Inexpensive Retreats

[ShooterJM]

Very cool! Personally I'm looking for land up in park county or up in wyoming just to have a place to be able to vacation, hunt and retreat too. Power is too far away from where I'm looking, so I'd be off grid anyway. I'm still trying to figure out what would be required in terms of building codes.

[Irving]

If you put it up fast enough, and it is remote enough, maybe you can just ignore the building codes.

[68Charger]

I've got almost 13 acres in a remote area... nothing there but forest and a small clearing right now. It was a bit more than the $1000/acre figure, but not much. It borders a BLM Wilderness Study area, so there is literally nothing but open wilderness on that side.

1st issue is a well- the county won't approve any building permits unless you either have a well or a letter from a well driller saying they can't get you water... having water is a good thing, so at some point I'll try to get a well drilled.

2nd is the POA (which they have considered disbanding due to "lack of interest" among other things). They have minimum building standards- not sure how cheap you could build and adhere to them... not sure on county standards

There is the idea of like a time-share/co-op method.. if you're not looking to use it more than 4 weeks a year, it's sitting vacant for the other 11 months.. if someone had an LLC that owned the property, and Officers/members of the LLC bought in by investing/building on the property, and all Officers/members had access- just have to work out scheduling, etc.. 12 people each investing $5k would pool $60k, enough for well, septic, and probably a basic structure- but solar/wind system could blow the budget quick

[gnihcraes]

Lot's of people years ago were building houses out of tires, soda cans, foam and other materials - Taos New Mexico. Might be some information on the web about the structures down there.

[offgrid]

I'm still trying to figure out what would be required in terms of building codes.

Depending on the square footage, a building permit may not be needed. Here in Clear Creek County, under 200sq ft, a building permit is not required.

[hurley842002]

Depending on the square footage, a building permit may not be needed. Here in Clear Creek County, under 200sq ft, a building permit is not required.

Yeah, our "retreat" in CCC is just one of the large Wooden Tuff shed like structures. It's got a stove, loft, outhouse in back, fire pit. All we need is a well, and we'd be set. That will be an endeavor for the future.

[Irving]

Yeah, our "retreat" in CCC is just one of the large Wooden Tuff shed like structures. It's got a stove, loft, outhouse in back, fire pit. All we need is a well, and we'd be set. That will be an endeavor for the future.

This is what is on our land, except including a well. 300 acres and NO DAMN PRAIRIE DOGS!

[hurley842002]

This is what is on our land, except including a well. 300 acres and NO DAMN PRAIRIE DOGS!

300 acres sure would be nice, ours is only 40, a heavily forested 40.

[Irving]

320 acre, but it is near Pawnee, so there are right around zero trees. Doh! I wish it were wooded. My uncle got 200 acres up in Golden Gate Canyon about 15 years ago for a steal; but he's been selling off plots for a while now. He probably has some for sale if anyone is interested.

[ShooterJM]

This is what I've been researching. Looks like Park county is out due to the builidng codes, but I'm waiting on confirmation of that.

http://www.earthbagbuilding.com/projects/hart.htm


Same basic concept anyway. Although I won't do domes and will change other items (like windows, foundations, venting, etc)