Recent content by amaralice

Some updates since my last post here: my 8 meter yurt from China finally arrived and is 90% up. This yurt I plan to live in while I build my Smiling Woods Yurt over the next 12 months. Due to a number of problems the Chinese yurt company upgraded my dome opener to 2 electric dome openers (which...

So in mid June I am finally expecting the delivery of my 30ft Smiling Woods Yurt. You are required to have a forklift onsite to unload the pallets. I have no idea how to find someone with a forklift to do that job for me in Pennsylvania. I know where forklifts can be rented but I don't have any...

I have no idea how to go about getting an estimate for the lumber costs for the interior framing of my 30ft yurt with a full 2nd level loft. This was true even before the pandemic caused lumber to triple in price. So far I have tried emailing my floorplans to to different store (Lowes and a...

I have been working with Chris the designer at Smiling Woods Yurts for my yurt plans. He basically went MIA 2 weeks before Christmas after he had said I would get my designs around then (to be fair he had been good to work with for many months before this). I emailed and called several times -...

Building a 2 story Smiling Woods Yurts 30ft diameter yurt - 3 bedrooms and 2 baths - almost 1300 sq ft. I am starting to get electrical estimates on the roughing in and the fixtures installation. My first of 3 quotes came in at $6075. How does that sound to folks? It's been difficult estimates...

I have .4 acres in PA that I am planning to build a 30 ft yurt on. It is mostly wooded. I got my first quote for land clearing - a good 10 trees need to come down - and I am experiencing sticker shock. Is $9,500 high for the following line items? - Remove all of the trees and stumps that the...

So I just got my purchase agreement from Smiling Woods Yurts for a 30 ft. diam. 12 ft wall yurt and I am reviewing it. Building in New York, suburbs of Manhattan. Veteran yurters - is there anything that I should look at closely or consider or request before I sign the agreement? Happy to...