Joined
·
103 Posts
We have our 5 acres and just got a descent amount of it cleared and our pop up camper out there. Next is trying to prioritize what to do!
The three choices are security in the form of using our money to fence in the property. We have finally settled on the type of fence we are using due to our 4 year old having Autism we have to make sure it can't be climbed while trying to avoid the tens of thousands it would take for aluminum non-climb fence. So we are using roofing aluminum sheets with wood that will block all vision and keep it from being able to be climbed by anyone on the outside or the inside and is pretty cheap to do. Do not have a full price though yet.
Second would be a well dug. We got a quote for about $3750.00 to build a well with a hand pump. Once we get our living space up we can add an 85 gallon tank on it to have powered running water but for now we want to get a hand pump to make sure we can get water when we need it with or without power. Which brings my final.
Power. We are looking at two options. One is temporary power for about $1800.00 by the power company but it is temporary till we get our final place ready so to me that is some what of a waste. Or a honda generator that can power the pop up camper. Which is about $2200.00.
I was leaning towards the power because it is the cheapest and we could probably have that ready by the end of the summer. However, what good is lights on if there isn't any way of getting water and no way to protect your spot if the situation happens. However, if we went water route, well that is great, but we can't protect our land (it would probably take a few days anyways for people to figure out where our land is anyways for the most part) but no real way to protect with no guns or fencing just a bow and a BB gun. That won't do much right now! So is having water the way to go even if we can't protect it and no power? Or do we throw up the fence to secure the property and secure our son is safe from wondering. However, building a fence could hinder future development as we continue to put things around the property. Just really don't know which direction to go first. I first thought power cause we can use it at the property or at our current house should a hurricane or anything natural happen. My wife says go with the water and obviously we need water to survive. Hopefully it won't matter because really either way we are screwed if something too major happens right now. But what does everyone else think?
The three choices are security in the form of using our money to fence in the property. We have finally settled on the type of fence we are using due to our 4 year old having Autism we have to make sure it can't be climbed while trying to avoid the tens of thousands it would take for aluminum non-climb fence. So we are using roofing aluminum sheets with wood that will block all vision and keep it from being able to be climbed by anyone on the outside or the inside and is pretty cheap to do. Do not have a full price though yet.
Second would be a well dug. We got a quote for about $3750.00 to build a well with a hand pump. Once we get our living space up we can add an 85 gallon tank on it to have powered running water but for now we want to get a hand pump to make sure we can get water when we need it with or without power. Which brings my final.
Power. We are looking at two options. One is temporary power for about $1800.00 by the power company but it is temporary till we get our final place ready so to me that is some what of a waste. Or a honda generator that can power the pop up camper. Which is about $2200.00.
I was leaning towards the power because it is the cheapest and we could probably have that ready by the end of the summer. However, what good is lights on if there isn't any way of getting water and no way to protect your spot if the situation happens. However, if we went water route, well that is great, but we can't protect our land (it would probably take a few days anyways for people to figure out where our land is anyways for the most part) but no real way to protect with no guns or fencing just a bow and a BB gun. That won't do much right now! So is having water the way to go even if we can't protect it and no power? Or do we throw up the fence to secure the property and secure our son is safe from wondering. However, building a fence could hinder future development as we continue to put things around the property. Just really don't know which direction to go first. I first thought power cause we can use it at the property or at our current house should a hurricane or anything natural happen. My wife says go with the water and obviously we need water to survive. Hopefully it won't matter because really either way we are screwed if something too major happens right now. But what does everyone else think?