I am beyond excited - we're finally moving forward with our plans to build a home at Pyrth Annwn. I can't describe to you the joy and overwhelming feeling of anticipation for this. It is something we have dreamed about for a very long time, and it's finally happening.In fitting with our nature, our home won't be the ordinary box or cabin. As shown in the model, we're using the starplate building system as the basis for our home, our greenhouse and our future storage building.
Starplates create five sided structures, so we've created an arrangement that will work for us, including a two story main building that will house the living room on the bottom floor and our bedroom on the top floor, a two story bath house module for an upstairs and downstairs bathroom plus our telescope viewing area on the roof, a one story kitchen module, one story study/guest room module and a laundry/mud room. In the future, we'll be adding on a dining hall so we'll have room when our large chosen family gathers to celebrate.We already know where the garden is going, and where we'll be fencing in an outside area for the cats to enjoy, plus a separate area for the puppies to play. We've got the site for the well picked out, and pretty much figured out the layout of the septic system.
We've picked out an area behind the main house that's partially into the cliff face for a canning cellar/mead brewing room. Next up is figuring out where the chickens and goats are going to go once we get them. Our friend Megan has us hooked on goat milk and cheese, so Cabrito is definitely going to be on the menu, and my friend James has me hooked on fresh eggs, hence the chickens. And yes, we will have many guineas to control the tick population. Cenau will have his work cut out for him keeping the coyotes and foxes at bay.The best part about all of this - we're doing it ourselves. The magick that will infuse this act of creation will make this home a very sacred place indeed - and anchor my gypsy feet once and for all firmly in the ground.
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OMG! rio, this is awesome! I'm so happy that things are starting to go as planned fro you guys! Where on the land will your homestead be going? I've never seen anything on the map for future plans so I was just wondering. Good Luck!
I hope you will let us help with the building of your home.
Have you started with your Starplate building systems house as yet? If so, ya got any pictures...I'm drawing up some plans for an offgrid cabin and I'm very interested in your progress...
Hola! We've finished the foundation and are getting ready to raise the exterior wals. We learned the hard way to figure out the angles needed for the cross members first, before making any cuts. But once you get the correct angle for each side, the actual cutting and nailing in is pretty easy. We created a five footed foundation out of pillars made of mortared rocks, and will come in later ad rock in the remains of the footing, so it looks like a solid rock foundation. Since we're building on a slope, we'll be leaving an accessway on the highest side so our dogs can use the underneath as shelter. Pics are in our camera - will try to update posts soon with what we're up to. We hope to be inside by January 1st. We've acquired a pot-bellied stove for heat (free from some friends who upgraded to a better model), and a propane on demand water heater for the well for hot water inside ($250.00 from Sportsman's Guide).
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