The Search is On!

for a new home, that is. my health has nosedived since returning home from a month-long trip across canada, my home smelling musty when i return home. now, about a week and a half after returning home, i hardly smell it anymore, but i'm sick again, my breathing hypersensitive to everything. yesterday i spent much of the day at the lake breathing in campsmoke, and i felt great... i come home and i'm sick. does that compute to having a sick home? i think so.

SO... i have two approches in mind for my new home hunt (input from y'all would definately be wonderful to hear!): a camper on a property while i slowly but surely build a cordwood house; or buy a trailer in a park. BOTH assuming a mortgage or some kind of loan which would be a miracle of God. so maybe this is dreaming, maybe practical.....

'easy' option: buy a trailer in a park:
pros: it's immediate, more fiscally possible, if it's movable it could be moved down the line to my own property, i'm around other people (single gal on her own, y'know?), if it's older toxic fumes are more likely to have offgassed, and even tho it depreciates, it's still an investment: 5 years down the line, if i get only half what i paid for it, that's better than rent where you get zip, y'know?
cons: if it's old, it could be built with who knows what toxic substance (asbestos, etc), could have a hidden mold problem, it's apparantly expensive to move, i'm in a closed neighbourhood with other peoples exhaust fumes/garbagy wood smoke/etc.

'difficult' option: buy a camper and property:
pros: it's mine; build a cordwood house (hey, old ladies and kids can build those, why can't i? lol); outdoors in FRESH air, except for my own clean-burn woodsmoke; the joys of camping and the pleasure of a hard-walled home; ongoing project; the joys of a [clean] outhouse; can have a dog maybe; i'm in love with the idea.
cons: fiscally (ie 'the bank') unlikely; winter - cold camper/outhousin' it; out of town (transportation costs).

am i being a little bit airy fairy about it (ie: "the joys of a [clean] outhouse")? maybe a tad idealistic. but i'm literally SICK of living in town and am quasi-desperate to get out. God willing, of course.

God can do anything, y'know. :D

a third option: some peeps i know have an adorable A-frame for sale, out of my [percieved] price range, but so cute, and God can do anything, right? :P except it's around other wood-heat peeps, and likely stinky smoke is to be found. so is it an option? i dunno, not really, but maybe.

a fourth option: go on 'the lam' and hide out in a tent in the woods and risk freezing in the winter. but hey, at least i'll be in the fresh air, lol!