For Prospective NID'ers: Interesting listing (Clark Fork: homes, live, cabins)

[Ted Bear]

Nice fish. Nice chick on the front porch. Suppose those pictures of kids/slide/tubes on the water are the neighbors? Wouldn't want to have to boat in only to find i am overrun with rugrats and noise.

$275? Basic things might be there. No mention of septic. Obviously, no water. Outhouse? Or did i miss it?

I'm just not that into it and have looked at a LOT of remote properties-- which are really remote; not just difficult to get to.

[banjomike]

CFF (or anyone who may know the answer)
It occurred to me that the cabin may have a portable toilet, the kind boaters use on white water rivers.
Basically, everything is bagged and comes out on the boat. This is a very economical way of handling the waste in a safe way.

My question is:
Is a permanent chemical toilet a person can buy that doesn't need a septic drain field?

[Clark Fork Fantast]

Here's another interesting property for under $300K!
https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...4_M97785-26480
20 acres of messy woods (nice cedars) with a "roughed-in" log cabin and a seasonal stream. The location is close to Western Pleasures Guest Ranch, with US Gov't land on two sides.
At least you don't have to hop on a boat to get there...

[Clark Fork Fantast]

Originally Posted by banjomike

CFF (or anyone who may know the answer)
It occurred to me that the cabin may have a portable toilet, the kind boaters use on white water rivers.
Basically, everything is bagged and comes out on the boat. This is a very economical way of handling the waste in a safe way.

My question is:
Is a permanent chemical toilet a person can buy that doesn't need a septic drain field?

Mike, I don't know about chemical toilets and drain fields, but at my family's lake cabin in the NE we've had a composting toilet for 20 years. It is an ecologist's dream--you add special soil instead of flushing, and when you winterize the cabin you empty the drawer with the "stuff" that by then has turned to soil, and use it as fill dirt. Totally environmentally safe. It has its own ventilation mechanism so the indoor space is free of odors. But...odors have to go somewhere, and they are being pumped into the air, so it's imperative not to place the toilet exhaust pipe anywhere near one's patio or outside kitchen!

[banjomike]

Thanks, CFF.
That composting toilet would have been a good choice for the property mentioned here, I think.

[banjomike]

Originally Posted by Clark Fork Fantast

Here's another interesting property for under $300K!
https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...4_M97785-26480
20 acres of messy woods (nice cedars) with a "roughed-in" log cabin and a seasonal stream. The location is close to Western Pleasures Guest Ranch, with US Gov't land on two sides.
At least you don't have to hop on a boat to get there...

Whooo....
That's not a place for a novice homesteader!
But it is a better property, only because it's more accessible.

I don't know how good the deal is, though- I would need to thump those logs in the unfinished cabin with a mallett before I would pay that much for the property; those logs are all old, and they look like some could have rot in them.
But maybe not- the roof still looks pretty good. The only way to know would be to thump every log in that dwelling.
It's not far enough along that some rotten logs could be jacked out of the wall and replaced, but not all of them are replaceable. It might prove to be better to write the building off, save the salvaged scrap, and get a cheaper sales price on the ground.

And there's a lot more work on that land that needs to be done than just the cabin.

Much more; 2-3 summer's worth of cutting, burning the slash and trash, and some major bulldozer blade work to be done once the junk timber is cleared.

[Mister Torgue]

Originally Posted by Clark Fork Fantast

Here's another interesting property for under $300K!
https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...4_M97785-26480
20 acres of messy woods (nice cedars) with a "roughed-in" log cabin and a seasonal stream. The location is close to Western Pleasures Guest Ranch, with US Gov't land on two sides.
At least you don't have to hop on a boat to get there...

And just like that someone took the bait and bought it. Hope they know survival skills or have the $$$ to spruce it up a bit...or both.

[banjomike]

Originally Posted by Mister Torgue

And just like that someone took the bait and bought it. Hope they know survival skills or have the $$$ to spruce it up a bit...or both.

FIrst:
Congratulations on your move! I've never seen someone who wanted to move here more qnd worked so hard for so long to get it done.
I hope you and your family will be very happy here, and my best wishes to you all.

Second:
You're absolutely correct about needing the skills and dollars to 'spruce' that place up.
I wondered how old that log work is, and whether the logs were treated with preserative.

I've seen several of these cabins before. When the walls go up before the floor like this, the floors are never built. And those mossy logs look like they need to be checked for dry rot before any more construction is done.

If they are as old as I suspect, it could possibly be cheaper to demolish what's there and start again.
And the property needs at least as much work as the unfinished cabin.

The new owners might have been better off buying one of the other lots instead.

But you never know much unless you know who bought the place. I've seen experienced log home builders to some remarkable restoration things, and when a person can afford the costs, a backwoods property can really shine pretty quickly.

[Mister Torgue]

Originally Posted by banjomike

FIrst:
Congratulations on your move! I've never seen someone who wanted to move here more qnd worked so hard for so long to get it done.
I hope you and your family will be very happy here, and my best wishes to you all.

Thank you. Took the long road instead of the short one. It was worth it.

[banjomike]

Originally Posted by Mister Torgue

Thank you. Took the long road instead of the short one. It was worth it.

That's very true!