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From City to Homestead
A faithful family’s guide to counting the cost and making the move.
- 81 pages
- 19 chapters and 5 appendices
- Unlimited downloads, link never expires
Preparation before the move
This is not a book about escape. Moving from the city to the land is one of the largest decisions a household can make. It touches your money, your work, your marriage, your children’s education, your access to a doctor, and your church. Done with preparation, it is among the most sensible and rewarding things a family can do. Done in a hurry, on feeling, without counsel, it wrecks savings and sometimes marriages.
This guide takes the call to leave the cities seriously, and refuses to let you act on it carelessly. It gives you the practical work to do first, in the order that works.
“For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?”
Luke 14:28 (KJV)What is inside
Four parts, in the order a household actually needs them, with five working appendices you can print and carry.
Counting the Cost
Part One
- The call and the caution
- Where you actually stand
- The money question
- Bringing your household with you
Choosing the Place
Part Two
- Choosing a region
- Reading a piece of land
- Buying
- If you cannot buy yet
The First Year
Part Three
- Water first
- Shelter and heat
- The first-year garden
- Preservation and the pantry
- Power, tools, and what you actually need
- Health and distance from help
Staying
Part Four
- Making a living
- Neighbours, church, and community
- Children and education
- The year on the land
- When it goes wrong
The appendices
- Move readiness checklist
- Land walk-through checklist, to carry to every showing
- First-year budget worksheet
- The year at a glance
- Sources and further reading
Who it is for
This guide will help if you
- are a family seriously considering leaving the city for the land
- want to know what the move really costs before you spend money
- want a clear order of work for the first year
- want Scripture and practical counsel side by side
It will not
- promise that country life fixes anything on its own
- give you dollar figures that will be wrong by the time you read them
- replace a local attorney, inspector, or your county’s codes
- tell you to move before you are ready
What you get
One PDF, 81 pages, sent to the email address you give at checkout as soon as your payment is confirmed. If you create an account, it is also in My Account under Downloads. Your downloads are unlimited and the link does not expire. Scripture is quoted from the King James Version.
There is nothing to ship. Your purchase is a personal licence to read the guide, print it, and use it in your own household.
Questions
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Can I print it?
Yes, for your own household. Please do not share the file or your download link outside your household.
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Is this professional advice?
No. Building, food preservation, and water systems carry real risk, and local codes vary. Check yours before you build, and consult a qualified professional where a task is beyond your experience. The full Terms of Sale are on their own page.
Count the cost. Then go prepared.
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