When I moved into this almost 300 year old log house in 1990, I had no indoor plumbing at all.
I had a hand pumped cistern, an outhouse, an Oriole kitchen cook stove and a galvanized “bath tub” and bucket to heat my water in.
I considered myself lucky to have a few electric outlets in the house and a working telephone.
Summer was easy...winters a bit less so but it was doable.
Getting washed dishes rinsed good enough in the old dry sink was probably the hardest part.
The only weird part was having the dogs standing/lying around the kitchen cook stove watching me take a bath in that little tub.
I swear they were laughing at me.
:)
My Grandmother did that - moved into a log cabin in NY, and plumbed/wired the place herself.
I wrote a paper about it in college, for which I got an “F”. Professor told me women were not that emancipated back when.
I let the professor live, but it was a close-run thing.
>>I swear they were laughing at me.<<
LOL!
“an Oriole kitchen cook stove “
What is that?