[Cob] Cobbers get dibs on our house for sale in Corvallis, OR

[Phil Moulton]

Sounds great and we are looking but one of our requirements is to
"disappear" and we feel we need at least 4-5 acres and be away from any city
limits at all.
It is however very difficult to find a piece of property in that size or
better somewhere in Sweet Home, Covallis or Eugene and within a hour
commutte to both, that is on the "dry" side of the mountains.
We are looking for a piece with a habitable singlewide and good or at least
fair outbuildings or prefurably a big barn where we can get plants in this
year and start building a Strawbale home on site and tie it in to existing
well and septic.
If its not findable by google maps that's a BIG plus. 
Have a good decent job and income but due to what we are looking for it will
probably have to be private contract as VA and FHA want to see a much better
"house" on site then what we need.
We are looking in the $150,000. or less  and the more remote the better.

Phil

-----Original Message-----
From: coblist-bounces at deatech.com [mailto:coblist-bounces at deatech.com] On
Behalf Of Tim Nam
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 1:29 PM
To: coblist at deatech.com
Subject: [Cob] Cobbers get dibs on our house for sale in Corvallis, OR

Hi Cobbers,

We're putting our house for sale because we're moving to Michigan.  As a
proponent of cob myself and having a project ongoing, I want to give you
guys first dibs on an opportunity to finish what I started.  

The existing house is an 800 ft^2, 2 bed 1 bath with large detached garage
sitting on 0.25 acre in Corvallis, close to schools, OSU and Reser Stadium,
and bike path. Over the years, we built a strawbale garden wall in the
backyard and put a new metal roof on the house.  We 've kept the grounds
organic, not adding any chemical fertilizers or herbicides/pesticides, and
planted many cool plants including many edible herbs. We've had a veggie
garden since we moved here.  There are walnuts, cherries (pie and bing),
apples and blackberries (of course). New appliances inside include the
kitchen stove (electric) and a wood stove. 

Also in the backyard is the start of a small ~200 sqft structure. It was
intended to be walled up with cob but strawbale would work also, as the
existing roof is already supported on wooden posts, anchored to the urbanite
stemwall/rubble trench foundation.  Much of the material is already on site,
including soil (obviously), straw, some sand, windows and some lumber.  I've
gathered some materials for a rocket stove as well as for rain water
catchment.  

Our ideal scenario would be to turn this lot over to someone who loves cob
and basically, wouldn't mind the mess of a project started and not yet
finished.  So if this interests you, please email me and I will be happy to
provide more info.  Or if you know someone who might be interested, please
pass this along.  


thanks,
 
Tim Kijoo Nam
Corvallis, OR
tkn317071 at yahoo.com


      
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