[Scpg] For sale: 8-acre property near Austin Texas with cob and strawbale cottage

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From: Jack Stephens [mailto:jack at nbnetwork.org] 
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 8:10 PM
To: 'Jack Stephens'
Subject: For sale: 8-acre property near Austin Texas with cob and strawbale
cottage

Dear Friends,

An opportunity like this doesn't come around very often. Please pass this on
to your circles of influence.

Very best regards,

Jack

PS Many new additions to the Natural Building calendar for March and April.
Please take a look at http://www.naturalbuildingnetwork.org/calendar.htm 

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An in-progress natural building/ecovillage project looking for a new 
owner to take to the next step.

A beautiful 8-acre property near Austin, Texas with an almost-finished 
cob cottage and half-built strawbale cottage is for sale.  We bought 
this land in 2001 after an extensive search to find an ideal piece of 
land for natural building and maybe an ecovillage down the road.  This 
site is indeed very well-suited, with a rural setting while having easy 
access to town (both Austin and Bastrop, Texas), good soil for building 
and gardening, big trees, a pond, good neighborhood and minimum 
restrictions.  Some of you probably know how much legwork it takes to 
find a property where you can build your own natural home and pursue an 
intentional community.  We did that legwork and got the project started 
-- building upon it will be much easier than starting from scratch.

It is our primary concern to find like-minded people to take over the 
ownership and keep it going.  So while this is a sale and there is a 
price tag, we will do whatever we can to help the right people own this 
property.  Any and all offers from such a party will be seriously 
considered.  Financing is tricky for these "non-traditional" houses, but 
we think we have a workable solution.  We really want to keep this 
property in the circle of the natural building community -- there is a 
tremendous interest in Austin area and this property has been a good 
asset, serving as a site for many workshops and open houses.  My wife is 
on the board of directors of the local natural building organization, so 
arranging for more workshops to help the new owners build is very 
possible and encouraged. 

You can find detailed information about the property from my web site 
below.  The contact info is also there.  Please check it out, and pass 
the word to anyone who may be interested.  And please send us your 
well-wishes/thoughts/prayers so that we can find the right people who 
will love what we have started and take it to the next level.

http://www.hashimusic.com/cob-cottage 

Thanks!

Sincerely,

Ari (and Terri) Finch-Koinuma