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Quirinus
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Cheap, fast housing
What are you'z guizes ideas on the housing situation? If we end up taking over a building, np, if we take land... a Yurt(s) mite do the trick until the whole plan is laid out.
16 ft (200 square feet) $3,860.00
20 ft (315 square feet) $4,850.00
24 ft (450 square feet) $5,930.00
30 ft (710 square feet) $6,920.00
etc
The only real construction needed would be for a deck. Could probably sleep 20+ with bunks. (I would even consider making the deck 7+ ft high, so a large patch of shade/storage space underneath hmm.
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12/13/2011, 3:36 am
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Stexem
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Re: Cheap, fast housing
Yurts are a great idea for housing when we're starting up. We'd probably live in them in combination with other forms of simple, quick housing while we construct more permanent structures. Afterwards they could be used as individual homes or shelters.
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12/13/2011, 9:31 am
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Re: Cheap, fast housing
Let me add this:
http://www.tincancabin.com/
Way more secure and you can make way more shapes from it. And you need less material and its better to keep warm if you would make the woodburner into some sort of center fireplace in the middle of the shack.
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12/13/2011, 10:53 am
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Quirinus
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Re: Cheap, fast housing
quote: http://www.tincancabin.com/
Well as long as we have a few people good with welding and metal cutting I don't see a problem. Though we do need to add insulation (as steel is a conductor), and holes/windows for lighting (otherwise prison-cell feel)
They are also quite heavy.
so this iS A SHOUT OUT TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO DONATE A MACK TRUCK PLZ WE NEED HELP MOVING THINGS. THANK YOU.
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Re: Cheap, fast housing
If you start a small community and you want to start building, lay down roads and whatnot you will eventually need those kind of stuff. (Heavy vehicles, dozers, shovels etc.)
And as far as I know. The house in the link has windows. Its even insulated.
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Re: Cheap, fast housing
On a somewhat related note - does anyone know how much it costs to pave, say, 100m of road?
How much road would we need inside the town, anyway?
EDIT: Oh, and by the way, you guys should check out this thread as well. It has a lot of info concerning housing designs.
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Re: Cheap, fast housing
quote: Stexem wrote:
On a somewhat related note - does anyone know how much it costs to pave, say, 100m of road?
How much road would we need inside the town, anyway?
EDIT: Oh, and by the way, you guys should check out this thread as well. It has a lot of info concerning housing designs.
Quess what. I might have failed calculating. But I made some calculations just using gravel to make the road. I did this: 100*2.5(Road width)*0.10(Good thinkness for extensive use.) = 25 Cubic metres.
Now knowing this i googled some website which sells gravel and all other sort of rocks and sand. They sell 1cubic metre of gravel (20 mm - dust) for 56 Aussie Dollar. Which is about 48 US Dollar. Now lets say the price is the same in Texas. It will be 1200 Dollars for 100M. But this is just gravel.
Maby you will also need some shovel to make the terrain flat or a bulldozer but I am sure these dont come cheap.
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quote: durban wrote:
Quess what. I might have failed calculating. But I made some calculations just using gravel to make the road. I did this: 100*2.5(Road width)*0.10(Good thinkness for extensive use.) = 25 Cubic metres.
Now knowing this i googled some website which sells gravel and all other sort of rocks and sand. They sell 1cubic metre of gravel (20 mm - dust) for 56 Aussie Dollar. Which is about 48 US Dollar. Now lets say the price is the same in Texas. It will be 1200 Dollars for 100M. But this is just gravel.
Maby you will also need some shovel to make the terrain flat or a bulldozer but I am sure these dont come cheap.
I doubt we'd actually need 100 meters though, fortunately. Cars wouldn't be necessary inside the town itself, so as long as we have enough road to provide visitors with easy access to the property we should be fine.
And we would probably go with shovels, unless we could cheaply rent a bulldozer or if we'd need a bulldozer for other things.
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I ment mechanical shovels :P. LIke the ones with 4 wheels and a bucket.
Maby getting tractors with add ons would work too. Plus they can be used later in the field.
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Re: Cheap, fast housing
You really don't need to spend that much on a yurt. Especially if it's for a one person family (Which I kind of expect here, not sure why :/). And if it's made of found materials, like maybe making the sidewall slats out of old pallets, it could be even less expensive.
http://www.angib.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/teardrop/tear58.htm
This is another option, but it's a little more pricey and geared towards only one person families (there's that assumption again, I'm terrible). But, if it were constructed as it is, you really wouldn't have to spend much at all. The most expensive part would be the trailer, I think.
Another plus is the mobility. If we need to clear out of the area very quickly for some reason, then we can. Someone on 4chan joked about Jonestown, just joking, but I think it's a real concern. If we're completely sustainable, then there's no reason to work, so the government isn't making any money off of us through taxes. And bad wage-slaves go to jail. So, I'm not giving up my wheels for a while .
Anyway, I guess the cheapest option would be a tent. Or even a hammock. Just depends on the individual, I suppose.
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