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cdevidal User ID: 511509 United States 10/13/2011 05:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Been done: [link to www.paladin-press.com] |
cdevidal User ID: 511509 United States 10/13/2011 05:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | More can be found amongst these pages: [link to www.thesurvivalistblog.net] |
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cdevidal User ID: 459710 United States 10/13/2011 06:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Here's a book with a list of counties with no building codes. Only one I am aware of. [link to containerist.com] Last Edited by SlowBro on 10/13/2011 06:19 PM |
cdevidal User ID: 459710 United States 10/13/2011 06:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Read this first, for a wake-up call, to make sure you fully know what you're getting into. [link to www.amazon.com] I was able to check this out from the library. Most libraries have inter-library loan. Please see my review: [link to www.amazon.com] Because of the inherent problems of homesteading, we've decided to form a group first. Last Edited by SlowBro on 10/13/2011 06:25 PM |
cdevidal User ID: 459710 United States 10/13/2011 06:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Lots of free ebooks to get you going: [link to www.godlikeproductions.com] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1541813 Canada 10/13/2011 06:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You can get around building codes. Trailers don't need them. Another idea: look around for an older single wide mobile home. You can get them for next to nothing, search for "must be moved". Look into investing in a proper septic tank and well though. in fact, look around for some rural land with a condemned house, or a house that's falling down or burnt. Often you can buy land like that for less than if it was empty, and you get the bonus of already having things like a driveway, well, septic, etc. Burn up or get rid of the house (call the local fire department, they often would like to have a "practice" house). I'm actually doing the above: bought some land cheap where a house used to be and am moving a used mobile there. I'll be debt free and self sustaining (almost) next year. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 3216032 United States 10/13/2011 06:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Already basically doing that. [link to www.youtube.com] Ultimately i want a earthship because its going to get very cold in this camper during the winter |
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cdevidal User ID: 15496 United States 10/13/2011 06:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | How about a camper parked under a canopie, then wrap the sides with used black billboard tarps (draws heat in the winter). Inside, line with two rows of straw bales. Another two rows on the roof of the RV. In a year or two the straw spoils, when you'd use it in your garden. Result: super insulated for about $2000. Protects the RV from UV damage and weather. I have no idea if this is fire safe. [link to www.billboardtarps.com] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 3238045 United States 10/13/2011 06:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Here's a book with a list of counties with no building codes. Only one I am aware of. Quoting: cdevidal [link to containerist.com] thanks but i know exactly where im headed |
Voluntary Death User ID: 1238802 United States 10/13/2011 06:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | My father got tires, by the trailer loads from the city. They would pay him $1each to take them away. He found a hillside, dug it out, stacked tires & filled w/ the dirt. The money he got for taking the tire was enought to pay for chicken fencing & stucco. I've seen a home built out a straw bales with stucco. I've seen all to many shacks of all sorts, anything is possible. The best route these days seems to be converting a cargo container, they are cheap & portable so no bother w/ codes + great security from nature or man! I am planning on an add on next spring using a cargo container... |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 786686 Canada 10/13/2011 06:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | possibly purchasing some cheap property off off,ay the hell off the grid and just staying there forever. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 3234422 Id get a really cheap trailer,dig a well,have solar and a compost toilet. possibly build a log home ,raise chickens,goats,and veggies. what say you all? yeah don't build, get a park model or a yert (sp) |
cdevidal User ID: 15496 United States 10/13/2011 06:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This guy built a warm, light, dry house inside a hill fourty years ago for $50 in Northern Idaho. It's still a fine place to live, even without heat. [link to www.undergroundhousing.com] |
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PathfinderTango User ID: 1458408 United States 10/13/2011 07:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | LOL, Yeah my landlord is doing just that. He owns (Is buying) 2 houses and one vacant parcel all next to each other. He's renting the houses and living in a trailer on the empty parcel. He makes enough rental income to make his payments and go have fun (right now he's in Cabo on his yearly fishing trip). It really makes me think.. What is more important, 2 weeks of vacation every year, or Direct TV and an Iphone? |
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cdevidal User ID: 511509 United States 10/14/2011 10:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I've seen people live in a "hoop-house" made of some PVC & tarps, very nice! Quoting: Voluntary Death Link? Link of what? A hoop-house? Go google it & click images ya lazy bastards lol I've seen plenty of hoop-houses, I haven't seen anyone living in one. Link? Or pic? Or details? I can't imagine they're warm or durable. |
Voluntary Death User ID: 1238802 United States 10/14/2011 10:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ok, as to9 the hoop-house.. It is not uncommon for people, families, illegals to live in these outside towns down south... Durable, one can make mods... I saw an abandoned hoop-house concreate dome, looked like basic hoop frame made of long rebar, thenscrap wood all over it, then concrete to finish, this looked to be 40yrs old & was still standing... I don't have a link, I have seen this in person & I'm not out to prove this to you, cause honestly, I don't care what you or anyone else online thinks :) This post is on the OP considering camper style living, not the existance of people living in hoop-houses or not... |
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cdevidal User ID: 15496 United States 10/14/2011 01:11 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't have a link, I have seen this in person & I'm not out to prove this to you, cause honestly, I don't care what you or anyone else online thinks :) Quoting: Voluntary Death This post is on the OP considering camper style living, not the existance of people living in hoop-houses or not... Yeah I agree. Sounds like you're defensive. I believe you, I just wanted details in case I'd like to do the same I can see a hoop house being a much cheaper version of my canopy/straw bale superinsulation as I posted earlier. |
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