House building ideas

[Russell Kanning]

I like the dilbert houses some, but they are missing some of the thermal features

[John Edward Mercier]

WOW...
You put yourself through torture.

Huh? How so? I haven't done a damn thing. I just posted a relevant link.

I noticed that you've updated the layout based on input. But houses in my mind are some the most individualist things around.

[dalebert]

I noticed that you've updated the layout based on input. But houses in my mind are some the most individualist things around.

OK, so you seem to think that' s my blog. Hah! I wish! That guy gets 10s of thousands of hits a day.

[Lloyd Danforth]

Wrong Bert

[Russell Kanning]

how can you have a problem with the Dilbert house? He set up the scenario ... and people jumped on the idea ... and they created a cool house. I love Dilbert.

Now we have to create the Dalebert house ... NH instead of NoCal specific.

[dalebert]

Now we have to create the Dalebert house ... NH instead of NoCal SoCal specific.

Fixed.

The Dalebert house will be modest and efficient but will have a nice-sized finished basement for entertaining. I want a little movie area with good surround sound, a small wet bar, with a mini fridge and a hanging out area, which could just be the movie area depending.

[dalebert]

An update:

Ultimate One-Story House Plan Update and Ultimate Future City

http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2008/02/ultimate-one-st.html

[John Edward Mercier]

Now we have to create the Dalebert house ... NH instead of NoCal SoCal specific.

Fixed.

The Dalebert house will be modest and efficient but will have a nice-sized finished basement for entertaining. I want a little movie area with good surround sound, a small wet bar, with a mini fridge and a hanging out area, which could just be the movie area depending.

I actually avoid homes with finished basements in NH, and usually focus the kitchen/dining/family rooms into one big entertainment area. More likely because I come from a very large close family.

[Lloyd Danforth]

I know what you mean!  I was recently invited to some peoples house, but, when I found out they had a finished basement, I had to refuse!

[John Edward Mercier]

I should have clarified. I avoid suggesting. Parts of NH have radon problems.

[Russell Kanning]

I have the latest 3 name guy on ignore .... I guess he thinks he needs to poo poo our crazy building ideas.

[John Edward Mercier]

The ideas aren't crazy... just not my thing. When we were growing up my aunt's house used the walkout basement as an entertainment room/laundry/garage. My sister's house was built with the same concept, but the downstairs are rarely used. It may be because the use of a great space concept for the living/dining/kitchen.

[Recumbent ReCycler]

I got some ideas for alternative forms of housing.

A floating foundation like this barge http://www.maritimesales.com/LOB10.htm would make for a nice house boat.



If you wanted something more like a few condos and businesses on the water, you could fix this http://www.maritimesales.com/SGA10.htm up into living quarters for several families and a business or 2.

  It is set up to sleep 84 people, has a full machine shop, a large galley, office space, a hyperbaric chamber, scuba tank filling stations, etc.  I think you could turn it into 10 condos with several businesses on-site.  Add onboard satellite internet, solar panels, vertical wind turbines and build a greenhouse on part of the deck, and you would be doing pretty well.  Could even make it self sufficient, I think.

[Russell Kanning]

not my kind of thing .... I am an extreme dry land and mountain lover ... but that is really cool

[reteo]

I actually avoid homes with finished basements in NH, and usually focus the kitchen/dining/family rooms into one big entertainment area. More likely because I come from a very large close family.

What's the problem with a finished basement?

Of course, having grown up in Ohio where tornadoes are a known issue (and near Niles, where an F5 had chewed through when I was 10), I probably am a little biased in the "finished-basement" direction.