Nice! I’m also on a five-year plan. I’m going into #4. It’s very important to build a Homestead while you still have full-time jobs. I realize that when I turned 50. Congratulations!
New subscribers ... you're just what we've been looking for! All the best on your progress going forward & we'll be looking forward to following along. 'Don't mean to be nosey, but, any chance you might be sharing costs involved? Blessings.
Appreciate that and yes, We will be sharing costs this summer as we go! That’s a huge part of what we want to share because we are building a very unconventional home! So happy to have you join us :-)
Welcome to the adventure. My wife and I started five years ago. We're in our fifth year on our land building our homestead. I retired at 60, we sold our house in NJ and bought 20 acres in Michigan, my wife's home state and where her family lives. I am building the house myself, it's agonizingly slow, but we're making progress. Our land is within the Allegan State Game Land and butts up against a wildlife reserve. We got our driveway, septic and well all installed without complications, but electrical service was a bit of a nightmare, despite the powerline running right through our land.
It’s definitely an adventure! Sounds like a great area where you’re at and you basically did the same as we did... a little at a time. We pretty much have decided to skip public electric for exactly that reason. It’s interrupted constantly and we are last to be fixed since it’s such a small town. Building yourself is hard work and I give you a lot of credit for that. We’ll try to do as much as we can but thus house is different so we will need a lot of outside help. Unfortunately that costs money and the life savings goes quick!
Found your site while looking around YT for vids on upstate NY. Grew up on a farm in the southern tier area of upstate....bought a rural place in the area after military service. We have seen a small but steady influx of "pilgrims" from downstate, NJ, Philly...esp since the covid thing last year. One bit of advice..for any contemplating such a move as the site owners have done in the ADK's. If you an to do this as a retirement plan..DONT..underestimate aging/health/medical concerns. They can force changes to a rural lifestyle you were planning on...have seen this happen a number of times. With that said..you two have an interesting site..which convinced me enough to subscribe.
Thats great advice and you’re right...age can change plans quickly! We are doing our best to plan for aging so we can live here as long as possible. We are happy to have you join us!
Excellent! I'm excited you will be building this coming summer. Hopefully both of our Adirondack homes will be ready for occupation before next winter. :-)
New sub here. Congrats on closing in on your 5 year plan and retiring. My wife and I are retiring in a few months and are planning land purchase in southern Missouri and very excited to get started. We are also in our 50s (late 50s...). We need to binge on your videos to get caught up.
They actually have nothing to do with approving building permits for us. I’m editing this to be more clear... it depends on your land classification and whether or not you’re near water or a protected area. We chose this property specifically because we wouldn’t have any problems and could do what we wanted. We even did an APA jurisdictional inquiry when we first purchased the land as well.
So happy for you both! We bought our raw land in 2017, also building a homestead from scratch. Still building the house debt free and now have ducks, chickens, turkeys and cattle.
We have been looking for Land off and on for about 2 years now. We purchased a trailer last summer, so when we do find a piece of land, we will be ready with the trailer to park it there. Your video was helpful for what some of my next steps should be. Thank you for sharing your experience.
So glad we could help! We actually bought the trailer first too! Don't give up, when you find it, you will know it! In the meantime just keep saving money :-)
Not sure what you mean by raised bed but we did have to build it up. Here’s the video th-cam.com/video/LN4-ZcDuSUs/w-d-xo.html Let me know if that’s what you mean please👍
@@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid Thank you for the link. I have to say I just found your channel when I had a " video short recommended" on TH-cam a couple of hours ago. It was your video of the red generator you unpacked and ran the first time. So I didn't see the video of the septic install you posted for me to see. My question has been answered about the " raised bed field". I had a similar issue with my leech bed. I had 3 feet of blue clay 2 feet below grade which required me to add a layer of soil to accommodate the bed. The upside of finding the clay allowed me to dig a large pond and have it lined with the clay to hold water. I live in the Finger Lakes of NY where clay is common. I was curious as to what the soil is like in your area as I've never lived in the Adirondack region just visited over the years. You have picked a fantastic area to live. Best of luck and kindest regards. I will watch your other videos, they are very well done.
Appreciate that very much. Finger lakes is beautiful. Mother in law is from Seneca falls. We have no clay in the Adirondacks. It’s sandy and drains well but it’s not deep because there’s so much bedrock.
Wow, awesome vid! 2021 is going to be grand for the both of you. Cool to hear your full story and plans. We plan on getting chickens too..and maybe a couple goats. Looking forward to seeing the solar cause it was something we tossed around but caved in to being on-grid. Cheers to 2021!🥂
I'm so happy for the two of you. The next six months will fly by, and then you will be living your dream in your new forever homestead. My very best wishes as you enter this Happy New Year.
Thank you so much Linda!! In some ways we are afraid they will go by too fast and we won't be ready and then we feel like they are going to take forever! Either way we will be sure to enjoy the journey and appreciate all your support. We wish you a very happy and healthy new year too :-) Kathie
Sounds like it’s all coming together nicely, congratulations to both of you on you new adventure! Looking forward to seeing how it continues to come together, wishing y’all a the very best and a Happy New Year!
We made it to year five of our five year plan! We are so excited :-)
Nice! I’m also on a five-year plan. I’m going into #4. It’s very important to build a Homestead while you still have full-time jobs. I realize that when I turned 50. Congratulations!
@@1AcreHomestead Agree 100%. Can't see doing it any other way. Definitely requires a lot of patience though!
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Spent alot of my younger year in Brant lake.
It’s beautiful there!
I'm REALLY looking forward to this!
Thank you!
So excited for you guys!! Wishing you much success on your 2021 goals!!
Thank you so much! It’s so exciting and stressful at the same time but very worth it! ~Kathie
Gosh you guys are an inspiration
Awe. Thank you 👍
I envy you! We envy yous
If there’s a will there’s a way! Never give up the dream❤️Kathie
🇨🇦🧑🌾🇨🇦Back visiting from The Ole Church 5 Acre Homestead!
Appreciate it very much! Been watching your videos (don't always comment) but I have to say I love your voice when you narrate!
Awesome plan..and it is coming together nicely. Good luck and will be following along as you build.
Appreciate that very much! Happy New Year!
New subscribers ... you're just what we've been looking for! All the best on your progress going forward & we'll be looking forward to following along. 'Don't mean to be nosey, but, any chance you might be sharing costs involved? Blessings.
Appreciate that and yes, We will be sharing costs this summer as we go! That’s a huge part of what we want to share because we are building a very unconventional home! So happy to have you join us :-)
Welcome to the adventure. My wife and I started five years ago. We're in our fifth year on our land building our homestead. I retired at 60, we sold our house in NJ and bought 20 acres in Michigan, my wife's home state and where her family lives. I am building the house myself, it's agonizingly slow, but we're making progress. Our land is within the Allegan State Game Land and butts up against a wildlife reserve. We got our driveway, septic and well all installed without complications, but electrical service was a bit of a nightmare, despite the powerline running right through our land.
It’s definitely an adventure! Sounds like a great area where you’re at and you basically did the same as we did... a little at a time. We pretty much have decided to skip public electric for exactly that reason. It’s interrupted constantly and we are last to be fixed since it’s such a small town. Building yourself is hard work and I give you a lot of credit for that. We’ll try to do as much as we can but thus house is different so we will need a lot of outside help. Unfortunately that costs money and the life savings goes quick!
Found your site while looking around YT for vids on upstate NY. Grew up on a farm in the southern tier area of upstate....bought a rural place in the area after military service. We have seen a small but steady influx of "pilgrims" from downstate, NJ, Philly...esp since the covid thing last year. One bit of advice..for any contemplating such a move as the site owners have done in the ADK's. If you an to do this as a retirement plan..DONT..underestimate aging/health/medical concerns. They can force changes to a rural lifestyle you were planning on...have seen this happen a number of times. With that said..you two have an interesting site..which convinced me enough to subscribe.
Thats great advice and you’re right...age can change plans quickly! We are doing our best to plan for aging so we can live here as long as possible. We are happy to have you join us!
Excellent! I'm excited you will be building this coming summer. Hopefully both of our Adirondack homes will be ready for occupation before next winter. :-)
I hope so too! Happy New Year :-)
New sub here. Congrats on closing in on your 5 year plan and retiring. My wife and I are retiring in a few months and are planning land purchase in southern Missouri and very excited to get started. We are also in our 50s (late 50s...). We need to binge on your videos to get caught up.
Appreciate that very much!!
Very nice thanks for sharing cheers 👍
Thank you! Cheers!
That’s awesome. Wishing you a happy new year
Same to you!
🇨🇦🧑🌾You will want to come see us👩🌾🇨🇦
We did and we subbed :-)
Tks, heading your way now!
The APA approved an earth sheltered house?
They actually have nothing to do with approving building permits for us. I’m editing this to be more clear... it depends on your land classification and whether or not you’re near water or a protected area. We chose this property specifically because we wouldn’t have any problems and could do what we wanted. We even did an APA jurisdictional inquiry when we first purchased the land as well.
@@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid that's surprising. I thought the APA always had jurisdiction in the adk park. Thanks for the Info
It does, for the number of structures depending upon classification or the distance from wetlands but not for the type of structure.
So happy for you both! We bought our raw land in 2017, also building a homestead from scratch. Still building the house debt free and now have ducks, chickens, turkeys and cattle.
So exciting! We have plans for all of that except the cattle. What kind do you have? We were looking at having sheep
@@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid Dexters.
@@zaneymay Very nice!!
We have been looking for Land off and on for about 2 years now. We purchased a trailer last summer, so when we do find a piece of land, we will be ready with the trailer to park it there.
Your video was helpful for what some of my next steps should be.
Thank you for sharing your experience.
So glad we could help! We actually bought the trailer first too! Don't give up, when you find it, you will know it! In the meantime just keep saving money :-)
Did you guys have to go with a raised bed septic system?
Not sure what you mean by raised bed but we did have to build it up. Here’s the video th-cam.com/video/LN4-ZcDuSUs/w-d-xo.html Let me know if that’s what you mean please👍
@@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid Thank you for the link. I have to say I just found your channel when I had a " video short recommended" on TH-cam a couple of hours ago. It was your video of the red generator you unpacked and ran the first time. So I didn't see the video of the septic install you posted for me to see.
My question has been answered about the " raised bed field". I had a similar issue with my leech bed. I had 3 feet of blue clay 2 feet below grade which required me to add a layer of soil to accommodate the bed. The upside of finding the clay allowed me to dig a large pond and have it lined with the clay to hold water. I live in the Finger Lakes of NY where clay is common. I was curious as to what the soil is like in your area as I've never lived in the Adirondack region just visited over the years. You have picked a fantastic area to live. Best of luck and kindest regards. I will watch your other videos, they are very well done.
Appreciate that very much. Finger lakes is beautiful. Mother in law is from Seneca falls. We have no clay in the Adirondacks. It’s sandy and drains well but it’s not deep because there’s so much bedrock.
Wow, awesome vid! 2021 is going to be grand for the both of you. Cool to hear your full story and plans. We plan on getting chickens too..and maybe a couple goats. Looking forward to seeing the solar cause it was something we tossed around but caved in to being on-grid. Cheers to 2021!🥂
We love watching your videos! We learn so much from you and what you have done and can't wait to get started on our own! Happy new year to you both!
You had a solid plan and you stuck to it. The good thing is that you’ll get some good money for your home in Long Island 👍
That's the plan and we hope it all works out the way we are expecting :-)
Keep up the good works and all the best for the next incoming year Cheers !!!
Thanks, you too!
Cannot believe 4 years have already passed...cannot wait until you're building. Hopefully we'll be sharing Christmas in your new home for 2021.
We hope so too!
I'm so happy for the two of you. The next six months will fly by, and then you will be living your dream in your new forever homestead.
My very best wishes as you enter this Happy New Year.
Thank you so much Linda!! In some ways we are afraid they will go by too fast and we won't be ready and then we feel like they are going to take forever! Either way we will be sure to enjoy the journey and appreciate all your support. We wish you a very happy and healthy new year too :-) Kathie
Sounds like it’s all coming together nicely, congratulations to both of you on you new adventure! Looking forward to seeing how it continues to come together, wishing y’all a the very best and a Happy New Year!
Appreciate that very much. Happy new year!