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My wife stumbled across this a few days back and thought it would be great for our hunt camp (otherwise known as our BOL)...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3430063/Would-live-house-like-Architecture-students-try-solve-rural-housing-crisis-creating-affordable-homes-cost-just-20-000-build.html
You can potentially build a cabin/house on your BOL (or for your primary residence) for $20k...or $12k if you do it yourself. They say the total cost (not including land) is $12k for materials and $8k for labor.
I sent an email to the Director and did not get a response, so I called. They were more than willing to talk and answer any questions I had. They will release the plans late this year and evidently will have a straight forward materials list that you or your contractor can gather and they have made it as easy as possible to follow so you don't have to be a GC to figure it out.
The lady I spoke to said the students have put in 180,000 man hours into perfecting the design to make it strong, durable and very energy efficient. She said the only appliance included in the $20k price is a water heater.
I think this is an ideal project for a University as there is no way it would be economically feasible to have something like this come out of the private sector...
Other links from a quick google search:
http://www.ruralstudio.org/initiatives/20k-house
Some floorpans located toward the bottom of this page:
http://20khouse.ruralstudioblogs.org
Interested to hear any thoughts you may have.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3430063/Would-live-house-like-Architecture-students-try-solve-rural-housing-crisis-creating-affordable-homes-cost-just-20-000-build.html
You can potentially build a cabin/house on your BOL (or for your primary residence) for $20k...or $12k if you do it yourself. They say the total cost (not including land) is $12k for materials and $8k for labor.
I sent an email to the Director and did not get a response, so I called. They were more than willing to talk and answer any questions I had. They will release the plans late this year and evidently will have a straight forward materials list that you or your contractor can gather and they have made it as easy as possible to follow so you don't have to be a GC to figure it out.
The lady I spoke to said the students have put in 180,000 man hours into perfecting the design to make it strong, durable and very energy efficient. She said the only appliance included in the $20k price is a water heater.
I think this is an ideal project for a University as there is no way it would be economically feasible to have something like this come out of the private sector...
Other links from a quick google search:
http://www.ruralstudio.org/initiatives/20k-house
Some floorpans located toward the bottom of this page:
http://20khouse.ruralstudioblogs.org
Interested to hear any thoughts you may have.