John C Daley

Good luck.
Have you been to any farming festivals or the like for ideas?

I am surprised such a grant would be available for such a small area.
The list is too great to go through, but a lot of it seems over the top for the area you have planned.
Are there any people near you who can share experiences with and give you a better idea of what will work for you?
Some photos here will help others make suggestions perhaps.

Welcome, but research will be your best tool.
There are many stories already documented on this site.
A few questions though.
- what are you aims?
- Will you seek access to power or create your wn?
- Does the sun actually hit the ground anywhere?
- Ia water accessible?
- Have you thought of rainfall collection?
- Do you really need a Tiny House?
- Would a caravan etc work in the short term?
- what is the soil quality like?
- Is it a south facing block?
- Shape, flat steep, house site?
- On site building materials, rocks, soil, stones, trees?

Can you create metal brackets and use Dyna bolts to fasten them to the large rocks?
Then bolt and cabin parts to those steel brackets.
Maybe have the brackets hot dipped galvanised.
Do you have any photos of the proposed site?

With the wooden roof structure being very old, we were thinking to just replace the entire roof structure with steel. Thoughts?  

Termites are an issue, I have a few questions.
- Have they got into the roof?
- Is termite resistant timber available?
- is that room becoming a habitable one?
-When you say steel, do you mean steel structure and steel roofing iron?

Carmen, I agree with Burton, more information, images are really needed so we can comment.

My property is a 'hobby' farm in the middle of a forest. I dont offer feed to the birds. Just shelter and water and later some more habitat over time.

I put flat rocks in the bird bath so birds can stand on them as well. I now have an auto level unit which keeps it topped up and
that has made a huge difference to the number of birds using it and they use it all day now.

That is an interesting place. Could one man manage it alone?
What is the irrigation managed by?
I have worked as an irrigation engineer in Australia.