2024 Year of construction Latest Update In June 2024, we broke ground on the massive new retaining wall that we are required to build in order to gain permission to rebuild our house. We completed that by the end of September and began work on the foundation for the main house at that time. Stay … Read more
2022 Rebuilding & Restoring Nature To-Do List Designing our House Starting with Permits Still not done Building permit Solar PV January 2022 We are off to a great start in 2022 with the road closed again. Checking in on the damage caused by heavy rain at the end of 2021. Large boulders and mud are … Read more
2020 August – December We are on our way to moving back To-Do List Designing our House Moving back Solar PV Getting clear on permits Still not done Building permit Solar PV Moving back? Planting oak trees from acorns? There is an old saying that “Mighty oak trees from little acorns grow.” We have collected … Read more
2020 June – July Temporary power pole, …. To-Do List Designing our House Analyzing Sustainable Building Material Temporary Housing Power / Solar PV Getting clear on permits Still not done LA County – Debris removal certification Building permit Electricity Water / Well Phone | Internet Temporary Power Pole … and what about power? In June, … Read more
2020 March – April Rebuilding under Covid-19,…. Wildflowers | First Visit with Dogs To-Do List Temporary Housing Power / Solar PV Getting clear on permits Still not done LA County – Debris removal certification Building permit Electricity Water / Well Phone | Internet Wildflowers More Wildflowers after the heavy rains in March 2020. We’ll see … Read more
2020 January – February Road Closure | Fixing the Well | Brush Clearance To-Do List Temporary Housing Power / Solar PV Getting clear on permits Still not done LA County – Debris removal certification Building permit Electricity Water / Well Phone | Internet Road Closed After one year and two month, our road is still … Read more
2019 December Saving our Oak tree To-Do List Saving our Oak tree Power / Solar PV More Debris Getting clear on permits Still not done LA County – Debris removal certification Building permit Electricity Water / Well Phone | Internet Saving our Oak tree We, and all the experts we consulted, still don’t know if … Read more
2019 October Building materials | lot of little things, …. To-Do List Power / Solar PV More Debris Getting clear on permits Still not done LA County – Debris removal certification Building permit Electricity Water / Well Phone | Internet Meeting with Thoma Holz The most sophisticated dowel (nail and adhesive-free) cross-laminated timber (CLT) system. … Read more
2019 September Lots of little things, …. To-Do List Power / Solar PV More Debris Propane tank Getting clear on permits Still not done LA County – Debris removal certification Building permit Electricity Water / Well Phone | Internet Propane tank removal R.I.P. Fossil Fuels. Our damaged propane tank was finally removed.Now we are exploring … Read more
2019 August Tiny House | More Debris | Vacation, …. To-Do List Power / Solar PV Water/Well Pump Tiny house arrival Getting clear on permits Still not done LA County – Debris removal certification Building permit Electricity Water / Well Phone | Internet Widen gate = destroying our stone pillar To move our tiny house … Read more