I have made an offer on that cabin that I was talking about. The one that ticks most of my boxes in an almost perfect way. I went to see it on Thursday afternoon. It rained. Both the realtor and I were late for the appointment!

Getting to the homestead. I haven’t decided what I will call this. Is it a house? A cabin? A farm? A homestead? Cabinstead? Yeah! I think I like that one! Getting to the Cabinstead was pretty simple and straightforward. The route is mostly on paved, well kept in the winter main roads but the last road consists of more than 5km of gravel road.

The gravel road leg of the drive was gorgeous. The trees were mostly green but some showed the earliest sign of the approaching autumn; little splotches of orange and red and yellow peppering the forest on either side of the road. We passed a marsh with a heron bird standing guard, watching as we passed. A pair of grouse jogged along the gravel. Two white-tailed deer jumped across the road.

I took note of the vehicles in the driveways we passed. I needed to see what type of vehicles travelled this gravel road in the winter. I drive a Hyundai Elantra which is not a heavy car. There were other vehicles like mine. Not a lot but enough for me to feel confident with my car if I ended up moving there.

The Google Maps lady voice finally told me my destination was on the left. Apparently, I’m not the only one who mixes up their rights and lefts! I turned right into the driveway. The house is incredibly close to the road. I wonder what came first, the road or the cabin? Probably the cabin. It was built in 1900. I held my breath. This was the driveway? I had seen in the pictures what looked like a driveway immediately next to the cabin. Like, the gravel from the driveway literally touches the front patio! And on the right was the well cap! I do NOT want to drive this in the winter time. You have to thread your car between the cabin and the well cap. I don’t think I want anyone using this driveway, including me!

We stopped, first, to look at the little shed immediately across from the cabin. Friends I had shown the listing to had some guesses as to what it was. My mom and I wondered as well. We thought it could be the house that hides the water/well things, a shed, a cold room, a survival shelter, a super tiny in-law suite. It was a shed. It was filled with tools and yard things. So boring. I wanted it to be something cool. At least the concrete foundation on it was cool!

Then the front door opened and I stepped inside. It felt like home to me. I immediately loved it. It was bigger than the pictures. It was awesome! There are some quirks, though. The kitchen layout sucks. The location of the basement stairs is also a bit strange. The stairs feel like tiny house stairs without any sort of hand rail. But everything else was incredible! The porch was so awesome and OMG the counter top on the island is fantastic!!!

I have some concerns about the logs in the basement. These are the foundational logs that the cabin was built on. They look like they may have some dry rot on them. Logs apparently can be tricky. They can’t get too wet and they can’t get too dry. Anyway, that’s my biggest issue with the place. If the foundation is bad, then I can’t buy it.

I put conditional offer on the place on Friday evening. My conditions are:

• Financing
• Satisfactory inspection
• Water test
• WETT certification

My realtor had it expire on Saturday at 10am before their open house. They accepted my offer before the deadline and so now it looks like I’ve just about bought my Cabin in the Woods dream!!!

More to follow! I’m going to work on documenting everything that’s happened over this weekend.