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[Dennis The Bus Dweller]

Id love a nice tree house, I got a 20' tipi and there is a guy over where my shop is that has a nice small sub ( it's about 50' ) I think I posted a few pic's a while back

[teamgreen]

It's hard to put windows in a sub and ventilation can be even worse. That might not work for me but maybe someone.

[dburt]

How about those corrugated grain storage silos you see on most every farm in the country? I have been eyeing a couple of 24ft diameter ones that a farmer wants to sell, but currently wants way too much for them. One would make a nice two-story unit, and the other one could do fine as a single story unit. They are not mobil of course , but talk about a great canvas to begin creating your house around. You can cut out windows and doors, frame up the inside with 2X6's, use lots of insulation, pour a concrete floor, the possibilities are endless!

Sometimes dismantled ones will go for only $2-400 at farm auctions, all a person needs is a little piece of dirt to put it up on. Kinda like playing with a big kid's erector set.

[teamgreen]

My neighbor has a two story house made out of shipping containers. He split them down the middle and put it together so it is 1 and a half wide and two tall. It's actually pretty nice. Right now he is making a small guest unit out of a dumpster that he bought new. I'll send some pics when he gets some done, or maybe he will. I got him to get a copy of Rogers book and now we're sharing all sorts of housing ideas.

[Patrick46]

Yes, Yes Teamgreen...

we definately wanna see some pics of a home built outta containers!!!

I always thought that insulated ones (previously refrigerated) would be perfect for this!!

[Dennis The Bus Dweller]

Yah MrGreen, Get some pic's up. A land locked home is coming up on my list in the next couple of years. I got the land and im beginning to put some real thought in to it

[graydawg]

dennis how does that work on land locked land do you get road access to the property or do you have to have a helicopter to go somewhere sounds like it could get really expensive trying to buy a access road just to be able to go home

[Dennis The Bus Dweller]

All ya gotta do is jump up on one of the local moose and ride it on in to my place