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631. Posted: 29 May 2012 22:10 - General Forum / Anyone Going to thier Cabin this weekend?????
LOL!!! That was the good ol days when you could do more and nobody cared! I think that now that we have had our final inspection with the building inspector nobody much will care...at least that is what I hope! In our county(Douglas) all vacant land is looked at every year and appraised physically by the assessor. They are so d...
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632. Posted: 27 May 2012 15:20 - Member's Projects and Photos / 12x8 bunkie progress
I just happened to be browsing websites and links to suggestions for building a small bunkie, hopefully with a modest screened porch attached. I have a nice home on a small pond in Plymouth, MA with an extra lot that I'll be applying to build the bunkie o...
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633. Posted: 23 May 2012 16:56 - Properties / relaxed building codes (notheren NH, Maine or VT)
..."wink") without having to obtain a permit. My town also allows up to 720 sq ft "recreation" camp, for occasional use only, which does require a permit but does not have to meet all the residential building codes. BUT, the camp would require septic and well...so, I am going the no permit "shed" route...nobody ...
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634. Posted: 17 May 2012 10:54 - Properties / cabin build michigan questions
Quoting: yuanggitssaccan the township do anything if they find my cabin such as tare it down? Local zoning and building departments usually have the right to make the local rules more restrictive than the rules laid down at the state level. They can not make the local rules more relaxed than those ado...
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635. Posted: 17 May 2012 07:14 - Properties / cabin build michigan questions
...039;m in kalkaska and zoned recreational forest. I can build less than 500sqft as long as its called a hunting cabin and I do not use it more than 120 days per year. Call your zoning dept and not the building dept. MI new building code says you can build any out structure up to 120sqft without a permit and my zoning said for them it is 200sqft. The ...
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636. Posted: 15 May 2012 20:37 - Cabin Construction / What NOT To Do!
This is why they invented building permits (that and tax increases)
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637. Posted: 15 May 2012 14:28 - Cabin Construction / Take three! (foundation)
Have you run that by the building department? I recall from a different thread you had talked with them. It doesn't matter what anyone here thinks if there is a permit department and inspectors ...
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638. Posted: 14 May 2012 12:43 - Properties / what pisses me off!!
building permits and codes date back to the old slums of the industrial revolution. slumlords put up any multi family slums to make money and had no concern for safety. the c...
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639. Posted: 9 May 2012 18:45 - Cabin Construction / Ok, so on to plan D.
Just got off the phone with the building inspector, and it's not good news. Whatever we put up (even a yurt) requires a permit, and has to be attached to the foundation and the ground. We can either ...
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640. Posted: 9 May 2012 15:48 - Cabin Construction / Ok, so on to plan D.
...x20 with a porch, delivered, for about $3500. That's just a shell, so we'd need to unsulate and finish the interior ourselves, but that's not a big deal. The problem is with the building permit. For one thing, we have already determined that we are not going to be able to put in a poured foundation, so we're sticking with a gravel pad for whate...
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641. Posted: 3 May 2012 12:01 - General Forum / Giving up?
To Optimistic, There are SO MANY reasons in favor of buying or building your own Dwelling on wheels. First, it is CHEAPER. No real estate taxes on a mobile. Minimal exposure to building codes, permits and worst of al...
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642. Posted: 26 Apr 2012 14:44 - Cabin Construction / Foundation help
...nearly as much as some folks think. If piers must be used I like 4 feet in the ground for every foot above ground. Piers should have a concrete footing; normal size is 16x16x8. With a lightly loaded building smaller footings can be used, especially when the number of piers is increased, as then the load is spread out more. Perhaps another option should be explored; pole buildin...
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643. Posted: 22 Apr 2012 01:44 - Member's Projects and Photos / Newbie Planning A 16x20 Building
No septic necessary, that's a big advantage for you. In my jurisdiction anything over 120 sq feet built as a dwelling needs both building permit & septic approval. Anything not built in compliance and complained of by a disgruntled "neighbor" would be subject to citation and/or demolition...
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644. Posted: 19 Apr 2012 09:26 - Properties / On the verge of buying land!
Opti... regarding your outhouse... are you able to use a traditional "outhouse" (basically a hole in the ground with a little building over it, that is never pumped out.)? Or are you required to use a tank- what is then known as a "vault privy" (same concept, but a concrete box, which does require pumping...
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645. Posted: 17 Apr 2012 18:56 - General Forum / Don't you hate delays?
My permits are good as the one from the DEC for the road work is being completed in a couple of weeks... I wont get a building permit until just before the contruction starts... as for as far as a loan, I'm trying to pay for this minus interest fees and such as it is mu...
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646. Posted: 17 Apr 2012 03:17 - General Forum / Don't you hate delays?
...r the road in which is approximately 1/3 mile, and it crosses a small brook runoff which is quite soft ground, I had to hire someone to put my road in and make it passable by truck. Without the road, building supplies can not make it back there. Not even by ATV and trailer due to the brook runoff that I need to cross. So I put the job out to bids and got three, very close bids for the wor...
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647. Posted: 16 Apr 2012 19:51 - Properties / Avoid building permit?
would like to build an 8x131/2 foot cabin .Its just under 107 square ft or 10 meter square. Have 9 acres of Ag3 zoned property. The building code states under 107sqft is excluded from the code .the permit office states that any building requires a permit yet says does no...
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648. Posted: 14 Apr 2012 17:18 - Properties / Avoid building permit?
... of property. Dollar $$ signs in their eyes. What about the value of life. As an Animal although human, we still have Natural Rights to a Dwelling. If you don't like what I'm building, then you can pay to have it built your way, otherwise "Shut Up and get over it". I'm building an A-Frame Cabin on 16.7 acres this summer. Driveway ...
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649. Posted: 2 Apr 2012 21:14 - General Forum / I'm starting to lose faith (shipping container as cabin)
...ong> I think it makes some sense to know what is okay and what is not okay. Then try to accommodate the rules as best as can be done. I have a friend who built a shop/garage a few years back. He had a permit for the building but neglected to get an electrical permit. he did the wiring himself. When the officials discovered that, the electrical inspector ...
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650. Posted: 2 Apr 2012 13:56 - Properties / Small Cabin Friendly Building Departments in Northern California?
... very nit picking over the details. Lots of photographs could help or it could annoy them. They probably would have the authority to cut off electric and/or water if a stipulation of getting either is that you have a building permit. That is relatively common. Add in that CA has some of the most stringent building rules if the location is in a wildfire pr...
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651. Posted: 1 Apr 2012 19:57 - Cabin Construction / Need Advice Small Cabin v.s. Trailer/Bus
...n 200 square feet. (Used to be 120 sq ft but they changed it this year.) But the intent is for it to be storgae, or a playhouse.... Here's a quote from the regs/application... "One story detached accessory buildings used as tool and storage sheds, playhouses, and similar uses, provided the floor area does not exceed 200 square feet." Also check what any local zoning re...
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652. Posted: 27 Mar 2012 21:17 - Properties / Housing laws?
In NM the figure for a no permit building is 120 sq ft set by the state. Local governments usually follow along. The wording is "One story detached accessory buildings used as tool and ...
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653. Posted: 25 Mar 2012 17:10 - Properties / Building a cabin in Quebec
Does anyone know what the laws surrounding building permits are for Set Agathe? I have about 15 acres [not waterfront] and would like to build a small, under 100sqare foot, cabin. No electricity or running water... D...
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654. Posted: 23 Mar 2012 14:55 - Properties / Building a cabin in Quebec
Thanks Avan. I do have a house, but the problem is they feel the gazebo is too close to my lake. And it was built by the contractor without a building permit (he said none was needed, it is not 'habitation'!). Can you give me advice where I can find exactly what the regulations are, where on my property c...
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655. Posted: 12 Mar 2012 23:16 - Properties / Building regulations, permits
...oundation etc. But you will pass through lots of loopholes by doing the remodel/improvement deal. My county was real good to me. It took me a total of about 20 minutes at the planning dept (1st stop) then the actual building dept. Total cost was $45 for my address (did that via the internet), $90 for planning dept (site plan), then $415 for building dept. ...
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656. Posted: 10 Mar 2012 13:04 - Properties / Converting a tiny house into a cabin in PA?
Hi all, My last post thought me a lot and made me realize that building something from scratch, on my own, at this time of my life will, will be too ambitious of an endeavor. Another idea I had was to try to find a small single family for sale in PA, w...
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657. Posted: 10 Mar 2012 00:01 - Cabin Construction / what type of foundation ...piers or just build on top of ground ?
...n upper loft . but for snow load , this is northwest wyoming , but it gets little snow , on average its 12" of participation a yr ..... one thing that helps , or does not help , no codes or building inspections , so im sort of free to do what ever , but i want to do it right , and having done a few commercial buildings with permits and such i kn...
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658. Posted: 9 Mar 2012 15:25 - Cabin Construction / Your Plans for the Summer
...ith a logger in April to discuss the thinning that we had planned for last summer. We need to replace a 1/4 mile of fencing and submit our site analysis plan to the county so that we can apply for a building permit for the cabin before the snow flies next fall.
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659. Posted: 7 Mar 2012 12:28 - Properties / STOP WORK ORDER on my small cabin need help
Quoting: MtnDonIn a way you can't blame the neighbors, if they have paid their pound of flesh and obtained all the legal permits and you did not. Well said, MtnDon. The building codes, permitting and enforcement have not been created to generate revenue for the local jurisdiction. There are real life and safety issues behin...
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