Jay builds a house

I'm writing this blog for several reasons: - For friends & family to follow our adventure. - To keep track of what we did, what ...

While talking to a guy about clearing our land, he suggested that I operate a chainsaw while he ran his excavator. This would be cheaper t...

Our neighbor offered to sell us her yurt. It includes the yurt platform, which is a significant expense. We have to move it. It's 30...

I went to the county building department for information on applying for a building permit. I have to apply for an address and a "road ...

Long ago someone platted  out the neighborhood as 270' x 270' blocks, with 60'-wide roads and an alley through the middle of eac...

It has been a while since I updated this blog. I don't have much new to say, but here is the latest design. Things that have changed: ...

I've been stuck on two problems. Later I'll write about the footing details, but right now I want to look at the mapping difficultie...