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Tiffany Ashley wrote:Howdy,
My dad and I built this place in 2004 by hand. I moved to Appalachia some ten years ago and owner financed it to someone who was more or less of the permie persuasion- but her personal life didn't go well and through circumstance the place is back in my care (and now needs A LOT of care). Looking to get it into the right hands, this time for good.
In its prime there were:
300 fruit trees: loquat, kumquat, satsuma, different mulberries, clementines, pumelos- citrus galore, along with pears, figs, elaeagnus, paw paws
Muscadine, schuppernong grapes
Multiple varieties of clumping bamboo
Taro, hyacinth, water culantro, groundnut, stachus aphynis, lotus
and so on
7 small ponds, one larger one about 1/4 acre with terraces and fruit trees, a 10x10 structure overlooking it
An earth bermed "food vault" 10x16 building with green roof, no windows for cool storage
Outdoor kitchen with large covered porch
600 sq ft concrete monolithic dome home with loft, bathroom underneath, bermed so not visible from above or the street, with woodstove, large sliding glass door front, overhanging concrete lip with two little pools- cave style.
6,000 gallon tank, grundfos solar pump, well at the top of the hill (all systems gravity), as well as city water and power available
Front fenced with tall chain link, but totally invisible due to elaeagnus and grape. Really cool slice of secret paradise.
Between the neglect of the former occupant and the freeze a couple years ago, I would say 1/3 of the plants remain. The outdoor kitchen scarcely remains, the bathroom in the dome seems to have stopped functioning, the bamboo has died and been left as the worst kind of trellis for the grapes, the ponds save for the big one are undetectable, and there is, tragically, a few years' of household trash accumulating.
The property is in a developing neighborhood, still has no restrictions, but is part of a growing area. Lake Conroe is less than 5 miles away, along with the national forest. Houston is an hour away.
My hope is to find someone who has the means to return this little sanctuary to its intended state of sufficiency, haven, biodiversity, and home.
I am open to financing to someone again (as I prefer someone who can be at home there and really tend the land and realize that having time and having much money don't always go together), but of course would be relieved to have a cash offer so that I can work more deeply on my own projects in Eastern Tennessee.
I am also open to advice for how to proceed here, as I feel stretched thin for working on it much myself considering it is so far away, but also don't want to leave it empty for long.
Welcoming your questions and interest, requesting any helpful tips.
With Gratitude,
Tiffany
J. Tabordiy wrote:playing with the sketck a bit more we also thought on bringing down th second floor for a room and just make two rooms on the ground level...which would maybe iplicate more digging, but if we already already were thinking of a space behind the house the digging is similar
leila hamaya wrote:in northern california we have the Class K permit - alternative owner builder permit.
it basically reads like the one above from stevens county- you cant rent it out or use it for commercial purposes, as long as you live in it you can build it how you want. and they try to be friendly and permissive about alternative construction/alt energy/non compliant toilet, etc...they might tell you to change a few things but they give advice and allow anything that seems sensible and well built.