Leif Ing wrote:We are looking out towards Washington or Iron County, MO and the surrounding areas too. Still probably 2 years out for us as we fix up the house we live in now, in Kansas City, but for now I can at least look and start paying attention to prices, features, etc.
The wife is finally on board and agrees that country living would be better and healthier for our young kids, although she prefers to stay within 30 miles or so of a decent size town/city for job purposes, and the same radius from a church that fits us... so, we've got some visiting to do. I'm looking for a county without building codes too, even if we mostly would prefer to follow codes as much as possible. Not sure what kind of house she really wants though, as far as she wants us to pay cash for some land and build our own, even if it starts out tiny. She's even been showing me Youtube videos of shipping container homes and the like! It's a start though...
Not sure if you found anything yet... but if your wife wants to stay closer to a major city, I can tell you, I live in unincorporated Johnson County, NW of Warrenseburg, MO.. and we have no building codes here, either. No zoning. I built my standard home from start to finish with no permit, no inspection, so nothing.
