[Cob] Land??

[Jim Kunz]

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On 1/30/06, Lee Shultz <Lee.Shultz at westrimcrafts.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks! More land? Not sure yet. I'll see how this first project goes. But
> I did just see a lovely 2-acre property over looking the town for only a
> small cost. So, yes, I can't help looking. We'll see. I love cobbing; it's
> both spiritual and artist for me, and I can't imagine not doing it, whether
> it's a cottage of my own or helping others to build.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Beverly
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: PJ Benet-Davis [mailto:pjbenetdavis at quinnemanuel.com]
> Sent: Mon 1/30/2006 12:57 PM
> To: Lee Shultz
> Subject: RE: [Cob] Land??
>
>
>
> Congratulations!!  You're planning to buy more land once you're there?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coblist-bounces at deatech.com [mailto:coblist-bounces at deatech.com]
> On Behalf Of Lee Shultz
> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 12:48 PM
> To: carrie wilcox; Coblist at deatech.com
> Subject: RE: [Cob] Land??
>
> Hi. I found the same problem here in Ojai, CA (near Santa Barbara, 70
> miles north of LA). I love this area, but the cost of land is off the
> charts here. A number of people told me that there was a lot of
> alternative building going on in NM, and that the Silver City area was
> especially lovely. It's in southwest NM at an elevation of about 6000
> ft. The landscape is a combination of high desert and the Gila National
> Forrest. The people are friendly and strawbale is common. I have friends
> in the area now and I bought 3.7 acres of land at a very reasonable
> price. I hope to start building in cob this year and I'd like to get it
> permitted completely. They are accustomed to earthen structures in NM
> and have code for adobe and rammed earth, and strawbale, of course.
>
> I'll miss CA a lot, though. But that's how I solved the high cost of
> land problem.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Beverly Shultz
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: coblist-bounces at deatech.com on behalf of carrie wilcox
> Sent: Wed 1/25/2006 11:38 AM
> To: Coblist at deatech.com
> Subject: [Cob] Land??
>
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> We have attended workshops on cob building, practiced cob building and
> want to build a cob. We know how but we don't know where. We currently
> reside in Oregon and would like to stay in the area but the price of
> land around us is a bit out of our range. Any advice???
>
>
> Carrie and Sean
>
>
>
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