Welcome to ALTERNATIVE HOUSING 101.2:
If you’ve been following along (I know you’ve been reading my previous posts, right?), you know that my family is in the process of trying to build an affordable house using recycled materials, and cast-offs. We’re doing this because we can’t find a safe place to live, where our son (he’s [...]
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I’m building a house out of “garbage…”
Posted in Commentary, Family, HowTo, Modern Times, Survival, Uncategorized, tagged alternative housing, architecture, Environment, Family, house design, HowTo, life, personal, shipping container, Technology on July 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
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Building Houses out of Garbage – Part II(ish)
Posted in Commentary, Family, Modern Times, Uncategorized, tagged affordable housing, alternative housing, architecture, Environment, Family, green, housing, life, personal, recycling on July 9, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Welcome to ALTERNATIVE HOUSING 101.3:
Last time, we discussed the perils and pitfalls of trying to navigate willy-nilly through miles of red-tape, in order to (gasp!) actually GET a grant, and build a place for that tribe of miscreants that you call a family to tear up and generally turn into a smoldering pile of dirty [...]
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