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It looks like it will be a long road to getting my daughter’s new cabin built. We are still dealing with getting the property that will become hers, surveyed. We have completed the septic system soil test and have an approved septic system design specified by a licensed soil test/septic system design engineer, but we are still waiting for the town planning board to meet and approve the building permit application, and for us to complete clearing the building site.
Time is of the essence as the cold weather is rushing in, here in Downeast Maine and we’ll be looking at six months or so of “Wintah.” At the same time, my daughter still wants her own space and spending a long Maine “Wintah” cooped up with mom and dad is not an option (we’re not insulted by this at all).
The solution is to build or buy a tiny house on wheels during the interim until the new cabin is built and ready to be moved into. We started pricing tiny houses and after reeling from insane sticker shock, I suggested we build a tiny house, using my old flatbed equipment trailer as a base. Great idea, we thought. We started in on the project in earnest and then ran into a few more snags as you will see in the video.
More of this ongoing project next week (we hope).
Here’s the video:
