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Richard Quintano wrote:Well we now own the 120 acres of land in South Central Kentucky. We would like to invite other people interested in a self sufficient lifestyle (homesteading, off grid, etc) to think about doing it with us. We could sell you some acreage, or we could set up some kind of leasing deal or work to own deal. We know we will need others to develop our permaculture property with us.
Hit us back if this sparks any thoughts in you.
Ned Harr wrote:I wrote a thing, with myself as the primary intended audience, and I thought it'd be a good idea to have other people--especially people with some experience building houses--look at it and see if they might suggest things I should include. (And really this was what drove me to register for the forum a day or two ago.) Hang on, I can explain.
For years I've been dreaming about building my own house. For most of that time, the "itch" has been quite consuming and I found I could satisfy it a bit by drawing pictures. First I filled notebooks with sketches and floor plans and diagrams, then I started messing around in Sketchup and even went so far once as to try to design a house in Sketchup from the framing outward.
But as my knowledge and ideas have evolved I've realized it's kinda pointless to draw up a blueprint for a building when I don't even own the land yet, and the building needs to fit the land.
I'm happy to say that acquisition of land for the purpose of building my own house has gone from "silly daydream" to "15-year plan that my wife and I are both on board with". But the itch remains.
So instead of drawing pictures, which are relatively precise and prescriptive, I recently tried just writing down my ideas, starting from a list of "what do I want in a house" and then using that as an outline that I expanded into a ~2400 word essay. The main purpose is to clarify to myself what I want, but it might be something I share with an architect or a builder, or even just with experienced like-minded people (ahem) who can use it as the basis for providing advice as I get closer to breaking ground on my plan.
My question is, would this be an okay place to post the essay for y'all's feedback? If so I'll edit this post to add it.
As you'll see if you read it, I am somewhat agnostic about building methods--for example I am interested in borrowing some ideas from earthships, but I'm not married to earthships as a concept. As such, I wasn't sure what forum to post this in. I'm not even sure the generic-sounding "natural building" is the best fit because at the end of the day if poured concrete forms or shipping containers give me the best path to what I want then that's what I'd go with. But for now this seems like the least-worst place...
rey patrick wrote:Hey,
I was wondering if I find project co-creators through here.
More specifically I am looking for landowners (incl. Otises), investors, partners, permi specialists or basicly anyone who could be and would be a contribution to it.
Land: I know there are landowners out there who are not offering actively their property for sale, they are not in need of money, but they would love to see an amazing project come to life on their land. Waiting for a project that makes them excited.
Well, I have one.
(We did not do the SKIP tasks, but my husband remodeled houses, and can fix his own car and also a survival specialist.)
Permaculturist, caretaker etc: As a base, we can offer free rent on an off grid property in your own tiny home, for 2 hours work per day. (It seems to be a popular offer, I know someone who offered the same, and had to shut down his ad, because he got flooded with applications.)
But we are open for more. More work for more, running projects, businesses together, whaetever feels aligned and fun.
The project: phase 1 – creating various accomodations for short term rentals, and microgreen and low tech mushroom farm. To create some cash flow.
Phase 2 – retreat center. Phase 3 – high vibe, regenerative ecovillage.
This is the vision and a description of the 3rd phase:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PgJh92oC_zFyL8GULKti712e7SJmgFVY/view?usp=drive_link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18usUOXNIiggva8R2u5NBmokol7IxGalc/view?usp=drive_link
If you have anything constructive, let me know.
If you know anyone who would be interested (incl you), anyone who popped into your mind while reading this, let them know and get in touch.
If you have nothing that contributes and/or kind, please keep it for yourself.
Thanks for reading.
Have a blessed day.
