Comments on: Wall House: Durable $5000 Home Made from Recycled Paper

By: Kaci

Kaci — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:05:07 +0000

It’s sad when an article like this doesn’t mention the common questions it raises. Like how is it waterproofed, fireproofed, windproofed and how it would deal with the simplist of building codes.

By: jakes

jakes — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:17:10 +0000

If we could make these for homless people 99problems would actually help. support is all everyone needs Blackplanet.com/99ProblemsDotorg

By: davidwayneosedach

davidwayneosedach — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:38:21 +0000

We live in San Diego. I can easily envisage entire villages of these houses just south of Tijuana. Even if you had to put 20% down ($1000.) – even the por could afford it.

By: LaMar

LaMar — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:49:26 +0000

I like the idea of small inexpensive homes but question the integrity of the material in high wind and storm areas.

I built my solar cabin which is 400 sqft for under $2000. It was built from all new wood materials (except for doors and windows which were salvaged) and because its solar I have no house payment and no monthly utility bills.

You can see my solar cabin for ideas here:

http://www.freewebs.com/simplesolarhomesteading

LaMar
http://www.homesteadernews.com

By: yellow eyes

yellow eyes — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:10:39 +0000

It still makes me wonder why the small cardboard building is $5000?

Maybe a dozen “refrigerator” shipping boxes, a platform, additional cardboard insulation, colored waterproofing paint…………$800-$1500??

By: lkaxe

lkaxe — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:44:06 +0000

Like the idea, but what about fire danger? Are the materials treated to be fire resistant?

By: professorzed

professorzed — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:58:16 +0000

I also agree that this is a brilliant idea.

By: carver

carver — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:24:59 +0000

There are many homeless families as well as individuals in the US that could benefit tremendously with houses like this, even if it is only for temporary housing. The one problem I see for urban areas will be the inevitable NIMBY for homes of this type.
They are, however, sort of cool and they are a whole lot better than living under a bridge.

By: chrisp68

chrisp68 — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:37:10 +0000

Why does it need to be just for the slums of the earth? If we all lived smaller we could live in one of these and not the typical McMansions. For $5000, that is great. I paid more than that just in for my house this year. Yes the house is basic, but do we really need more. Put some PV panels on the roof and now you have free power. Life is simple. Why have we made it so complicated and expensive?