off grid world

[Great-Kazoo]

tree houses are not good for cold climates

Or high winds and lightening.

[RonMexico]

Or high winds and lightening.

Wasn't thinking real high.... Just 10 off the ground. Thinking a few stout trees would make a good anchors system.
maybe I am watching too much discovery channel

[hatidua]

This is my favorite: modern shipping container house
http://www.offgridworld.com/ugly-duc...on-the-inside/

That one is nice. The Scandinavians have been building homes, hotels, and various other things out of shipping containers for a long time, if you want additional ideas for a container home, be sure to have a look at some of the projects that have occurred in Norway/Denmark/Sweden with containers.

[RonMexico]

That one is nice. The Scandinavians have been building homes, hotels, and various other things out of shipping containers for a long time, if you want additional ideas for a container home, be sure to have a look at some of the projects that have occurred in Norway/Denmark/Sweden with containers.

thanks for the info, I'll look into it.

[rockhound]

that container house is sweet,

i do not know of any county that would allow you use a tree house for a residence. if you want to buy fort acres and build a tree house as a temporary shelter, camping cabin, you might get away with it. as permanent housing, only until you get caught. btw i have seen many a tree house fail due to the trees swaying in the wind. if you topped the trees and just used the trunks in the ground it would last until the tree rotted anyway.

I see these guys burying their bunkers with power and sewer on tv, i wonder how many have permits etc for the work they are doing

[TFOGGER]

I own a parcel in a subdivision in Clear Creek County, and they have a number of restrictive covenants that would make this project impossible(no prefabbed housing/mobile homes unless they have a minimum square footage on the ground floor and a peaked roof, no trailers, must connect to the local municipal water/sewer, etc.) It's all bullshit meant to keep property values up for the neighbors, but it's a serious PITA, especially since the subdivision pretty much died on the vine back in the 70s. I can't really complain, as I was given the land by my parents, but if it was worth anything I'd probably sell it and look elsewhere.

[mestes]

What about building a container house on top of a couple containers to get it off the ground. Somthing like this

[hatidua]

http://bigboomblog.com/shipping-container-homes

http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/art...containers.htm

http://www.peterjon.com/unique-sea-c...r-home-design/

http://nazagreen.com/cargo-container...es-glass-door/

http://www.dmada.com/sea-container-h...ve-home-style/

http://www.inspirationgreen.com/container-homes.html

[MarkCO]

I don't think there is anyplace in CO that you can build an occupied structure without a permit. Technically, you can't replace your water heater without a permit in CO. There are some states, where you can still build a house, no permit, on your own land. But, if you sell it, it has to have a permit pulled and an inspection completed. Some states, in order to buy a water heater, and some other building materials, you have to produce the permit to the cashier.

That said, you can still build an off grid residence or structure. I designed the entire mechanical system for a $10M home in Aspen a few years back. It was pretty impressive. One could also build a small structure in order to meet code with a large covered patio. After complete, put "temporary" insulated modular panels around the patio.

[Omicron]

I want to build one of these: http://www.ulive.com/video/man-cave-bachelor-pad