We basically paid for the land and got a half-finished cabin shell for free. Spent two summers finishing it up real nice and then woosh! No insurance, I guess

We basically paid for the land and got a half-finished cabin shell for free. Spent two summers finishing it up real nice and then woosh! No insurance, I guess we lost about 20-40k of materials and tools that were there. The most painful part of fixing it was getting all the building permits sorted out. Oh well, the Buddha teaches us that all things are temporary. I did enjoy the weekends hammering away with friends and family. I am looking into shipping container construction now. Cabin 2.0 will solve all the design flaws we inherited from Cabin 1.0, and no doubt introduce new and exciting flaws!