{"id":5816,"date":"2009-06-04T10:13:50","date_gmt":"2009-06-04T17:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=5816"},"modified":"2009-06-04T10:13:50","modified_gmt":"2009-06-04T17:13:50","slug":"diy-seattle-home-ownership-on-the-cheap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/04\/diy-seattle-home-ownership-on-the-cheap\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Seattle Home Ownership on the Cheap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple months ago <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/13\/local-first-hand-journal-of-the-custom-home-building-process\/\" title=\"Local First-Hand Journal of the Custom Home-Building Process\">I pointed out<\/a> Mike Davidson&#8217;s excellent home-building journal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ahousebythepark.com\/journal\/\" title=\"A House by the Park\">A House by the Park<\/a>, in which he is chronicling his step-by-step process to build a custom home in Magnolia.<\/p>\n<p>When I posted that link, some readers complained that Mike&#8217;s project was too high-end to be of much use to your more average family.  Well, thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/03\/mid-week-open-thread-2009-06-03\/#comment-74869\" title=\"\">a heads up from Cheap South in the comments<\/a>, here&#8217;s another local project on the opposite end of the spectrum for you: <a href=\"http:\/\/mobilecottage.blogspot.com\/\" title=\"Mini-Mobile Cottage\">Mini-Mobile Cottage<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jeff &#038; Arlene are building a cottage with less than 200 square feet, documenting and pricing out the project in a similar manner to Mike&#8217;s site.  They&#8217;re also <a href=\"http:\/\/mobilecottage.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/search-and-what-we-hope-to-find.html\" title=\"Mini-Mobile Cottage: The Search And What We Hope To Find\">looking for a place to park their house<\/a> upon completion in August, so if you&#8217;re interested in helping, drop them a line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple months ago I pointed out Mike Davidson&#8217;s excellent home-building journal A House by the Park, in which he is chronicling his step-by-step process to build a custom home in Magnolia. 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