The plan is simple.., you already have a piece of land.., you just buy and transport some sort of living quarters.., add a few utilities and presto.., you have second, and temporary home.
But.., of course;
"The best laid schemes of mice and men
Go often askew,
And leave us nothing but grief and ...
We all know that building a house takes time. At least, building a proper house takes time.
When you realize that most homes build nowadays have a life expectancy of 20 years (which is shorter that most mortgages) it makes sense to put a bit more effort into building your home ...
May 7th 2010
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Building a house is an enormous undertaking but building a house in a country with a different language and culture almost sounds ludicrous.
At this point it is safe to say that is brings its challenges. Of course we knew that it would be hard, we have prepared ourselves for extra ...
April 15th 2010
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April 2011 we are starting with our project of building an ecological sustainable house in the south of Belgium.
Rammed Earth
We will build the house with rammed earth, straw bale and local wood.
We started thinking of building a sustainable house a few years ago and came across the earthships. It blew ...
Last Thursday we visited the established ruling order of Vaux-sur-Sûre. Or rather.., we visited the local "urbanism" office to see if our design would pass the scrutiny of said government.
We also visited our small piece of the Earth, chatted with our neighbours and visited a gathering of Dutch Wallons.
Oh.., and ...