Going to depend on your town. I know our Development Review Board scoffed at burn/composting toilet and length of time as "primitive camp" for a neighbor who was doing basically the same thing except building an entire new structure. Their opinion was the person would likely always live in the primitive camp. The neighbor eventually gave up and sold out.

I would probably ask about phase two and see where that takes you before breaching the composting toilet/primitive camp. I would see about the renting a portolet option cause you can just say that is for the workers for construction.

It's not really "Act 250". It's that the public majority doesn't want anything built and Act 250 is the result of that. As is Current Use, which literally is a program to reduce development. Add on conservation easements and zoning and NIMBYism at the more local level. Vermont doesn't want development.

And then throw that in the pot with wastewater, building costs, labor shortages, and seasonal building schedules and here we are.

Maybe you dodged a bullet.

I used Uhaul's uboxes last summer NM to VT. We did the packing, but hired people at each end to do the loading/unloading into the uboxes. They will pack too, but it costs more. The furniture they wrapped in lots of furniture pads.

I would use them again.

State park status:

https://anrweb.vt.gov/FPR/SwimWater/PublicReport.aspx

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bacteria tracker:

https://ahs-vt.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=a46d42c05e864a198ab5dc152f9d09b9

Political landscape for some.

Weather really isn't super bad.

Crime isn't super bad.

Landscape isn't strip mall after strip mall or billboard after billboard.

Isn't far from Boston or Montreal so if you want city you can get a quick dose easy and then run away.

There is always the Green Mountain Parkway

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Mountain_Parkway

It would be interesting to hear if connection fees have increased relative to kwh usage costs. There are places where connection fees have increased substantially due to people essentially moving to self sufficiency akin to being "off-grid" while still maintaining a grid connection. The power company is not making money from usage, so they increase fees. I don't know if that has happened in VT, but definitely Europe, and I've heard of it in Texas and California.

On the flip side of that, the appliance isn't subjected to normally occurring fluctuations in power that happen all the time since it's not plugged in.

That does seem off. Domestic hot water too?

No, but I own the tank.

I just paid $2.38 for propane

In terms of the tank, you are correct that capacity for a full tank is 80%. However, you need to call the propane company to come fill the tank at ~20%, because you don't know their delivery schedule. This is typical regardless of use case. So you have a real usage capacity of less than 80% and more like 60%. BTW, you want a large tank for multiple reasons, not just run capacity.

20kw generators are fairly standard for whole household. Many people have even larger. You are right, they are not going to run them full tilt for 24 hrs straight. That's why I said 2g/hr which is in on the low side of typical 1.5-3.0 g/hr range. You want your generator load to be in the 30-50% range for efficiency and longevity. I fully expect a full 500g tank to last more than a week typically, but we really don't know the use case here. So you have to use the numbers off the data sheet. Otherwise, you are under sizing. At least with the 500g tank you can go an entire week typically and you don't have to worry about it not.

In terms of batteries, you go ahead and use those batteries in zero temps. As I said there are some which can be used down to -4f, but beyond that they can't be used. Those batteries also aren't being widely used for household power. BTW, standard lifepo4 does not make any significant heat being discharged or charged. That's one of the beauties of that chemistry over lead acid. Sounds like you are quoting marketing for EV use. At least you acknowledge that you need to heat the batteries. There's plenty of horror stories where people put lifepo4 in camps, garages, out buildings, etc and heat failed and the batteries were bricked. You can just google it.

Didn’t say they were. I’ve seen them installed in places with marginal heat. Its just something to take into consideration.

It's not wrong. Typical LifePo4 cannot be used in freezing temps. It causes lithium plating. There are some new lifepo4 batteries that have slightly different chemistries to allow for cold weather down to -4f, but you won't find that in typical off the shelf home power products. If you heat the battery then fine. That's not uncommon and exactly my point. At any rate, who wants to test out their $10k battery and see how it behaves in cold weather.

A 20kw propane generator uses ~1.5 to ~3.0 g/hr depending on load. So say 2/hr that's 2g/hr*24hrs= 48g/day. Do the math for an extended outage. A 500 gal propane tank has 300g usable capacity.

Nevermind the batteries. The claims on powerwalls and backup battery systems are often quite exaggerated. Also they need to be heated. LifePo4 batteries cannot be used in freezing temps. You need to keep that in mind. If you use them in freezing temps, they will be destroyed. Solar power is irregular. For example, the last few days would not have produced any meaningful solar power. One Bluetti EP500 that you reference is 5.1 kwh. I use ~10kwh/day which is super low compared to almost anybody else. (Typical house is more like 30-50 kwh/day.) So if you want to power your house for a long length of time, you'll need a bunch of them. And you will always use more power than you say you will.

Do the whole house propane generator with a 500g tank and automatic transfer switch. You 'll be able to do a whole week without power.

edit: I should mention, the batteries should have BMS that disconnects when temps get low, but that's doesn't always happen.

You might be able to get a cheap one out of Arizona.

No, hunting and trespass are two different beasts. Hunting is treated separately and what you quote specifically applies to hunting. It has nothing to do with civil or criminal trespass.

No hunting signs have to be dated and signed. No trespassing signs do not.

I have land and have seen it all: trash, poaching, people cutting trails, vehicles doing donuts, just outright rudeness, etc, etc. Just post it. People are shits. I lived in my area growing up and bought a large piece of property and found out the neighbors were actually the biggest pieces of shit ever. They didn't care about my privacy and they didn't care about their dogs harassing me or my critters. They had used the property through the years and the fact that someone bought it (even a local) and built a house didn't matter to them. In fact, it seems to have angered them. It's almost like they considered themselves to be the defacto owners, although many of them could have bought it at certain points through the years. The fact that the house was there didn't matter to them. They would go right through my yard in front of the house to access the property even though they didn't have to. Just rude.

Add to that all the people who want to use the property from just random places. It's like they (especially hunters who have paid for a license) have a sense of entitlement. It's like when you see a tourist who's just being a complete shit. You wonder if they behave the same way when they are home. Do they throw trash on their own property? Do they respect their neighbor's privacy? etc.

So up went the signs. It's an onerous task by design. But you should check your property lines every year anyway. It's never happened to me, but I know of other property owners who have had their lines moved. Anyway, I was just done with it. I'm not going to be treated like shit on my own property.

In terms of signs near houses, I have the same situation with signs going right by someone's house. I don't feel bad about it though. This guy wants to hunt on the property and I tried it twice with him. He won't follow the rules. The rules are simple. Text when/where you enter. Same when you leave. Only deer. And stay away from the house. I have others who do fine with this. Anyway, he wouldn't even see the signs except he cleared every tree on his own property. So screw it. I tried.

Anyway. just post it. You can just do no trespassing signs. They don't have to be dated or signed.

Some people run them year round. You'll get less MPG and in summer your car won't handle as well due to the soft rubber and deeper tread. But people do run them year round. It's a trade off in cost/labor.

1. You can buy summer and winter tires and use a single set of rims and have them swapped out twice a year. Most people don't have tools to do this. It's a pain in the ass to schedule these swaps. Also air pressure sensors often get damaged switching out tires. But you get your tires rebalanced with the swap out.

2)You can buy summer and winter tires and an additional set of rims for the winters and have them changed out twice a year. With this option, you can change them out yourself on your own schedule and avoid the PITA scheduling and bringing in your car to get it done. You don't get a rebalance via the swap process. This isn't critical, but nice to have. You can take them in to get it done, but that will be additional money. Lots of people buy tire/wheel packages from places like tirerack.com. This can be the cheaper option depending on the cost of the rims. I've done this option for years on multiple vehicles.

3. Just run winters all year, but buy new tires more frequently. I do this on my truck now, but I don't drive it much.

Does running power have any influence over your internet connection? That would be key. Otherwise, if you are in $50-$70k range as some people indicate, you can get yourself a nice LiFePo4 based off grid setup for less or same depending on how big you go.

The snow around the house hasn't been deep enough to warrant using them so I haven't used them in a long time.

To each their own though. I've got neighbors who will walk 2/3 mile in snowshoes on the road and then hit the woods in a measly 1 ft of snow.

I'd start off on some shorter hikes because you are going to use muscles you never knew you had.

I always used lighter boots versus larger or pack style boots. Bulkier boots sometimes don't fit well in the bindings. They are also sometimes too hot.

Inspect your shoes before you hit the trail especially the binding and hinge part. Nothing like getting out there and your shoe breaks. I've had this happen a couple times. We used to bring some duct tape and rope.

Given my interactions with wardens, I don't think so.

Sure, but you would have to get someone to quite literally turn themselves in. We're not talking reddit post. I don't think wardens are going around looking for this. It literally has to drop in their lap.