Comments on: Lifecycle Building Challenge 3: Let’s see some Small Houses! http://www.smallhousestyle.com/2009/01/02/lifecycle-building-challenge/ Small House Style is a web magazine dedicated to all things small house & home, prefab, sustainable, design, architecture and modern. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:07:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeff Turner http://www.smallhousestyle.com/2009/01/02/lifecycle-building-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-339 Jeff Turner Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:23:18 +0000 http://www.smallhousestyle.com/?p=672#comment-339 Greetings fellow small inhabitors, For the past 5 years practically every weekend for eight months out of the year I have lived (comfortably) in a home less than 64 sq ft. Did I mention that I share this home with a wife and 70 lb dog? Why? It is the perfect dwelling to live in while I build a small active and passive solar home by myself. Not subcontracting the work, by myself, with of course help from the wife and sometimes the dog. The dog isn't much help, its a thumb thing, but she does help with sticks. It is a very efficient way to build as I only buy exactly what I need. There has been no trips to the dump and have used scraps whenever possible, such as taking Hardie Plank scraps and milling them into shake siding. Solar collectors are up and running now, with PV's and wind energy coming. They should be up and running when the County Certificate of Occupancy is issued, hopefully this year. Which would make it a five year project, or about 170 weekends. Wanna see? http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpt2000/sets/72157610543548718 Thanks, Jeff Greetings fellow small inhabitors,

For the past 5 years practically every weekend for eight months
out of the year I have lived (comfortably) in a home less than 64 sq ft.
Did I mention that I share this home with a wife and 70 lb dog?

Why? It is the perfect dwelling to live in while I build a small active
and passive solar home by myself. Not subcontracting the work,
by myself, with of course help from the wife and sometimes the dog.
The dog isn’t much help, its a thumb thing, but she does help with sticks.

It is a very efficient way to build as I only buy exactly what I need.
There has been no trips to the dump and have used scraps whenever
possible, such as taking Hardie Plank scraps and milling them into
shake siding.

Solar collectors are up and running now, with PV’s and wind
energy coming. They should be up and running when the County Certificate of Occupancy is issued, hopefully this year. Which would make it a five year project, or about 170 weekends.

Wanna see? http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpt2000/sets/72157610543548718

Thanks,
Jeff

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