On 9/19/06, M. Adam Davis wrote: > So I'm moving to a bit of dirt about 15 miles south of ann arbor and > building a home. I do not want to poison this beautifull brainstorming with negative stuff. I'll just tell you a true story about building my house in a third world country, very near to become an EU country in 2007. I've built it myself (please understand this word as "with own hands") a small house of about 70 square meters ground surface (with a basement, two floors and attick). I need for this about 6 years and I'm not shame at all telling you this because a house here is more expensive than anywhere in the Europe or US. BTW the style of building here is totally different than in US for example, everything must be made "forever" with concrete, bricks and so on, so you'll see only a few buildings made by wood. Finally I can say I've finished it (more or less) and now I have pains on my back everytime the weather is changing... So, my advice would be, if you care about your nerves and still want to play in the future with yours electrical engines, buy a ready build house... You see, I didn't used any "no" in my story... :) greetings, Vasile -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist