The building of the house itself is not a very large project. Ann and I have marked out the rooms, discussed the style points, and estimated the costs. Most of the rooms will be thought of as small(ish), but this is intentional. Ours will be a small(ish) house, very little of which is space intended only on increasing the real estate value of the property. We will put the money we save on building larger into building a very tight, highly sustainable, inexpensive home.
And it all starts tomorrow with a rental backhoe and some hard work.
There will be many obstacles, and some miscalculations to contend with, but we will get it done. The weather might get in the way, but we will put on wet foot in front of the next until the weather relents or Summer arrives. The plan is to dig it out, pour it, hammer it, and finish it. The goal is six months from tomorrow.
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| The lines are the outline of the footing for supporting the foundation of our new house. I have removed the topsoil completely, leaving only the clay. We will dig out nine inches of the clay. |
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| The porch space is nearly as large as the interior space. It only wraps three sides, the back side is for kennel space. |
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The entire house will be an apartment sized 1026 square feet.
- One bedroom, merely large enough to hold the bed, a clothing dresser, and a few side tables.
- There is a small office, only large enough to do the business of the Farm.
- A large walk in closet.
- The bathroom has a detached water closet so the space will hold a good sized shower, an interesting old sink vanity, and a two person hot tub.
- The laundry room is only large enough to hold the laundry machines, and one six foot folding counter top over storage.
- The "living room is only enough to hold one new couch, a table, and a television.
Where we put the space where it will do us the most good, in the kitchen and pantry (a lot of pantry).
The Farm is all about food.
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