Arched Cabin Kits

Teresa sent me this. Amazing interior space and huge variety of sizes available. Looks like really good bang-for-buck.

http://www.archedcabins.com/index.html

CountryPlans.com site – might be some good stuff here

Came across this link in a post on a forum I visited. http://countryplans.com/

They also have a forum with nearly 9K members. That could be a useful resource all on its own.

The site description says: “Here you will find expandable and modifiable home plans for those who want to build their own small home, […]

Man builds house, then finds out cable Internet will cost $117,000

Disconcerting article on getting internet to a rural location. Definitely a cautionary tale.

Tiny Houses for Sale

A website where people who have built tiny houses try to divest themselves of said house, often because they hate it or are getting a divorce: prices reflect reasoning.

Use the search by state feature.

http://tinyhouselistings.com/

A great $16,000 example for sale in Yelm: http://tinyhouselistings.com/tiny-homecabin-shell-unmatched-quality/

Skip the Trailer: 13 Tiny Houses Built on Foundations

Though it does not get into much detail, this is a good article for showing some approaches to stuff that’s larger than the common trailer-based tiny houses.

SIPs as building material

Snow has a co-worker that has built a lot with SIPs (structural insulated panels), and he swears by it. It’s apparently fully structural, and that means you use a lot less in the way of studs. The insulation is inherent in the panel, and compares favorably in R-rating to other insulation methods (actually, it outperforms […]

$2k 14×14 cabin with loft

The entire BoM for this is supposedly just $2k and includes sleeping loft, windows, solar power. Uses mostly finished lumber, except for the deck. (video below the break)

Looks pretty solid. Need to mute the earbleedingly horrible “music” in the video prior to watching though. 😉

M – Found the Simple Solar Homesteading Ebook that […]

EZ Log kit sheds and cabins – thinking about one of these for a glass studio here

This is something I’ve looked into as a possible way to put in a small glass art studio here on our property. The price is fairly reasonable, it can be brought in to set up in areas where a fully assembled shed or cabin might not fit. And it can be put on a foundation, […]

Links for stalking the wild and wary rural property…

Hello, everyone! I told Mike I’d post these here when I got a few minutes – a couple are links for finding out more about a property that you think you might be interested in. (We have more links somewhere in our backups from when we were looking over the rural property we ended up […]

Building permits in Snohomish County

This is intriguing:

Q: Do small accessory storage type buildings require a building permit? A: You do not need a building permit for a one-story tool shed, playhouse, storage type building that does not exceed 200 square feet in building area (wall to wall) and carports with two or more sides open that do not […]