We did a lot of planning and searching before we decided what to build. We Looked at everything from container homes, cement blocks, and sustainable lumber from the mainland. We also needed to make it legal! Otherwise, we would have been happy in a tent! We ended up with a beautiful bamboo house!
so choose a flat treeless area for the house.
Lots of creepy crawlies around, and we're in a wet area, plus it's nice having space under the house for storage.
It was a little over our budget, but we had to do it...
These houses are made from Bamboo, which is actually a grass, so grows extremely fast without the environmental impact and waiting for decades for standard trees.
This Bamboo is even amazingly stronger than most wood,
and more naturally resistant to insects and mildew...
Besides being beautiful!
The houses are made in Vietnam, then taken apart in roughly 8x8 panels,
everything numbered as a kit, shipped to their final destination,
then put up in a matter of days! Hopefully, someday, they can actually grow this type of Bamboo in the US,
and make it even more ECO friendly!
