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This is illegal where I live in the United States. You can't "just build things" here. Now you could probably do this really far out in the boonies where it co

by duped 1y ago

This is illegal where I live in the United States. You can't "just build things" here. Now you could probably do this really far out in the boonies where it could be illegal, but also unenforced. My uncle lives in a log cabin built this way. But it's also extremely far away from civilization (aka: jobs with income, and luxuries like groceries and clean water).

mothballed 1y ago
It's illegal in most the US but by selecting my county intentionally from the start I found a place within 20 minutes of a ton of jobs, grocery store, etc. I did it legally with permits, but my permit basically said "ok to build house and no codes/inspections" and that was pretty much the bulk of it. You have to pick one of the places in the US with little to no codes / paperwork from the beginning. There are still quite a few of them left, but probably not places you have heard of.
- duped 1y ago
  Wonderful for people without families/friends/community.
  - sethammons 1y ago
    Take some of them with you. Use your savings to visit from time to time.
- andsoitis 1y ago
  do you have running water, electricity, sewage, and a road (whether paved or unpaved) provided by a municipality? or did you have to solve for some of these yourself?
  - mothballed 1y ago
    Water - bought share in a private well (cost near zero, well share was unproven but miraculously worked perfectly). Some people haul water. electricity - private power company. But started on a small cheap generator. sewage - private septic system (county allows you to DIY build them so could do this for next to nothing) roads - For miles and miles they are all private dirt roads, but with easements to allow me to pass. The easements go miles until they connect to a county road in town. I first built my road with a shovel, hatchet, and ripping small trees out with a truck. Nothing was provided by the government.
    - 0xffff2 1y ago
      I don't want to ask anything specific enough to dox you, but could you share what state this is in?
      - mothballed 1y ago
        AZ

by duped 1y ago

mothballed 1y ago

It's illegal in most the US but by selecting my county intentionally from the start I found a place within 20 minutes of a ton of jobs, grocery store, etc. I did it legally with permits, but my permit basically said "ok to build house and no codes/inspections" and that was pretty much the bulk of it. You have to pick one of the places in the US with little to no codes / paperwork from the beginning. There are still quite a few of them left, but probably not places you have heard of.

duped 1y ago
Wonderful for people without families/friends/community.
- sethammons 1y ago
  Take some of them with you. Use your savings to visit from time to time.
andsoitis 1y ago
do you have running water, electricity, sewage, and a road (whether paved or unpaved) provided by a municipality? or did you have to solve for some of these yourself?
- mothballed 1y ago
  Water - bought share in a private well (cost near zero, well share was unproven but miraculously worked perfectly). Some people haul water. electricity - private power company. But started on a small cheap generator. sewage - private septic system (county allows you to DIY build them so could do this for next to nothing) roads - For miles and miles they are all private dirt roads, but with easements to allow me to pass. The easements go miles until they connect to a county road in town. I first built my road with a shovel, hatchet, and ripping small trees out with a truck. Nothing was provided by the government.
  - 0xffff2 1y ago
    I don't want to ask anything specific enough to dox you, but could you share what state this is in?
    - mothballed 1y ago
      AZ