Sel Gossett (@runotsure)

First house I owned, my father helped me build. It was an acre, down two and a half miles of deep sandy dirt road (except when it rained). This was in the 80s in Clay County, Florida. I designed it and used graph paper to show the details for all of it, including using three 2x12s bolted and glued together (rescorcinol sp?) to make a center span downstairs. The county engineer looked it over and told me it was a bit overbuilt. Told him I planned to live there forever. The building permit was cheap and open ended. You had to show progress over time. It was over five years of pay as you go. Bought an old trailer to live in while the work went on in fits and spurts.