03-07-2008, 06:49 PM
Lostboystoy
QUOTE... i would hate to come over build a home and dicover in 5 years that i cant hack it living on a island, therfore i could sell the land and take my yurt somewhere else, but if i build a house i herte their are lots of vacant homes on the big island, ...
Are you sure that is true? I think that if you build a permitted structure (yurt included), that it would take more than just removing it to be able to sell the property as vacant land. Somehow that permitted structure has to be "removed" by the county as well? Demolition permit? What about other improvements? I don't know for sure, but I suspect the process may be a bit more complicated than you stated. Maybe more research needed here? Comment from one of our Realtor friends?
BTW, I have seen a yurt living in Hawaii poster on a different Hawaii forum. My recollection is that while he has posted positive on the experience, he also confirmed the downside environmental issues. Too bad you're not getting that benefit of experience here.
Just for a bit of clarification, my only horse in this race is the information. Like you, many have come to this forum with sincere questions. While many answers are often given, from time to time those answers need to be addressed to separate theory from experience. Sometimes a theory is 180 degrees out from living on Hawaii experience.
Personally, I won't buy a Ford from a dealer who drives a Chevy. I too choose an alternative building material, and yes, the guy who sold it to me lives in it also.
Yurtgirl - As for a personal loan being cheaper, let's be fair. If someone can afford to pay off a personal loan in 5 years, it would make sense to payoff a mortgage in that same timeframe. But, the interest rates would favor the mortgage, not the personal loan. and that's without considering tax considerations.
Also, could you provide a bonafide example of a permitted yurt being removed from one property and reinstalled (permitted) on a second property - here on Hawaii of course.
Jay - Liked your round house building plan. I just don't have a suitable tree available
Back when I was considering what to build before my house, I did research the yurt possibility as well as others. In the end, I built a permitted structure, 640sf, for about $30K counting the infrastructure(cesspool, solar, catchment) but not counting the land.
David
Ninole Resident
QUOTE... i would hate to come over build a home and dicover in 5 years that i cant hack it living on a island, therfore i could sell the land and take my yurt somewhere else, but if i build a house i herte their are lots of vacant homes on the big island, ...
Are you sure that is true? I think that if you build a permitted structure (yurt included), that it would take more than just removing it to be able to sell the property as vacant land. Somehow that permitted structure has to be "removed" by the county as well? Demolition permit? What about other improvements? I don't know for sure, but I suspect the process may be a bit more complicated than you stated. Maybe more research needed here? Comment from one of our Realtor friends?
BTW, I have seen a yurt living in Hawaii poster on a different Hawaii forum. My recollection is that while he has posted positive on the experience, he also confirmed the downside environmental issues. Too bad you're not getting that benefit of experience here.
Just for a bit of clarification, my only horse in this race is the information. Like you, many have come to this forum with sincere questions. While many answers are often given, from time to time those answers need to be addressed to separate theory from experience. Sometimes a theory is 180 degrees out from living on Hawaii experience.
Personally, I won't buy a Ford from a dealer who drives a Chevy. I too choose an alternative building material, and yes, the guy who sold it to me lives in it also.
Yurtgirl - As for a personal loan being cheaper, let's be fair. If someone can afford to pay off a personal loan in 5 years, it would make sense to payoff a mortgage in that same timeframe. But, the interest rates would favor the mortgage, not the personal loan. and that's without considering tax considerations.
Also, could you provide a bonafide example of a permitted yurt being removed from one property and reinstalled (permitted) on a second property - here on Hawaii of course.
Jay - Liked your round house building plan. I just don't have a suitable tree available
Back when I was considering what to build before my house, I did research the yurt possibility as well as others. In the end, I built a permitted structure, 640sf, for about $30K counting the infrastructure(cesspool, solar, catchment) but not counting the land.
David
Ninole Resident
Ninole Resident