But his vision quest and unique process of restoring the centuries old property would see him turn what was once a barely standing wreck into something utterly extraordinary.
Man bought old log cabin for dollar 100.
Man bought a log cabin for 100 and what he did with it made everyone jealous facts verse.
With the need to live in the midst of the forests and streams richard aiken purchased the shell of a historical cabin in missouri s ozarks for only 100.
A 67 year old man named emil knodell recently bought an old dresser at a yard sale in bellville texas.
A man responded to the ad offering aiken a free rotting cabin that was at least 100 years old.
When this man bought a cabin in the woods it had certainly seen better days.
Kaufman also had a hand in the founding of general motors where he worked for 20 years.
When richard aiken bought a cabin in the middle of the missouri woods for just 100 it seemed like it would be an easy transformation but it would prove to be an adventure.
There was just one problem hillbilly rich.
He s a husband a father the recipient of two phds and a medical degree an opera singer and an author of the new ancestral diet.
But over ten years he transformed it into something you won t believe.
The price was right too 100.
Sixty five year old richard aiken can be described as a true renaissance man.
He immediately noticed the chest for its beautiful marble top and wood finish.
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It wasn t much to look at.
The financier designed named and constructed it himself.
In the middle of the woods in rural missouri an old cabin slowly rots away.
This man turned an old wooden cabin into a home.
The house was built in 1923 by a man named louis g.
Martin s old off grid log cabin 74 early june bug defences duration.
When richard aiken visits to take a look he can barely tell where.
Aiken insisted on paying 100 as a matter of principle.
Sixty five year old self described hillbilly richard aiken is many things.
He bought this old log cabin for 100 and what he did with it will make you really jealous.
Weeks before aiken had posted an ad hoping to find a log cabin at a reasonable price.