Re: [papercreters] Hard decision to make--adding onto moved house

You cannot beat the house for the price.  At $8500, that's only $11 a square foot . . . I'd be inclined to grab it and figure out how to handle the dome part after the fact.  Why don't you talk to Mert Hull.  Unlike the team at MD, he truly can think outside the box and can tell you how to do what you want.

 

google "Mert Hull" dome builder

 

ElfN

 

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From: Robert & Connie

To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 10:49 AM

Subject: [papercreters] Hard decision to make--adding onto moved house

We have a chance to get a "freebee" house, 20X36, a neighbor 600 feet
from us just wants to get rid of on property he just bought.

Best price so far is $4,500 to move it 600 feet! And another $4000
to set it on pier and beam. Neither serious movers I talked to were
willing to put slab under it.

House leaves a lot to be desired, but we came up with 3 different
nifty floor plans to incorporate it in a larger design over time.
Our preferred plan is building a 44 foot one story dome around it,
using all of its present framing for the rooms. This framing would
take care of all rooms except an additional bedroom, bath and living
room. Nearer completion, the roof would be removed so that the dome
could be completed. We wanted professional blue prints from the Dome
Institute so we could accurately communicate with a foundation and
house mover contractor, but they can only think about the baloon
building method and told us it couldn't be done--couldn't get their
scaffoldiing in, and many other excuses. Well we didn't necessarily
want them to do the work, just prepare the blueprint for us. But
after the attitude we got, we felt we would waste our money on their
preparing blueprints.

Now we are against the wall. The man wants the house moved
yesterday! And no blue prints, no contractors lined up.

The problem is these two house movers won't do the slab, only pier
and beam, which makes me wonder if a dome plan is doable. I see the
pressure from a dome design making a lot of outward force on a pier
and beam. Can you safely and effectively build a dome on a pier and
beam?

Would you dome lovers go this route if you were in our shoes?

Connie

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