Having watched home improvement shows like This Old House, Hometime and several others I would pick a home made out of a shipping container. That shipping container home is the lousiest one I seen.
These would be better examples of a shipping container home.
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One of the local universities is constructing a number of homes similar to this in a test solution for homeless/housing problems. You can fit 8 -10 of these comfortably on a 1/4 acre plot.
The Good Reverend would consider one for his pool house, maybe. :shrug:
I've seen those before and if you're single, they would be great.
Only if you wished to remain single. That won't impress the shortehs.rof:
Would you live in one(or all) of these structures as a means of permanent housing?
Yurt.
Shipping container home.
Monolithic dome.
Anywhere is better than shivering or roasting on the streets...
ricksfolly
When you're as awesome as I am, a cardboard box will impress the ladies.
I've seen those before and if you're single, they would be great.
Your callused levity reveals just how sympathetic to the unfortunate homeless you really are.
There, but for the luck of the fates go thee and me...
ricksfolly
I like these...earth houses:
In line with the OP...I would say the operative word is "would you"...now...by choice, would I? No. But if it were a choice between homeless or something like this? Sure...Ive lived in canvas tents in 136 degree tents and gravel floors...I think I could 'rough it' in something like this for a while.
You want to build a green home, too. So you find an architect, show him the magazine and say, "Give me one just like this."
Good luck with that.
Your architect only knows how to design homes using materials that his local planning commission is likely to approve. But he wants the job, so he tries hard to talk you out of using twigs, pinecones and abandoned bird nests. He tells you that no builder will build it. He tells you it won't get approved by the city. He tells you it won't stand up to earthquakes, hurricanes or termites. But you persist. You're saving the Earth, damn it. No one said it would be easy.
So the architect—and later your building engineer, too—each asks you to sign a document saying you won't sue them when beavers eat a load-bearing wall and your entire family is crushed by forest debris. You make the mistake of mentioning this arrangement to your family, and they leave you. But you are not deterred because you're saving the planet, damn it. You'll get a new family. A greener one.
Your next hurdle is the local planning commission. They like to approve things that are similar to things they've approved before. To do otherwise is to risk unemployment. And the neighbors don't want to live next to a house that looks like a compost pile. But let's say, for the sake of this fascinating story, that everyone in the planning commission is heavily medicated with medical marijuana and they approve your project over the objections of all of your neighbors, except for the beavers, who are suspiciously flexible. Now you need a contractor who is willing to risk his career to build this cutting-edge structure.
Good luck with that.
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Scott Adams (Dilbert creator) recently wrote a piece for the WSJ chronicling the horrors of trying to build an eco-friendly house. It's worth a read
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Would you live in one(or all) of these structures as a means of permanent housing?
Yurt.
Shipping container home.
Monolithic dome.
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