That’s all it takes: living in a rural community; a family who can provide you with labour, tools, and material; a sweetheart $1 sale; and enough time to gut and rebuild a house. And then you too can own a home!

Props to her for making it work. I wish our politicians had enough foresight that it wasn’t such a struggle.

I would love to do this, as I can do all the work myself, but even decrepid farm houses are selling for $2+ million because they are usually on a large lot and developers can knock it down for apartments and townhomes/duplexes and fourplexes.