Waiting to Start

The first step to building your treehouse resort is to find some land with strong, tall trees.

At first we thought we would purchase a plot of land upstate and visit it on weekends to build the structures. Eventually, we would construct a small office on the ground and potentially live up in the trees.

A few months into the Covid-19 pandemic, it became clear that my work was no longer going to be permanently tethered to the city, so we made the decision to start looking for houses. Right away we found a cute cottage with close proximity to our friends and family in Massachusetts, not too far from our family in New York, and close enough to the city that the commuter train makes it out there.

To top it off, the property had 18 gorgeous acres on the edge of a mountain with stunning, sizable trees that were spaced perfectly apart, and we imagined the platforms that could soon hold the houses we dreamed of. Bonus: the land was covered in gorgeous stone that could provide endless possibilities for art and ground structures.

We put in an offer on Labor Day of 2020.

If you’re thinking, “Rules, this post is dated May 1st, are you about to tell me you moved in and the first treehouse is underway?” unfortunately, the sad answer is no.

The good news is, we are under contract and will eventually own this house in a few months. Most of our daydreams of building paths, fire pits, and campsites for the Fall of this year are unfortunately unlikely to come to fruition. This does mean, however, that we may have these projects completed as soon as Spring of 2022.

My next post will detail the reasons our homebuying journey has taken so long. Use our question form at the blog homepage if you would like to know anything specific, and I’ll do my best to answer and maybe even post about it.

Thanks for being here for the journey.

Best,
Rules