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BarefootGoatGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1495 Posts
Corrine
North Carolina
USA
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 Posted - Jan 11 2007 : 09:56:30 AM
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I have always loved round houses. Now hubby is talking about building a new home on our property (the house here is a wreck...fairly new but poorly built). Idealy, I want to live in a yurt, but we need to think about resale since we intend to move back to hubbys home state eventualy. So I found an old CountrySide mag with an article about Monotholitic Domes and checked out the website. Very inteteresting. http://www.monolithic.com/ I thought you girls might enjoy it too. They are supose to be very energy effecient and almost non-destructable.
Trina
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gregs_lil_farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
219 Posts
birdi
hartford
me
USA
219 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2007 : 10:05:05 AM
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I've seen a few round houses and have been in a few. Most of them are just like normal houses inside, just outwardly round. Very unique indeed~ In florida there are a couple of them, that look like what your site has. Good luck in your venture. I am sure you will make it your own sweet little place no matter what you decide.
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
2552 Posts
Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
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Posted - Jan 11 2007 : 11:07:36 AM
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Trina, be careful though. I use to work in the mortgage lending business and odd homes like dome homes and round homes are VERY hard to resell because it is tough to get comparables for an appraisal. A lot of appraisal companies and brokerages (mortgage and real estate alike) won't touch them for that very reason. I would wait if I were you, until you are in a home you are going ot stay in, that's just my opinion though. I Wouldn't want to see you get stuck some place you don't want to be because you can't sell your home.
~*~Brightest Blessings~*~
Tasha-Rose
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ponyexpress
True Blue Farmgirl
320 Posts
Sandy
Kirkwood
Missouri
USA
320 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2007 : 1:38:04 PM
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Tasha is right, it is wise to proceed with caution. But another site you can visit for ideas is Deltec Homes. They are panelized homes, more octagon than round, but can be built to withstand gale force winds!
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2007 : 2:31:12 PM
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I stayed in a geodesic dome house for a week or so one time and it was really neat! I think they are modeled after Buckminster Fuller's carbon "bucky balls," that are supposedly one of the strongest "forms" around - I'll bet that the Deltec homes are really similar. I wonder, because of what seems like a possible resale issue, if you might consider taking the time that you are living on your current property to design your "dream dome," and them move and build? Just an idea... What a cool thing. I really liked the dome house I stayed in - they are so unusual from the outside - and really pretty with a tall flower garden surrounding them!
XOXO, Libbie
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Jan 12 2007 : 12:18:34 PM
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| Going back to your original thought that living in a yurt would be ideal...yurts are supposed to be somewhat portable/temporary, right? Maybe you could have your yurt and take it with you when you move. The current house could be the resale. And you could rent it out or use it for something else while you are still in your current location. Just a thought. |
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Shirley
True Blue Farmgirl
734 Posts
Shirley
Olympia
Wa
USA
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Posted - Jan 12 2007 : 11:38:34 PM
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I have a yurt, 28 feet across, the biggest one they make is 30 ft. Pacific yurts in Eugene, oregon.
I have it for my studio, I have everything in there except a toliet. Now, Living in one would be ok in the summer, but in the winter it would either be very cold or very expensive for heat, the wall are thin, and we do have insulation, and extra support for snow. Mine is not petitioned off, just 1 big room. you can petition them off ,but they are a small living area. I have part of my yarns, spinning wheels, basket making stuff in ther and eqipment for all the spinning carding, etc in there and its pretty full.
mine is made from marine canvas vinal. If you were going to make one yourrself from felted wool, then it would be warmer, , but that would be a lot of work LOL |
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idgie
Farmgirl at Heart
5 Posts
Decatur
GA
USA
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Posted - Jan 13 2007 : 11:54:04 AM
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| there were some cool small geodesic domes called the IcoPod and the DecoPod in ReadyMade magazine a while back. i thought it would be nice to have one for a studio. i just tried to find them because i bookmarked the site (www.icosavillage.net) and it doesn't come up, which makes me wonder if the company is not around any more. does anybody know how to build those 60's style multicolored domes? i remember reading they were built out of car tops at one of the communes, which doesn't sound very easy to me. |
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beckels
True Blue Farmgirl
237 Posts
becky
warrington
pa
USA
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Posted - Jan 13 2007 : 5:45:15 PM
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You should also check zoning in your area. In my area they may let you have a yurt as a studio but not a full time living structure.
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