When I look at the state of my finances and compare it to all of the plans I've made there's some discrepancy.
So I've decided to accept the fact that I can't afford to build the house on my property right away. The main reason for this is all the paper cost. They want me to get a geotechnical survey, a building permit, and I'll need an engineer to approve my plans. Without these costs, I could start my house tomorrow. So the parasites will win for now.
In the frugality section we have a thread on avoiding "churn" which is basically the cost of paperwork and fees of all sorts. But there is no practical way for me to avoid permits since I want to preserve property value and have an asset which is lendable.
I don't require building permits for garden structures. And I need somewhere that I can call home on the property right away, so I'm going to build a greenhouse with a good-sized "potting shed" built along the north wall. The potting shed will be set up as a little apartment and the greenhouse would be my living room/conservatory. I'll build a rocket stove within the potting shed (to keep the plants warm )and I'll add many other creature comforts not generally found in this sort of building. Nobody is really looking in my area and I can't see anyone having a problem with it.
I'd like to just build the entire house without telling anybody but this would lead to problems down the road. I'm only 8 miles from the city and I intend to draw customers to the property. Eventually I would be caught and who knows where that would lead.