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It's an LLC. We have bylaws to deal with people wanting out, but we intentionally make it very difficult (island llc gets 1st right of refusal, every member get
by tynan 13y ago
It's an LLC. We have bylaws to deal with people wanting out, but we intentionally make it very difficult (island llc gets 1st right of refusal, every member gets a right of refusal after that, and we must approve of any buyer). The idea is that it's an investment in utility, not in dollars. One bad person on the island could ruin everyone's experience, so we guard against that.
We're going to be building next year, so we still have lots of research to do. It appears that anything permanent like a cabin would require a permit, but that yurts / heavy duty tents / sheds / etc wouldn't.
A neighbor on the mainland has offered us dock space and gave us a couple rides this trip. We also bought an Intex Excursion 5 off Amazon which was serviceable but really difficult to navigate in wind. We'll buy a real boat next year.
HN is throttling my posts, so it may take a while to answer everything. I appreciate all the comments and questions.
- scrumper 13y agoThanks for the info. Good luck with it!
- 300bps 13y agoCan you vote someone off the island?
- tynan 13y agoYes, but only one person per week. Should have it all to myself in 9 weeks if everything goes according to plan...
- bdcs 13y agoSounds like you have done your research, but if you haven't heard of hexa-yurts, check them out! Here's a picture of different designs: http://files.howtolivewiki.com/hexayurt.com/all_yurts_edit.jpg http://files.howtolivewiki.com/hexayurt.com/all_yurts_edit.j...
- tynan 13y agoI've seen those-- would prefer something with windows, and it would need to be able to withstand some pretty serious weather (maybe those can... haven't researched). Thinking probably a 30' yurt for the communal building, and smaller geodesic domes for individual dwellings.
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- jannotti 13y agohttp://www.sunrisedomes.com/ http://www.sunrisedomes.com/ I talked to them once and it sounded like they can ship the materials in a fairly compact way. I helped put up a fairly large one - not so hard, but we needed scaffolding.
- tjic 13y ago> island llc Anyone else old enough to mistakenly read this as "island IIc"? #apple