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OP, any chance you can post a picture of your living situation now? you keep describing it but i ,as well as i assume others, am very confused. or even draw a layout with paint x is your home, y is the firehouse, z is your home your building.
OP rather than save to build a house right away. Have you considered building a small cottage or garage w/ upstairs apartament? It could be basic studio with a small kitchenette and 3/4 bathroom. It would be step up from what you have now. After you build the house you should be able rent it out for additional income given how limited you said rentals were in your area. I think that would be cheaper in the long run, then building part of the house now and adding on later.
Also when doing the construction, make sure get proper permits and build to code. If you don't and the county finds out you could just be throwing all the money you saved down the drain. Also be careful about hiring random people to help build your new home. If they get hurt and don't have insurance they can come after you.
All the helpful hints ignore the fact that what the OP is doing is illegal and for good reasons. The OP is one mistake away from getting seriously ill and then spreading some disease to other people.
There is something wrong here, very wrong.
Yes there is something very, very wrong.
If the hubs is the fire chief of the local volunteer FD, why isn't he also working getting paid by a paid fire department?
I don't believe this poster for one minute for a lot of reasons.
If the husband is a volunteer fire fighter, he is an EMT and would KNOW how unsanitary and disgusting his living situation is. Peeing and pooping in a bucket and throwing it off a balcony into the yard?
It is ILLEGAL in all fifty states to charge someone rent if a dwelling does not have a working bathroom or running water. ILLEGAL.
It is a health hazard to dump human waste in your backyard to yourself and your neighbors and they've been doing it for years? How disgusting is that? Run off water? God can you imagine the neighborhood after a summer rain?
There is more bull$hit in this post than their is in their five gallon bucket.
If the hubs is the fire chief of the local volunteer FD, why isn't he also working getting paid by a paid fire department?
I don't believe this poster for one minute for a lot of reasons.
If the husband is a volunteer fire fighter, he is an EMT and would KNOW how unsanitary and disgusting his living situation is. Peeing and pooping in a bucket and throwing it off a balcony into the yard?
It is ILLEGAL in all fifty states to charge someone rent if a dwelling does not have a working bathroom or running water. ILLEGAL.
It is a health hazard to dump human waste in your backyard to yourself and your neighbors and they've been doing it for years? How disgusting is that? Run off water? God can you imagine the neighborhood after a summer rain?
There is more bull$hit in this post than their is in their five gallon bucket.
I am sure their home would not code.
But, who cares????
They are trying to save for a future home.
Good for them.......we did about the same thing when remodeling is old farm house......but, it was a small camper.
Good for them.......we did about the same thing when remodeling is old farm house......but, it was a small camper.
I care. I would care a lot if I lived next door. There are codes for a reason. I would care less if they lived in an RV and dumped the tanks properly on a regular basis. Dumping sewage off the balcony? In what universe is this acceptable behavior?
Good for them.......we did about the same thing when remodeling is old farm house......but, it was a small camper.
Good God are you serious? You wouldn't care if your next door neighbor was throwing poop in his yard?
Do you understand the health hazard that is?
Even OSHA requires employees cleaning up human feces to wear hazmat uniforms but you think it is okay running into your well water????
That someone in their neighborhood or family doesn't have Hepatitis A is a miracle and I'm not exaggerating.
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