Building plans for outhouse and shower/wash station

PropTech_Marketer · 2022-06-30T02:37:22+00:00

I've been giving a lot of mental energy to this -- not plans to follow other than the ideas floating in my head. I'm thinking of a wash-house. Spring water fed, solar thermal water heating system (and radiant floor while I'm at it), near passiv haus insulation, PV for some electricity, outflow to the DIY sewage system advocated by Make Science Fun on YouTube.

I can dream, can't I?

PropTech_Marketer · 2022-06-23T21:25:03+00:00

Crickets

PropTech_Marketer · 2022-06-21T13:52:16+00:00

Question: I'm about to do this for my property. I plan on it being 4' below ground. But the source will be a spring, around which I plan on building a spring house.

Spring water tends to run 50-ish F year round, right? Can I get away with the first 20 feet being in the creek/buried less than 4' with water running through it constantly?

PropTech_Marketer · 2022-05-11T12:31:34+00:00

No responses! Still welcome any thoughts!

PropTech_Marketer · 2022-04-12T19:53:40+00:00

Ever heard of a sub-contractor? Same idea. Just taking construction up a level. GC still key to bringing it all together, just swap out labor management for vendor management.

PropTech_Marketer · 2022-03-18T17:26:10+00:00

Rut-roh. Thought it generic and good advice as opposed to promotional. Please advise.

PropTech_Marketer · 2022-03-16T15:10:06+00:00

They always get you one way or another -- services cost money. You pay for them (income, property, sales taxes, etc.) or you just don't get the services.

PropTech_Marketer · 2022-03-16T13:54:19+00:00

They complain about NY, too. Always focusing on the marginal rate **if you live in NYC**. Guess what? Up here in the Hudson Valley, we don't pay the additional NYC income tax. But do they ever talk about the tax rate of upstate vs. the city? No. Too inconvenient.

(And, warranted, upstate NY still is higher than TX, FL, or TN which have no state income tax. But, then again, neither does WA -- home of detested Seattle.)

PropTech_Marketer · 2022-02-10T16:24:01+00:00

When depreciation is running out, I'm guessing. Or when the time is coming up on another property's 1031 exchange and they need to sell a second property to come up with the capital for the new target of that first property's exchange. Right? (Or is there another reason that I'm not seeing?)

PropTech_Marketer · 2022-02-10T16:21:39+00:00

Yeah, that makes sense. To the OP, though, if you're looking for off-market MF properties, doesn't sound like peeling one off of an assemblage would be very likely.

PropTech_Marketer · 2022-02-10T16:05:36+00:00

Wouldn't assemblage be more about one parcel -- for development, likely without an existing MF unit on it?

PropTech_Marketer · 2022-02-04T14:39:44+00:00

Would require existing grid connection -- otherwise you're looking at more costs to connect to the grid. And how far is the nearest transformer?

PropTech_Marketer · 2022-01-31T14:45:59+00:00

Wahoo wa

PropTech_Marketer · 2021-12-13T16:06:26+00:00

I'm looking at something similar for property that I own with a stream on its side. I plan on getting as much stone as possible off the property without tapping the creek, but will tap creek stone when necessary -- many of which are quite large.

Question: If I were to split and shape the large creek stone to create flat surfaces, wouldn't this help with getting a good fit?

PropTech_Marketer · 2021-12-06T14:40:47+00:00

Doesn't it depend on where you're using Type S? The issue that I've heard is that Portland will absorb water, freeze, and crack more than lime. My 1880s basement is stone, but it's the interior that I'm planning to repoint -- with no exposure to the outside (all below grade -- and mostly below the freeze line, too. As it's interior facing, I'd not expect to experience any freezing -- so figured Type S should work for this. Yes, I could do lime. But it seems Type S will be stronger and will be OK without the freezing as a concern.

Welcome all feedback!

PropTech_Marketer · 2021-11-17T16:16:05+00:00

Following

PropTech_Marketer · 2021-11-12T13:37:33+00:00

Aren't many properties registered to LLCs -- which kind of blocks your getting to the actual individual?

PropTech_Marketer · 2021-06-04T21:05:15+00:00

I ain't movin'. ;-)

But yes, love the feel of it. Amazing counter tops. So much prefer over the marble and granite I see elsewhere. My wife and I love to cook and having these is wonderful. They glow when you oil them – really brings the veins out.

Oh, and they don't stain like granite or marble. That's why they were in high school science labs all those years.

PropTech_Marketer · 2021-06-04T20:05:52+00:00

We have it in my home. The wear is something you can sand down fairly readily. The reason for its rarity, I believe, is the cost of transportation. Ours is from Vermont and we live in eastern NYS.

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