The future - back to living in straw huts

[DimPrawn]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...nd/7275312.stm

A £24m funding package was put together earlier this year to help first-time buyers in Scotland get a foot on the property ladder.

But just how much would they have to spend to build their own home?

The answer could be as little as £4,000.

That is the estimated price tag attached to a property which has been built in southern Scotland over the past four years.

The walls are made of straw, the roof out of turf and much of the rest of the building from items other people threw away.

The end product is a warm and watertight cottage which gets its water supplies by gathering rainfall and its electricity from a car battery.


Sounds a perfect BTL opportunity.

[ratewhore]

I believe the water companies charge you for collecting and using rain water for household use...

[threaded]

The house I live in currently has a straw roof and many of the walls are made from mud. It was built in 1600, so I'd suggest there's no'w't wrong with the materials.

[Diver]

I believe the water companies charge you for collecting and using rain water for household use...

Only if you have mains drainage to carry the waste water away.

[DimPrawn]

I believe the water companies charge you for collecting and using rain water for household use...

All your rain belongs to us.

[Diver]

The house I live in currently has a straw roof and many of the walls are made from mud. It was built in 1600, so I'd suggest there's no'w't wrong with the materials.

Old disused badger den

[PAH]

I saw something like that on Grand Designs a couple of years ago.

Do you need planning permission to put a haystack in your field?

[Moscow Mule]

I saw something like that on Grand Designs a couple of years ago.

Do you need planning permission to put a haystack in your field?

If you intend it to be a permanent structure, then yes, you do.

[PAH]

If you intend it to be a permanent structure, then yes, you do.

How long does it need to be there to be classed as permanent? Nothing is really permanent anyway.

Maybe if it was built on wheels it would be exempt? That guy who builds vehicles out of sofas and other novelty items has missed a trick here.

[motoukenin]

Contractor in yellow rain fiasco

Sewage goes out the window then ?