wetlands. Because if we don't have him dig the extra holes in the wooded area now so that they can also be inspected at this meeting in March, we will have to wait another year to start this process over again...the test holes must be inspected only during late February and March. Meanwhile, my own housing situation is unclear. I live with my and his wife. Because of a lot of circumstances, they are fairly certain they will have to sell this house...soon. They are looking at jobs and schools (my in law is taking classes at Seattle U and wants to go to law school) out of state. I was really counting on being able to move into my little cabin the woods in a year....and now that may not happen. I have a housing voucher that expires in two months....it would allow me to move into my own apartment (or house) and get help with the rent so that I could live on my income. But if I don't use it in two months, it goes away, permanently. The cards have been shuffled and then thrown up in the air...and there they all are, suspended in mid air....and I must tell myself to just breathe... Read RESPECT WE all NEED to do Better and Re Petition to Stop Transsexuals from Using Female Profiles |
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you have to look after you, this housing voucher is a bird in the hand, you may best be benefitted this way, I know that moving is a pain and having to remove is worse, along with all your arts and sculpting needs, I wish you luck, do keep us posted..and post some of your latest work!! cheers Stop by at lonlyforlove2 also see Lunch with Lonly , we get snow tomorrow Check my blog on New Community, "A photo of my big Pecker" also, " My Sunday afternoon with the kids'
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1/31/2019 8:18 pm |
I wish you luck..
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It is a real pain to deal with all the gov. Control, and with people who are not on top of their game. I am lucky that I have a good understanding of the mechanical aspects of construction. I am building a new shop and house this spring and doing all the work myself. Really it is hard to give any advice without first hand knowledge of your soil types, regulations and all. Just sit back and try to take all aspects of into making your choices. Anything worth doing is worth doing right
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I feel your pain. Good luck hugs V Become a blog watcher sweet_vm
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Your cabin sounds great, I am an outdoors person, and would love to visit
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10/1/2019 12:32 pm |
would love to join you in your cottage
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