Happy to find an account like this. This is the direction I’m looking to take my family in the next few years.
Discussion
I started saving materials for my build a couple years before we bought land and started. Free and cheap seed materials are your friend 👍
I’m sure one of the most common questions you get is about cost. How does it compare to traditional homes?
Well, I don’t pay for water or sewer, electricity (I have a small solar system for the essentials), no mortgage (I built my cabin from used, free, and discounted materials), and my taxes are dirt cheap. I do still go to the laundromat and I do drive an hour to work but I wouldn’t trade any of this to go back. When retirement does come I won’t have to actually work like most people as long as I can set myself up for that. It’s a marathon not a sprint
Home Depot often has a ton of special order lumber etc. that people never pick up. Ask them offer some ridiculous price and a lot of times they will take it. Especially if the DM doesn’t s stopping by, they don’t want that stuff hanging around. It’s all just numbers to them. I’ve built have my cabin for next nothing doing this.