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Red Kittie Kat
01-15-2008, 02:15 AM
... I want one of these!!!
http://www.simondale.net/house/images2/front.jpg
You are looking at pictures of our family home in Wales. It was built by myself and my father in law with help from passers by and visiting friends. 4 months after starting we were moved in and cosy. I estimate 1000-1500 man hours and £3000 put in to this point. Not really so much in house buying terms (roughly £60/sq m excluding labour).
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http://www.simondale.net/house/index.htm
tuliptree
01-15-2008, 02:21 AM
Is that a hobbit home?
Wow, it looks a lot bigger on the inside! Very deceiving from the outside...I'll build one and be your neighbor!
Red Kittie Kat
01-15-2008, 02:25 AM
Yay! I have a neighbor already :D
tuliptree
01-15-2008, 02:30 AM
:) I'll bring over mango margaritas every monday!
budafist
01-15-2008, 02:30 AM
Cute. Do you have to have hairy feet to live in them?
Red Kittie Kat
01-15-2008, 02:33 AM
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lol Buda they don't want that image hotlinked .. good thing they didnt replace it with a naughty image ;)
Here is the link
[URL]http://lloydi.com/travel-writing/round-the-world-trip/country/04-new_zealand/north-island/03-south-of-auckland/images/hobbiton.jpg (http://lloydi.com/travel-writing/round-the-world-trip/country/04-new_zealand/north-island/03-south-of-auckland/images/hobbiton.jpg)
Cyan_Ide
01-15-2008, 08:04 AM
Cute. Do you have to have hairy feet to live in them?
Hey, don't you have a bunch of those buildings out by you as well?
;)
hewligan
01-15-2008, 08:52 AM
Not any more. They dismantled them after they finished the movies.
John G
01-15-2008, 09:06 AM
mmm termites
Oooh...that is cool. Kitty, we can build those here, but I'm afraid they wouldn't find us during the winter.
PrintDriver
01-15-2008, 10:45 AM
It's a nice looking work of Art.
Not very practical or long term.
Low impact yes, but nothing like living in Compost...
Straw bales?
Plastic Sheeting/mud turf roof? Don't walk on top of the house please!
Built right, an underground house is excellent. Built wrong and it's damp, musty and cold.
Red Kittie Kat
01-15-2008, 11:25 AM
wow sounds like living with my ex ... damp, musty and cold
:D
Sorry couldn't resist :D
garricks
01-15-2008, 12:15 PM
wow sounds like living with my ex ... damp, musty and cold
:D
Sorry couldn't resist :D
ROFLMAO...been there, done that, bought the tee shirt.
Red Kittie Kat
01-15-2008, 12:20 PM
ahhh a kindred spirit then :D
WannaBrie
01-15-2008, 02:18 PM
Still, it looks so pretty. I'd love to live in a hobbit house as long as its not damp, musty and cold!
But it's a hobbit hole, and that means comfort.