Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: What does affordable mean?

[Brian Bartholomew (bb]

Many thanks for all encouragement for containers.  They are stacking
up in our big ports because they aren't worth shipping back to the
Pacific rim.  The steel has a recycling value of several hundred
dollars, but given their bulkiness they're almost trash.  I would be
doubly glad to help turn a disposal problem into cheap, sturdy housing.

I haven't seen any of the recent TV features, but I do have a file
collection of designs.  For single containers I like the floorplans of
the best of the aluminum road trailers.  For more than one container
I'm almost at a loss to decide arrangement -- I could build anything.

> Lowe's (the home improvement chain) recently announced that they will
> start offering a kit house called the Katrina Cottage in about 30
> stores in the states around the Gulf of Mexico starting in November.
> The small homes are based on a design by Marianne Cusato and will be
> energy efficient, hurricane resistant, code compliant, and designed
> for future expansion.  Perfect for cohousing, in other words.
 
Shades of the Sears kit bungalows!

                                                        Brian