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Updated Expenses

I’ve had a few requests to update our expenses.  No update, because we haven’t paid out any money since the Fall.  Granted, we haven’t really worked on the house until just recently, but I’m not anticipating any expenses until we get to the roof tin/rollon/living roof, etc. 

We hope to take the very worst of our low grade lumber (which is a VERY hard sell) and try to recover 2×6 from it for the decking. If we can’t then that will be our next expense, as we will have to buy the rough material.  We are using old and recycled materials for the time being, and leftover materials from projects at our previous property…

Isn’t that great?

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Updated expenses

Here are our updated expenses. Not too much higher than last time as we’ve only spent money on another roll of poly and some backfilling costs from Alvin.

PERMITS
HPO Homeowner Exemption Permit $425.00
Building Permit $1,504.00
Septic Approval $157.50
$2,086.50
PREP COSTS
Excavation $4,480.00
$4,480.00
MATERIALS
Tire Walls (inc. poly, Metal Lath + portland cement) $573.04
Perimeter drain (inc. PVC pipe and fittings, filter cloth) $528.46
Thermal Wrap (inc. poly, rigid insulation, tuck tape) $3,781.10
Nails/other fasteners $16.12
Tires $0.00
Dirt $0.00
Tire press $0.00
Cardboard $0.00
$4,898.72
Total $11,465.22

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Updated expenses

I’ve taken a few minutes to update our expenses. I should note that I’m including GST in all figures, until I apply for the refund.

PERMITS
HPO $425.00
Building Permit $1,504.00
Septic Approval $157.50
$2,086.50
PREP COSTS
Excavation $1,950.00
$1,950.00
MATERIALS
Tire Walls (inc. poly, Metal Lath + portland cement) $513.04
Perimeter drain (inc. PVC pipe and fittings, filter cloth) $528.46
Thermal Wrap (inc. poly, rigid insulation, tuck tape) $3,769.11
Nails/other fasteners $16.12
Tires $0.00
Dirt $0.00
Tire press $0.00
Cardboard $0.00
$4,826.73
Total $8,863.23

My rough estimates for our building project (minus permits) was about $5,000 to complete the drainage and the thermal wrap. So far, without our excavation time for the drainage trench, we are at $4,313.69 for these items for these two items. Based on my experience quoting out log buildings, I tend to build in a good cushion and it’s a good thing I did! I grossly underestimated the cost of the rigid insulation, thinking this would cost us about $1500. We may still have to purchase a bit more, too.

Overall, we are on budget for getting the earthship to lock up so we can work on it over winter. I’m pleased by that and hope that the roof doesn’t throw me any curveballs in terms of cost!