On the layout and construction took seven years.
the Artist Laura Davis and her husband Dave Buchanan in 2002 moved from the UK to Sunny Spain. There they bought a traditional country house, but in 2007 decided to build our own cottage from scratch.
They purchased a large plot of land near the town of Almeria in the Andalucia region in southern Spain. Deciding to save some money on the architect and building materials, Dave and Laura began to look for information and instructions on the Internet. There they came across the article about the houses called Earthship (“Earth ship”). These houses are built on technologies from scrap materials and actually from the debris, writes the Daily Mail.
after Spending several years on the design of the cottage, the couple was independently engaged in the construction. Became the basis of car tyres filled with soil, ceiling-dome made from old boards and balsa wood, and the walls are built of aluminum cans, connected by a mixture of dirt and papier-mâché of paper musora.
KOe-that for the construction of the spouses had to buy, however, almost all the materials were found from friends, neighbors or at the local landfill. As a result, the cottage area of 80 square meters Dave and Laura spent about 30 thousand dollars. The construction of the eco-house took them seven years, though now he’s still not in perfect condition and requires improvements.
in Addition to your own home in the couple also have a vegetable garden, a small garden, chickens and a donkey. In the future they plan to continue to build and increase the house.
Catherine Gura
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