Elanor Gardner

John C Daley wrote:Sounds like some good help there in the background.

It takes a village, John.

I have many helpers in this project.
If I did not have these helpers, this build would have cost me hundreds of thousands of dollars, which would have made the project not happen.
I give all the credit to my helpers.

Nancy Reading wrote:It looks like it will be lovely Eleanor! Is it going to be a tiny house or 'just' a workshop?

Tiny is in the eye of the beholder, I think. While the living space in this house, not counting the greenhouse, is 1188 sq feet, my current house only has 892 sq feet. Therefore, this house is going to feel giant!  There will be an unfinished second floor for storage space, and if, in the future, someone needs to move in, I will have the area available for them.  I like to keep my living expenses down by keeping my footprint small, so I can retire someday.  

Plus, there will be a woodshop in the attached garage, so definitely, yay on that.

L Kawamura wrote:Beautiful design!

I see you are in 5a, do you see much heavy snow? I am wondering if you have some kind of system planned to keep snow from dumping off the upper roof onto the greenhouse in the event of a blizzard. My house is a similar shape and I would love an attached greenhouse but I can't figure out how to protect the glass.

This project is in zone 4. (I currently live in 5a)  We don't get as much snow as years ago, but we still get snow. I will be going with the snowcatchers that are installed in the roof, so that it doesn't all flop onto the roof of the greenhouse in one fell swoop.

The septic permit was approved and now we can apply for the building permit. The septic gets installed next week!

I might agree with how effective they could be if they eat a lot in a short time but I am concerned that apparently they can jump. Just how high do they jump? I wouldn't want to be sitting there minding my own business, to be interrupted by a jumping worm hitting "my own business"

This diy washing machine build gets powered by bicycle. I am totally doing this build as soon as I get a hot minute.

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Also check out my link to this air conditioning system. I need to add this system to my house:  Air Conditioner

The best part of Permies is the people we meet and the shared goals we all have.

Cherish the people your meet here. They "get" you. And they have your back.

Not too many people outside of here will appreciate your wanting to add rainwater catchment to your house, or will understand your desire to add a vermicomposting outdoor toilet. I, for one, am glad to have people in my life that don't think I'm insane for wanting nice things like worm farms.

I feel supported by my friends today.

Trying to develop a creative strategy.... Thinking of having my general bring my loan draw schedule and proof of approved loan to the lumber company to see if they will give a 30 to 60 day credit period.

Definitely crazy. They even send a bank employee to the build site to verify the item is installed before they will cut a check.

Yesterday I closed on a construction loan to build my homestead. During the closing I was told that before we could request a draw, we have to have bought and installed the items for which we wish to get the money. For example, to get reimbursed for windows, I have to purchase and install the windows with other funds. So basically, since I do not have the money to prebuy everything, I now need a loan so I can use my construction loan. The bank said, its not a big deal....  general contractors a lot of times have a line of credit. Well guess what. Mine does not. Additionally, my general is doing this build for next to nothing, so I can't possibly ask him to bankroll this project for me. In what galaxy is this normal? It certainly wasn't normal the first time I built a house. Perhaps this is the  "new normal" everyone's been talking about.