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Spot for a cabin, delayed for 5 years, maybe this year.

Thanks, as you can see from the cheap lawn chair I enjoy sitting taking in the view. Often the beaver will pop out of the water and wonder what I'm doing . They keep their distance thankfully.
 
Man, I thought I had it good with my view and the animals around here. But I don't come even close to what you have. That really is a beautiful spot. I can understand why you'd like to build a cabin there.
 
Love cabins! Wonderful spot for one, are you going full on frontiersman? Personally I quite like the ones with short lengths of tree trunk with mortar in between to make a wall.
Even if you buy in the bits that’s still a big undertaking Scott.
 
That looks a beautiful spot. How far is it from your house?
 
Cabinetman said:
Love cabins! Wonderful spot for one, are you going full on frontiersman? Personally I quite like the ones with short lengths of tree trunk with mortar in between to make a wall.
Even if you buy in the bits that’s still a big undertaking Scott.
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The fancier it gets the longer it will take for sure. I plan to use already salvaged timber 6"x 6", and use materials from a shed which I will take apart.
Thought of using simulated logs that is what we call half round ship lap Pine. Very costly so probably board and batten.
 
Mike G said:
That looks a beautiful spot. How far is it from your house?
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About a 6 mins walk Mike, across the road towards the south end of the property, or 2 mins by ATV.
There is a road to the lakefront which is ok for a 4x4 vehicle which is handy getting out up a steep slope.
I thought about plunking a used caravan there but it would look out of place.
 
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This is the shed that I will salvage material from. It needs alot of work as it's base is rotting.1000009840.jpg
 
I can build up to 168 sq.ft. without a permit and be able to use non mill stamped wood.
My goal is to get the structure up and weather tight by snowfall.
 
Just a get away place, plenty enough room for a bed , sitting area and a small kitchen. Probably will set up an outside shower drawing water from the lake to a propane on demand heater. Set up a composting toilet and a grey water pit.
I see this cabin as a place we can go to and enjoy a day at the lake with the dogs, a bit of a row or paddle in the boat, cook some grub and have an afternoon snooze or read.
Seems strange only being a short walk from home but the benefits are enormous.
We have four spare rooms for family or guests and this would handle any overflow, god forbid.
 
I'm tempted to say that your house is in the wrong place, and you should build a new one where you're planning on building the cabin. BUT.......as soon as you build something in a wild location, you change that place. A small hut is a minimalist intervention which should leave things pretty much as they are, and preserve the wild charm. A house inevitably ends up with a driveway, car-turning area, outbuildings, garden, and so on affecting quite an area of land. That would change the wild unspoilt nature of the area. I think your plans are great.
 
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We see a lot of images of wildfires Duke, does building in the forest like come with any risks?
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Luckily around us no but saying that about 8 years ago a large forest fire was contained just West and North of us. The command post was set up in a very small town 10 mins away. Very strange seeing the glowing horizon. We had heavy rain this past Thursday, rained hard for 24 plus hours and yesterday for half a day. The forests in our area are well hydrated now.
 
HdV said:
Man, I thought I had it good with my view and the animals around here. But I don't come even close to what you have. That really is a beautiful spot. I can understand why you'd like to build a cabin there.
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I often have to remind myself how fortunate we are.
 
We have a small cottage close by at the side of the lake. It sounds lovely but in practise we never use it. We moved here in 2004 and have never once used the cottage: never put any furniture in it nor spent a night in it. The cottage is just a source of work. I did go there last week for the first time in a couple of years and found the steps to the entrance have rotted away so I need to replace them. They will then likely be unused for many years. It is the same with another, larger, building, closer to the house. We have just had the roof renewed at vast expense, yet we do not use, and have no plans to use, the building.

So are you sure you will use a cabin if you build one? Or will it just be something else you have to maintain?
 
Good points we will use the cabin a few times a month (myself more) but not in the winter. When my wife can't handle the biting flying insects then she can go into the cabin and not force me to get the truck to bring her home. I will use it the most. One of the grandgirls loves the wilderness and will enjoy the cabin.
I am regularly at the lake to cut grass and maintain the road and swim so keeping and eye on it will be easy.
 
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Removed the dead fall this afternoon. Cut the tree roughly in half then used the tractor to push it into the bush.1000009935.jpg1000009937.jpg1000009938.jpg
 
On the opposite shore we have 7 acres with water access only. The neighbor to the right wants to purchase it as he thinks its no use to us. Told him not selling as I don't want to see camping sites spoiling the view. A lot of dead spruce due to spruce bud worm.
 
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Beautiful. But I am reminded that you will have bears prowling around your remote cabin :cool:

I wouldn't sell the land either.
 
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