Almost everyone builds a home for himself here at some point..... I guess these are cultural differences.
Same here everyone has a cabin.
The trick is build the fucking thing before you start worrying about sewer and water.
Americans seem to be incapable of imaging a world that doesn't revolve around suburbs, suv's and starbucks.
The one this is to insure the land is properly surveyed and marked. The legal costs of any possible errors can be more costly than the land itself.