We are getting exited! - Page 2

That place is just gorgeous!  I know this is a bit personal, but if you are willing to share I would love to know what it cost you guys to build that.

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Originally Posted by HickoryHollow 

I don't mind at all. My intent was to help people see that with the right building materials, and a little creativity, you can build a nice house very inexpensibly. In the actual structure, not including land, well or septic, we will have about $16,000 .00 total. The really sickening thing is, the well driller is meeting us tomorrow, and his preliminary estimate is about 9 to 10 thousand for the well. The septic, I will put in, and should be right around 3 thousand. So total house, excluding land....about $29,000.00 complete and ready to move in.

 

Thanks for the interest.

Tim and Leslie

Wow, I am just floored.  That is so incredible!!!    Ok I am struggling with words here.  My husband is terminal and I am trying to think ahead, as we now rent a 3 bedroom house on 3 acres.  When I am alone I want a small place and my birds.  And my maltese Micro.  That's it.  I don't want to be here without him.  

Your new home is incredible and the cost is so doable.  Thank you for sharing that.  

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ETA:  Anyone that wishes to offer sympathy, there is seperate thread for that. I don't wanna hijack this one.

I can't tell from the blog, do you have a master bedroom on the main level or is it just a loft?
 

Thanks for sharing that! This is what close to what we are planning for our retirement size home, but in order to get my husband to agree with his bad knees he has to have a first floor master
 

I could see downsizing. I'm just starting out at 26 but my husband and I are on the Dave Ramsey program. We'll have 100% of our debt (which was just 2 cars and a tractor) paid off in a year. Then we pile on the savings and investments. We've already been investing in the stock market since we married (I was 18) so we'll be on our way to retiring as millionaires. At least that is the plan. ;) 

I think a small house would be the BEST as a woman in retirement. I already hate cleaning I can't imagine cleaning a huge house no one uses.

Hickory, not sure about your area or anything but have you thought about adding a few windmills???? My husband figures 2 windmills would take us off the power grid but I live in Wyoming and it's hurricane winds all the time.