New Home Rental in Columbus

Still no final plans from New Urbanist...very disappointing and frankly it's rattling our faith in them. After revisiting the idea of a yurt and looking at some other nearby rental property, we came across a great little 2 bedroom/1.5 bath that's about 5 minutes away from our Collinsville property. For $625/month we get a private road, wood-burning fireplace, lots of room, carport with workshop, and horses right outside our front door (not our horses, but who cares?!). It sounded great on the phone so we took the 1.5-hour drive just to see the property and hand over a check. We begin moving immediately, so Dionne and the kids will begin laying down more roots in the area. Google Maps doesn't like the address for some reason, so here's the closest map we can provide at this time.

A Cabin Costs How Much?!!

The rough estimate came back from August Construction (at least they were quick about it) and the 14' x 24' cabin would be approximately $125.00 per square foot. Unfortunately, we were thinking of allocating about $16-$18K for the cabin, not $42,000! There's still the yurt idea...

Anxious to Get Out There!

We are waiting for Thomas at New Urbanist to send us back revisions to the plan he provided a few weeks ago. In the meantime, we are wondering just how long we can afford to wait? What if the plan ends up blowing our budget anyway? How long should we continue to spend $1320/month for our apartment in Charlotte instead of putting that money towards a cabin or garage apartment actually ON our Landrum property?

We contacted August Construction to get a quote on a cabin. Even if it means cutting back on the main house structure (laundry room, garage, deck), we're starting to think it might be worth it to just GET LIVING on the property. Our chickens and horse are waiting! Click here to see a cabin plan we're considering, and click here for a link to the plans.