Owner-Builder Chronicle
Owner-Builder Cabin Build Journal
Permits, concrete, lumber, mistakes, lessons — all of it, as it happens.
Notes from building Ridgetop Refuge as an owner-builder in Swain County, North Carolina, starting with buying the land in November 2022. For the numbers behind each step, see the line-item budget; for dates, the build timeline. You can also follow along with the RSS feed.
New to the cabin build? Start here:
- Buying the Ridge, where the journal begins
- The line-item cabin build budget, every cost so far
- The build timeline, from land purchase to Certificate of Occupancy
