Build an Earth Shelter House for $5,000

This is so freakin' awesome!

http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/12/01/hand-build-an-earth-sheltered-house-for-5000/

 

yeah I really like that !

 

lol at the comments on that article

reminds me of this forum

 

Interesting second time I saw this same link posted, albeit in two different places, this week. The thing is this links is sourced to another link that has been around forever...a girlfriend of mine sent me this last year....

http://www.simondale.net/house/

 

...For 5 grand I could build a pretty nice shed

 

It's pretty cool, if you enjoy living like Yoda.



Actually though, it is a pretty cool home.

 

and waking up with creaking knees

 

why,. a person could buy a 4 season tent for less than $500.00, they can withstand temperatures well below zero in the winter.. more wind resistant than some homes...

 

damn I've always wanted to live in a hobbit hole

 

i love this house, its just like a little hobbit home! I would be ridiculously happy living in a house like that.

lol i love the comments, fascist governments and strict housing codes really bring people together

 

No kiddin', took em' all day to approve mine. Was starting to think I went too far off topic.

I think I want mine underground a bit more, better insulation, more resistant to tornadoes etc but pretty much same design. just more dirt ontop, garden included. Ooooh, I'll have all my carrots and tubers and such growing right over the kitchen then I'll be able to open a panel and pull them down without ever having to go outside!! :dizzy2:

 

Im going to let someone else pay for my hole in the ground

 

ive known about that house for a while now. cob is an awesome building material. i hope to have a cob house some day. i love that look too.