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Our House Raising Update!!!

10/7/2015

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Dear Friends, 
We are so thankful to you for all the prayers and support!!!
Words cannot express our gratefulness to you all!
The Youcaring.com fundraiser has been a true blessing for our family and you all have made our home building possible! Thank you!

As you know winter is coming and we have little time to start  building before colder weather comes.

So we changed from the original plain of building the entire small house ourselves
to getting a much needed start...

After much prayer and thought, and with a portion of the funds,..

A down payment was made for the first part of our house to be constructed by the local Amish, who build mini barns & storage sheds.
The construction should begin soon and the builders told us they should have their part of the job completed by the 24th of October. YAY!!



                        FIRST  PART - DRYING IN: Two "sheds" become a house!!


There will be two, 12'x36'  structures built (with one long side open on each.) After they are built  they will be moved to location and then the two structures will be put together making them into a small house, about 864 sq. feet.  The porches will also be built and attached to the house as soon as it is moved to location. These porches will serve as our outdoor/summer kitchen, laundry and storage.
The little" house" will be a stick frame with cedar siding. The roof will be green metal.
The structure, delivery, set up, plus taxes should total somewhere around $14,000 give or take a few. :)
Because of the blessings you all have given us, this can be done!! Thank you all so very much! 
There is more to do, of course because, thats just the "shell" of the house...

                                            ... To make it livable we go to the... 

                   
                         .....  SECOND  PART -  THE FINISHING ......House becomes a Home!!!!
                                   (after the structures have been moved to the location)

..The plan is to finish it out ourselves (along with help from kind friends).
This should help keep the cost down. We will do some simple wiring & pluming, put in   insulation, walls, ceilings, floors & interior doors.

We  hope to keep the cost low- between the small size of the house and by using reclaimed and donated materials as much as we can. Normally for that size building the cost could run $4,500 to $5,000 to "finish".  
   
                                     .....  THIRD  PART  - HOMESTEAD NECESSITIES

To make our little home efficient it will need:
  • deep cycle or forklift batteries ( for our small solar panels )
  •   one energy efficient freezer (we will convert it into a refrigerator that will run from our solar.)
  •   one 150-200 gallon water tank 

 This will help us set up our new homestead that we will be starting from scratch.
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Folks have graciously  given sinks, cabinets, a few doors, tin, some wire and a few other household items that will be so helpful!!! What a blessing!


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Cleaning one of the salvaged doors. This will be for the pantry!
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A kind neighbor let us pick through his remodeling leftovers- found this cast iron sink, several doors & other odds & ends! The sink will be for the summer/outdoor kitchen!
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We are so very grateful to each of you for all of the love, prayer & support you have given! Mom made this wreath with Honeysuckle, & graced it with Herbs & Flowers she dried from the garden!!!
Hope this gives y'all an idea of how all your fantastic giving, wonderful thoughts and much needed prayers have blessed us so much, and how our soon-to-be little house, which we will gladly call home, is coming along!!

​Because of your thoughtfulness and giving and a lot of hard and fast work on this end, we hope to be, Lord willing, in our new home by Thanksgiving!!! 

Thank you for spreading the word!!! Many Blessings,
​The West Ladies

10 Comments
Danielle
10/7/2015 06:42:37 pm

Wow you ladies have so much going on getting ready for your new home... How wonderful! We wish we could come down south to help ya'll with your building. :) We'll keep you in our prayers! What a pretty wreath, your mom is so artistic...

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vicki West link
10/11/2015 08:52:00 pm

Thank you so much for your prayers Danielle!!!
What a wonderful wish you have!
Many Blessings to you!!!!

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Christine
10/8/2015 10:11:58 am

Love your creativenes and ingenuity in planning and building your homestead! I'm sure it's going to look wonderful and have the West Ladies' touch to it!

Praying for God's providence!
Christine

PS Were there supposed to be photos or diagrams for the 'building' in the post?

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Robyn D link
10/8/2015 01:31:24 pm

You gals are such an inspiration and a blessing to me. Sometimes it is hard for me to stay true to my own homesteading venture. When I read about yours, I find I'm not alone and realize we all have a lot to offer to encourage and teach others who want a simpler, less crazy way to live.

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Renee King
10/10/2015 04:00:03 pm

We love y'all very much West Ladies. You're like family to us. Even tho we've never met but we keep y'all in our prayers and thoughts. Just thinking about y'all this morning while having coffee. And here y'all sent everyone an update. Thank You.
May God bless you in all you do. Get that cook stove going girls. Its time to start canning !
This will make a great video.... Starting over ! It'll be another inspiring video for 1000's. I'll bet ya!
Just an idea.
Much love to y'all
The King Family
& Patsy Page
MO

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vicki wes link
10/13/2015 11:42:37 am

Dear Renee,
Thank you for thinking of us like family-that's a blessing! And thank you for keeping us in your prayers ! What a great idea about the film we have thought about that too.We are so grateful for your ideas,
and comments!

Bless you all!
Vicki

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Renee King
10/23/2015 09:02:37 pm

Shalom to you sisters.
Hoping y'all have a Blessed weekend.
I was thinking about y'all today and wondering how it's going for everyone.
Looking forward to awesome updates & photo's.
I smell apples & cinnamon in the air and crisp fall leaves.
And I know this new chapter in your books of life are of unity, togetherness and thankfulness in His provisions and protection are full of hearts of graditude for His blessings He bestows upon y'all.
You've been such an inspiration to 1000's and I know its not over yet.
Your stories have just begun.

Dianne
10/10/2015 04:39:33 pm

West ladies..you are such an inspiration to me in many ways. Our family of 6 are preparing our off grid cabin of 567 sq. Ft. right now! We too are using an amish built cabin and have to do the "insides" ourselves on a shoestring:) The Lord has been so good and we're trusting for his provisions, protection, and STRENTGH!! God bless ya'll--praying for you.

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A Family
10/10/2015 04:56:45 pm

You may be interested in seeing if there is a Habitat for Humanity Store called REstore near you. We just recently found out about them. Awesome deals on remodel/building supplies :)

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Linda
10/10/2015 05:55:35 pm

What a blessing! Show us more pictures as the work is done.

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