This thread made my day. The tumbleweed houses have me VERY excited. I could do a shipping container as well. How difficult do you think it would be to get my container loaded onto a ship *with me in it* ? mwahahhahaha
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 7:45 PM, Gregory Heller <[email protected]> wrote: > speaking of shipping containers, i'd have to imagine, with the economy > being what it is right now, and the slowdown in trade, that there are > probably some cheap shipping containers available in the region. There have > been some amazing homes made from containers (you can google for them). > > I've always wanted to make a home out of one or more shipping containers. > > The only thing you do need to be a little concerned about is what the > container might have been used to ship (if it was chemicals for example). > > there is a story on the cover of yes magazine last quarter about a woman in > oregon who downsized into a tumbleweed house and has it parked in some guys > back yard. > > while i'd be interested in one, i could not currently imagine downizing > that much (i work from home!) if i were going to, i think i'd prefer an > airstream and really be mobile. > > > Jon Dugan wrote: > > Excerpts from Jason (MyrddinBach)'s message of Mon Apr 06 15:14:56 -0700 2009: > > > If you are currently renting or even looking to downsize your current > house/residence and had an opportunity to move into an inexpensive > tumbleweed house ( http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com ) would you do it? > > Just show of hands (ie replies) how many of you would say yes? > > > I'd definitely consider it. It would require downsizing my possessions > considerably, but that's probably a good thing. The idea of not having a > mortgage/rent is very, very attractive as that creates considerable freedom. > > I've heard of a similar concept where they reclaim space on top of buildings > in cities by using a helicopter to bring in a similar sized home. I think > that one was based on something roughly the size of shipping container. > > Fun stuff! > > Jon > > > > > > > -- > ---- > Gregory > Hellerhttp://www.GregoryHeller.comhttp://delicious.com/GregoryHellerhttp://twitter.com/gregoryheller > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Website: http://saturdayhouse.org/ Post: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
