HÔMESKAPE™: The Homeskape Project Update : Our Property in Upstate New York

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As some of you may know, we started this blog here on Homeskape.com to document an experiment.

What if you could build a sustainable homestead with no money?

Well, by that standard we failed miserably right off the bat. We had to buy land. And my impatience made me buy some material. Nevertheless we are learning quite about land investing, land harvesting, farming, sustainable building, recycled materials, tiny home design and more on our journey.

My name is Nick, most of the time you can find me consulting clients via NicholasCoriano.com or Cervitude.com. I am also an investor in companies and entrepreneur as well as real estate through my company Homescape LLC. (see all our land for sale at Homeskape.net).

I also blog here on Homeskape.com about land investing (since I'm a land investor), sustainable living ideas (since I need the ideas to build a sustainable property) and land/real estate law (since I'm taking the bar exam in New York). I think these things will help people that are looking to invest in land or are interested in eco friendly building, sustainable living and tiny homes. I like to help people :)

I live in Connecticut USA and in 2013 bought 8.9 acres for myself in upstate New York. Spending all the money I had on the piece of land, I wanted to see if I could develop the property with no money. Like I said, I failed miserably but did some cool things along the way like:

Trade an old camper I bought for $500 for a driveway to be put in; which would have cost over $3,000
Traded with lumber jacks a few trees in exchange for plywood and 2x4s from a barn that was disassembled.
Picked up free windows to use for a tiny home/cabin we are building
and more

I have all my properties for sale, including the property in New York. While I own them, I improve them. So the value goes up as well as the usability. Here is the NY land for sale on LandWatch. The cabin/structure now has some siding on it. I wanted to showcase some pictures & videos of the trips I've taken to the property:

VIDEOS OF ME WALKING THE FRONT AND THE BACK ON THE PROPERTY:

http://www.homeskape.com/2016/06/walking-front-to-back-89-acres-on-479.html

http://www.homeskape.com/2016/06/walking-front-of-property-video.html

MORE PICTURES ...

Photos from a Visit April 2013

Photos from a Visit April 2013 Part 3

Photos from a Visit April 2013 Part 4

Photos of me in Winter 2014 Moving Building Material to the property

PICTURES OF ME & MY BROTHER FRAMING THE CABIN

Step 5: Framing The Small Cabin with Recycled & Reclaimed Material.

Step 5a: Starting the Siding -- Putting Up the Roof.

Step 5b: Siding the Cabin with Reclaimed Plywood.