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Alternative Living and Cheap Housing: Pay as You Go Housing

By WhoreChurch

Back in the day…when one built or purchased a home one would either pay cash, take a 3 year mortgage or take a 7 year mortgage.

My how times have changed.

My redhead and I are basically debt free. Over the last few years we have actually created a positive net worth (believe me, it was unintentional) and we are seriously considering building our own home and doing so for cash.

Now don’t get me wrong, we’re not rich by most anyone’s definition, but the idea of a modest debt free home seems more “peaceful” than having an opulent home we end up being a slave to maintaining.

Plus I want to see if we can’t build a “basically” normal looking house that is eco-neutral or even eco-beneficial.

We figure we will need to build a tiny home (or buy a small trailer) to live in first. Then, while we are living in that home, we begin to build our small but not tiny house. After a year or so we can “move” into the house and I can take our “tiny” home and make it my writing retreat.

If you’ve done a “build as you go” house I would be interested in hearing from you.

This entry was posted on June 15, 2007 at 11:57 pm and is filed under 40 Year Mortgage, Alternative Housing, Alternative Living, Build Your Own House, Building Your Own Home, Cheap Building Ideas, Cheap Housing, Conservation, DIY House Building, Eco-Friendly, Eco-Friendly Homes, Eco-Neutral, Environmental, Environmentalism, Housing, Lifestyle, Lifestyle Choice, Low Cost House Building, Low Cost Housing, My Redhead, Pay as You Go Housing. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

3 Responses to “Alternative Living and Cheap Housing: Pay as You Go Housing”

  1. Rachael Black Says:
    June 26, 2007 at 4:54 am | Reply

    what is this ‘debt-free’ you speak of?
    -yark!-

    but seriously folks…
    you rock. i have purchased and sold houses over my life and put lots of love and sweat into each one. Ooooooh you KNOW what I mean ;)
    currently i live in an apartment and am starting over (at age 45!).
    you have such a clear a sincere picture of your future, a real quality of life, and an honest and true way to live that i salute you.
    arghhhhhh. why couldn’t i have learned earlier.
    good luck my friend!

    miss r

  2. Kevin Scott Says:
    June 26, 2007 at 2:22 pm | Reply

    Tough to find something to post on here, huh Rachael? Thanks for making the effort.

    I have temporarily changed my secret identity from Whore Church to No Hassles. At some point I will change back.

    Sorry if that was confusing.

  3. Shawn@SoScooter.com Says:
    March 20, 2009 at 9:41 am | Reply

    This is kind-of a late reply… but build-as-you-go may prove to be a lot of hassle, because you’ll constantly be required to submit building permit applications to your local municipality!

    Have you done it… since it’s now 2009… two years later!

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