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$1,016
    Appliances (kitchen, bathroom) - $3,990
    Firewood for wood stove (since we transitioned from electric heat, we didn’t have enough seasoned to make it through winter) - $400+
    Propane (line run and tank) - $514.40
    Yurt raising assistance - $550
    Extra rent past original move out date - $1,331
    Land rent paid before move in - $600
    TOTAL: $56,335.29

OUR YURT TIMELINE
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How much does one of these run you?
    Sept 3rd - inspiration strikes
    Sept 7th - go and look at land to discuss
    Sept 8th - yurt tour with Blue Ridge Yurts (side note for our insanity - picked up sheep & goats on Sept 11th)
    Sept 20th - put down yurt deposit
    October 3rd - gave notice to landlord for Dec move out
    October 6th - met with BRY to pick out 2nd color option (since our first choice was discontinued)
    October 6th - met with electrical engineer from power company
    Nov 1st - Landlord started showing our rental house
    Nov 1st - Purchased wood stove
    Nov 1st - Started paying rent for yurt land
    Nov 2nd - Paid building permit fee
    Nov 3rd - Ordered windows and doors from local builders supply (side note for our insanity - brought our new puppy home on Nov 7th)
    Nov 10th - Building inspector out to check new electric meter
    Nov 14th - Contractor starts on yurt deck
    mid-Nov - extended rent to Jan 1st
    Nov 25th - Paid first deck payment
    Nov 29th - Scheduled yurt delivery
    Dec 9th - Installed yurt floor
    Dec 10th & 11th - YURT RAISING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Dec 12th - Windows & door picked up (2 wks late arriving)
    Dec 12th - Contacted internet provider to set start date
    Dec 14th - Ordered appliances
    mid-Dec - extended rent to Jan 10th
    Dec 23rd - Picked up water heater & wood stove
    Dec 23rd - Second deck payment
    early Jan - extended rent to Jan 24th
    Jan 1st - picked up final appliances from Lowes
    Jan 4th - picked up extra chimney parts for wood stove
    Jan 10th - final yurt payment
    Jan 12th - returned shower kit to Home Depot, picked up new one
    Jan 17th - internet provider runs line outside only (inside was no finished)
    Jan 18th - Electric inspection
    Jan 20th - Internet switched over to yurt
    Jan 22nd - MOVE TO MEADOWS OF DAN
    Jan 23rd - Propane hooked up
    Jan 26th - Final inspection & propane pressure test - CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY RECEIVED!!!

WHAT WE WISH WE HAD KNOWN
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Hindsight is 20/20….it really, and truly is!!
    I WISH I HAD KNOWN:
    - to ask the plumber about drain preferences
    - that we needed quite a bit more cash (or to get a construction loan)!! :)
    - that our original move in date was ridiculously ambitious (aka crazy) and to add a few more months on there….would have helped everyones sanity
    - wish I had put the appliances on a store credit card to open up more cash flow and slowly pay off appliances over time
    - that we didn’t plan enough storage into the layout
    - that the bathroom really would be nicer with a window
    - that you can build a yurt on just a platform, no deck (wow, would that have cut costs!)…but according to our contractor, adding it later would have cost double, and I do LOVE our deck
    - spend more money on the gas stove, even if it meant using a dorm fridge for a bit or found a quality used stove…anything than getting the lower range stove we picked…we HATE it
    - that on most things, letting contractors do what they think best works out, but sometimes it leaves you with annoying things that you wish you could go back and change (like an outlet in the middle of the bathroom wall)
    - that supplying my own windows and door was way, way, way more trouble than it’s worth, especially since Lowes nor Home Depot carried the right dimensions. We ended up buying from the same company as the yurt company would have…and it was a neverending headache.
    - if you’re installing a propane cook stove, or propane heater…think about other propane appliances -- like a tankless propane water heater (we went with electric, whoops!)
    ….that living in a yurt would be totally