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901. Posted: 18 Oct 2011 15:51 - Properties / Building code requirements for seasonal cabins ontario
You may also want to talk to the planning department. Where I am at (North of Kingston, Ontario) you are able to apply for a minor variance. The planning department also recommended that I make the building look bigger i.e. wrap around deck. That I am finding is the easy hurdle to clear as far as septic I was told by the same department that I may use a composting toilet (Class 1 sewage...
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903. Posted: 6 Oct 2011 14:44 - General Forum / What legally makes a dwelling, a dwelling?
...e it down which is what they make people here do fairly often. You are lucky you did not even need a permit. There are a lot of people in Wisconsin who build garages or sheds for cabins to get out of building permits and size requirements. Our building inspector even suggested that we do that-said he would just look the other way, but we ...
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904. Posted: 6 Oct 2011 14:40 - General Forum / What legally makes a dwelling, a dwelling?
In the county I am planning on building my cabin, these are the exceptions which do not require building permits: A. Any structure designed or constructed solely for the purpose of storin...
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905. Posted: 6 Oct 2011 12:22 - General Forum / What legally makes a dwelling, a dwelling?
...ssuming you may be running into trouble with your county. Hope not. Is your cabin only suppose to be a shed? Your county may have a website you can go to that would define this for you. Did you get a building permit and if so did you have to build a minimum square footage? I would keep it looking as "shed like" as possible until quite a bit of time passes. Do yo...
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906. Posted: 26 Sep 2011 08:20 - Properties / off grid cabin in the Adirondacks
Nope,... the building is my next phase. My experience includes how to find and purchase a lot, dealing with septic perc tests and obtaining a septic permit, dealing with a nasty boundary...
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907. Posted: 25 Sep 2011 00:01 - Member's Projects and Photos / Northern wisconsin cabin
Ah yes...one of the bonuses of being in "lawless Montana" is that we didn't have to have a building permit! It's a long story, but the gist is that we are between 2 jurisdictions and neither the county nor the township has authority to issue one. No inspecti...
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908. Posted: 23 Sep 2011 21:22 - Member's Projects and Photos / Northern wisconsin cabin
...appraiser come out before you need to be done. I'm sure he will have a few pointers to make. Hopefully he will be pretty easy going. Is your land also part of your loan? When we applied for our building permit the inspector came out and looked at our plans (Our drawings we did up ourselves and then we made some changes to after the fact-oops!) He also briefly looked...
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909. Posted: 21 Sep 2011 10:04 - General Forum / Newbies saying Hi from Ontario.
... initially, part-time use and eventually to spend most of our time there. We have been looking at a few acreages in the outback near Timmins and would like to hear from anyone who has experience with building codes, relative to particular zoning in this area. ie: land zoned as "recreational", "wilderness", etc. We understand that building perm...
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910. Posted: 9 Sep 2011 10:12 - Off-Grid Living / Where's a good off grid location?
Tennessee. No income tax. Plenty of water. OK for solar. Some spots OK for wind. Weather is moderate. Land is pretty cheap. Many rural counties have no building codes so no permits required for anything...the Electric company is the one who tries to control your building. If you don't use them, they los...
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911. Posted: 3 Sep 2011 14:19 - Member's Projects and Photos / my cabin in ontario
If you buy in a unincorporated township in Canada there are not as many rules. You will still need building permits however.
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912. Posted: 2 Sep 2011 21:01 - Member's Projects and Photos / Modified Post and Beam 20'x24'
... this project was fun ... I particularly enjoyed the challenge of running electrical wire and lighting. I almost made this cabin completely green ...ie no electricity but running it from an existing building I had built about 15 years ago was a no brainer. I did opt for the compost toilet though as adding to an existing septic permit is pretty costly in our county. The...
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913. Posted: 2 Sep 2011 18:37 - Off Topic / what have u been doing?
Cabingal3, Been living cabin life and building through everyone else's post. Have gotten septic permit and my loving brother and friend have been putting up barbed wire fencing plus 3 of 4 gates. Found lon...
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914. Posted: 31 Aug 2011 14:56 - Member's Projects and Photos / My cabin in Nova Scotia
Love it! Congratulations. I am also the unskilled hauler so can relate and am glad to read that someone appreciates the unskilled. I feel guilty as my husband is building that "all" I am doing is making trips back and forth hauling. We have about a 300' hike only. No loading and unloading a boat. Yikes. I will not complain again. We ...
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915. Posted: 31 Aug 2011 02:10 - Off-Grid Living / Where's a good off grid location?
As I'm having a lot of trouble going through Google and deciphering all the legal muckity-muck, I'd like to chime in and ask, how are the counties in Vermont and New Hampshire regarding building permits? Perhaps some of you would know; southeastern Vermont and Southern New Hampshire (as well as Coos County way up north) would be my dream spots to break groun...
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916. Posted: 25 Aug 2011 13:17 - Off Topic / Modern Day Noah's Ark
...yard - but no Ark. "Noah!" He roared, "I'm about to start the rain! Where is the Ark?" "Forgive me, Lord," begged Noah, "but things have changed. I needed a Building Permit. I've been arguing with the Boat Inspector about the need for a sprinkler system. My neighbours claim that I've violated the neighbourhood By-Laws...
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917. Posted: 23 Aug 2011 20:19 - Properties / Are building codes enforced in remote areas of bc?
... was bigger than 10 x 10 (he flew overhead as we are water access only and he looked down) Neighbor said nope, it is as small as can be. We have not been approached yet, but are getting our septic in this year (which you have to do in order to pull a building permit) so that we can pull a permit. if you start building and are caught it ca...
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918. Posted: 21 Aug 2011 11:04 - General Forum / Why dont more people build cabins out of logs when they have logs on property?
... to buy sticks and OSB at home depot. - The way builders think now, is in terms of whats on the shelf at the store, and what will pass 'code' for inspection. If you are planning to get a building permit, be prepared to have many many hours wasted by the building dept. No contractor has that much time allotted for that kind of waste - only the...
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919. Posted: 16 Aug 2011 23:25 - Member's Projects and Photos / My cabin in Nova Scotia
...haring! It sounds like quite an endeavor to get all of your materials up there but so worth it to really get away. The look on your son's face says it all. We managed to get around having a building permit at all where we are (we're in a no-mans-land between the county and the town plat.) We were able to get a septic permit and electrical ...
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920. Posted: 16 Aug 2011 17:36 - General Forum / using a shed as a cabin
.... MtnDon is correct however. The first step is to check with the permitting authority to see what the options are. In PA I have two options- upgrade the shed/cabin to meet the standard residential building codes (which can often be done on new sheds, for additional $'s) or permit the structure as a "recreational use property", which...
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921. Posted: 16 Aug 2011 13:25 - Member's Projects and Photos / My cabin in Nova Scotia
Quoting: hattieNo building codes in Canada? WOW - I didn't know there were any places here without codes. Oh, I'm sure there are codes, but small camps on the offshore islands tend to fly below the...
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922. Posted: 16 Aug 2011 13:00 - General Forum / using a shed as a cabin
Check with the local building permit/inspection department. There will be certain requirements that a cabin or other building meant to be lived in must have.
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923. Posted: 16 Aug 2011 06:41 - Member's Projects and Photos / My cabin in Nova Scotia
There are building codes there. And it does not matter how remote your property is. But if your building is under 215 sq ft you don't need a building perm...
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924. Posted: 13 Aug 2011 20:03 - Off-Grid Living / Class B Misdemeanor (off-grid privy)
In Wisconsin, they have adopted a uniform building code that says any structure built for human habitation has to be at least 730 sq. ft. That's 27 x 27' building ! But the code also says that you don...
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925. Posted: 6 Aug 2011 16:15 - General Forum / Insurance for your cabin or storage unit
...cial to the community also. They reffered to is as providing "wood fiber" for the community. In my state, with 20.25 acres, it was about $32 a year in taxes. Of course, when I put the building on it, they removed 1 acres from the farm status (you must have 20 acres minimum to qualify, they round up, so 19.5 actually) and even with 1 acre removed, I still have a total of ov...
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926. Posted: 4 Aug 2011 08:01 - General Forum / Any ideas?
To Smitty's point... before you conclude permits are a bad thing I would check with the local permiting authority to see what your options are. I am in the planning stages of building a cabin in south-central PA. I sent an e-mail to the Township Secretary (got her address from a Google search), and after trading notes with some d...
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927. Posted: 3 Aug 2011 23:49 - General Forum / Any ideas?
... of solar power and a grey water system. Has anyone built any these designs that are similar? How do you feel about them? Also if anyone has any advice on what is a common size I can get away with building without having to pull a permit or get a building inspector out here that would be great. I'm trying to skip the BS of the city/county inspect...
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928. Posted: 26 Jul 2011 20:51 - Properties / Avoid building permit?
... regulations of the Adirondack Park Agency (APA), as "a cabin, camp or lean-to or other similar structure designed for occasional occupancy for hunting, fishing, or similar purposes." These buildings are not "single family dwellings" in the APA regulations. These structures do not have connections to public utilities (i.e., no commercial electric power nor telephone se...
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929. Posted: 22 Jul 2011 21:57 - Member's Projects and Photos / Northern wisconsin cabin
Hello! We are in the process of building our cabin. We have been lurking since 2007 when we first bought our 10 acres of wooded land. We have enjoyed reading and have gained a lot of helpful information from this site. We ...
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930. Posted: 21 Jul 2011 14:20 - Properties / Avoid building permit?
Quoting: bushbunkieThe result is that the system has made the cabin dream accessible only to the upper middle class, if you follow all the rules. This is a very good point.. Who could benefit from building a small cabin the most? The poor. They could have an inexpensive shelter, and means for a self sustaining food supply.. But can't afford the permits and fees t...
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