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I would like to see a cost breakdown, I doubt there is one, into land, labor, material, advertising, and local fees. In many jurisdictions, that last one is the largest cost element.
It was illegally built on public park lands, so the land cost was $0 as they were squatters on public land.
It was not built to codes and without any permits or approval process, so the regulatory fees involved in all construction was $0.
It had no acceptable sanitary system. So there was no environmental approval or sanitary plumbing cost.
Many of the materials used in the construction was scavenged and used with no adherence to any building standards saving them the cost of properly specified material.
Safety inspection and safety requirements were not incorporated in the building saving more money.
Overall, it was a squatters shack that ultimately received public approval (the green movement happened) to remain as a novelty and demonstration project of sustainable living. However, since that approval, many thousands of dollars have been spent just to meet the minimum sanitary requirements. That 'sustainable green community' dodged the $$$ bullet by having the municipal government pay the cost of all the improvements that make the structures as we currently see, appear nice and neat.
You cannot duplicate what you are now seeing for the under $5,000 cost as was initially spent.
...................Many of the materials used in the construction was scavenged and used with no adherence to any building standards saving them the cost of properly specified material..........
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Which I interpret "scavenged" to translate as "stolen". Squatters, by definition, don't have any respect for property rights. Lots of nice straight boards for floors and doors, and nice wrought iron hinges are not normally found laying in the city dump.
I will give credit. It is an adorable house. The builders were very artistic.
I find it funny that some people here scoff at the idea that a person could build a home like this...
Just how did our forefathers build these I wonder?
They must be Photoshopped......
Those were built with hundreds of thousands of hours of slave labor and were certainly not cheap to build by anybody's standards. I seriously doubt that you and 2 of your best friends could build anything like them with found materials.
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