Everyone has the opportunity to build a dream home, and if you do everything with your own hands, you will be able to create a special, unique atmosphere, avoiding standard and hackneyed approaches. And even though perhaps it will be just a small house on summer cottage, but it will be filled with happiness and warmth.
1. The Hut on Chicken Legs in Strathmore
This fairytale house was created by a group of architects from Broadhurst Architects for clients who had a plot of land in Maryland. The nearly 25 square feet of this lovely little home includes a kitchen, living room with gas fireplace, bedroom, bathroom and a pretty deck. It is made from previously used materials and is equipped with a rainwater collection system, solar panels, modern system safety from bears, rodents and other uninvited guests.
This cute A-frame house will only take a day to assemble and will cost you $1,200. It was designed by Derek Didriksen of Relax Shacks and built by Joe Everson of Tennessee Tiny Homes. The roof and walls are made of polycarbonate material, which is lightweight and easy to handle. If you want to add more places, from 6 to 9 square meters, you just need to raise the wall. The house has two beds that can also be used as shelves, a small kitchen with a sink and a mini-fridge.
Owned by designer Mac Loyd of Creative Cottages, this stunning little cottage features a kitchen, living room, bathroom, two bedrooms, gas fireplace, laundry area and terrace. According to Mack, his home demonstrates the ergonomics of space, thanks to which an entire family can live in it. Assembly of the house will take only a week.
Foy and Louise married couple from Maine, it took about 10 years to create a cabin to rent out. When the project was ready, we decided to live in it ourselves. The house, with an area of just over 20 square meters, stands on a plastic pallet and pontoon. It was first assembled on land and then launched into the water. Unfortunately, it may suddenly flood. Louise spends hours carrying water into a 55-litre water tank to keep the shower and kitchen running, and there is also a rainwater collection system for watering the plants. The house has a bedroom, living room and equipped kitchen. In the evening and at night it is illuminated by candles and gas lamps and thanks to the energy of solar panels.
This is probably the largest of the houses presented in the review, since its area is almost 40 square meters. This little house can easily be moved on a trailer. The spacious bedroom has a large bed and multifunctional shelves, which are placed in different places. In the kitchen area there is also a dining area, and outside there is a 9 square meter veranda where you can barbecue or enjoy the sun and fresh air.
A couple of extreme skiing enthusiasts, Molly Baker and Zach Giffin, are constantly traveling from place to place, and so they decided to buy a mobile home so they could be at home everywhere. In a two-story house, the ground floor contains a living and dining room with a kitchen with a small stove. The guest bedroom and storage area are accessed via an unusual staircase. The cost of the house is $25,000.
Nestled in a majestic forest, the modern lodge was built to replace a 60s building that had stood there for decades. Inside, the house has a modern, elegant design, but it itself seems to be sandwiched between two large stones - one serves as a support, and the other as the basis for the terrace. The house is spacious, as its area is more than 30 square meters, and the windows are quite large.
8. Secluded cottage
The house with an area of 35 m2 is built from natural materials and equipped energy saving technologies, vaulted ceiling and large floor-to-ceiling windows. In addition, there is a glassed-in terrace that can be used as a dining room or an additional bedroom. The house has a fireplace and a kitchen.
9. Carrie and Shane's Little House
The couple recently completed three months of construction and furnishing of a cute 18 square meter house. The basis for the mobile home was a trailer. The house itself is equipped with a water heater, dry toilet, solar battery, and large windows provide better lighting.
10. Tiny House by Richardson Architects
The small house has a bright exterior and interior. The area is 25 square meters and it is equipped with a rustic-style terrace. Interestingly, on the terrace there is a board on which the menu is indicated every day, and comfortable wooden chairs made from previously used materials. Inside there are two bathrooms and double bedrooms, a kitchenette and a dining room. Stainless steel materials and painted plywood sheets were also used during construction. The house is located in a picturesque corner of the Californian coast.
11. Tom's Tree House
Tree houses never fail to amaze. Many people would like to stay overnight at Camp Wandawega, located in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. The three-story structure is located on an elm tree. The spacious terrace allows you to relax in a hammock or have lunch during the day. On the second floor there is a library and a bedroom.
12. House on Orcas Island
The house is hidden in a thicket of elms and cedars on Oscar Island, Washington. This perfect place for those who want to retire and get closer to nature. On total area Just over 35 square meters there is a living room, a bathroom, and on the second floor there is a bedroom. Since outside temperatures can drop significantly in winter, the house is equipped with energy-saving windows and insulating materials.
13. Box of matches
Gingerbread Cottage.
Houses in the American town of Oak Bluffs are striking examples how cozy and beautiful a small home can be. Many of them are decorated with Victorian-style ornaments and painted different colors, and are also equipped with quaint terraces and attics where the bedrooms are located. Renting such a house per week will cost $1,800.
This shabby but chic cottage is built with 95% reused materials from 25 other houses that are 200 years old or more. This 7 square meter home from Texas Tiny Houses features arched windows and stained glass windows. The stairs leading to the second floor lead to the sleeping area. The house, whose interior is designed in a rustic style, has a kitchen, living room and dining room.
But these examples are not all that people can do in order to have a separate home, because everyone has their own little childhood dream, the fulfillment of which our review offers:.
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Olga says:
— My husband and I have always dreamed of our own dacha, where we will definitely come to relax with the whole family. But, like most people, there was no money for such a purchase. And finally they decided to build on their own. Thank you very much parents who helped us a lot.
It all started with choosing a site. We bought it 45 km from Minsk, for almost 1,510 rubles ($770). It looked terrible: neck-deep thickets of nettles, bushes and raspberries filled all 10 acres. We dug, sawed, uprooted, collected garbage and brought the earth back to normal. The design of the future dacha and its approval reduced our budget by 590 rubles ($300 equivalent). Installing a light meter and connecting it costs another minus 420 rubles. All the paperwork took about a year.
And now, finally, we have become the owners of our own plot. We are very lucky that one of our relatives is a builder. They could consult him on all questions. At the family council, it was decided to make the foundation a pile. We rented a drill for piles for 33 rubles (17). They brought a car of sand and a car of crushed stone - they paid another 295 rubles (50 and 100 dollars). The fittings cost 390 (200 conventional). After pouring the piles and calculating the cost of cement consumption, they decided to pour the foundation using a concrete mixer: 10 cubic meters of concrete with gravel and their delivery cost 1,175 rubles ($600). Mom was copied at work old furniture. It needed to be disposed of. So the cabinets moved to our dacha and became part of the formwork.
It's time for the blocks. For 30 cubic meters with delivery they paid 3,430 rubles (1,750 conventional units equivalent).
The foundation inside the house was painted with bitumen mastic so that it would not absorb moisture. We are planning a stone finish on the outside. The builder laid the first row of blocks, showing us “how to do it,” and did the rest ourselves.
My husband and I brought up the blocks, my dad laid them down, and my mom caulked the seams. When my parents couldn’t do it, my husband and I took on the task of building walls. I don’t even remember how much glue it took to make the blocks.
To complete the construction, we had to buy another 17 cubic meters. We paid 1,450 rubles ($740) including delivery. We made two monolithic belts: the first - in front of the beams on the 2nd floor, the second - for the roof. Perhaps two were not necessary, but we decided that it was more reliable.
Now it's the roof's turn. Beams, rafters, unedged and edged boards cost us 1,665 rubles (850). They were installed by six people, including two women. Since my husband is afraid of heights, my father and I took on the lathing. Purchase of metal tiles - 2550 rubles. (1300). How to put it, we read on the Internet. We also ordered screws and film there. They cost twice as much as in the store.
A friend gave me the garage door. I didn’t even have to pay for installation because we did everything ourselves. Only the castle, corners and bricks for the pillar were included in the construction bill - about 245 rubles (75+50).
We already bought the windows, but didn’t have time to install them. Over the winter we will study the theory, and in the spring we will try it in practice. 9 windows reduced family budget for 2156 rubles. ($1100)
If you have a dream, don't give up. It can become reality!
The construction of a summer house, cottage or even villa opens up real scope for the imagination of both the customer and the architect. You can experiment as much as you like with appearance and internal layout, you have control over how to turn your future home both in a classic mansion and in spaceship, directed to the sky. However, the construction of mansions has its own fashion and current trends. Thus, today, when building cottages, they strive to increase the glazing area, terraces are reinforced with balconies, and wood has practically been replaced by laminated veneer lumber and quickly assembled panels. In this regard, we decided to dwell on today’s current trends in the construction of country cottages.
Harmony in line geometry
Today modernism in all its manifestations is welcomed. In houses of this design, one should remember about harmony and geometry; everything should be thought out and calculated: degrees of angles, colors, shapes. In addition, today this style is becoming affordable for everyone; the time of its availability only for the rich has passed.
It can be implemented even in a house 6 by 6 meters or in a one-story panel building designed for 2-3 people. You can give a “strict” mood even with the help color range, for example, by painting the walls and roof orange and black.
Folk elements meet
Severity and angularity are alien to you? Then let's remember historical traditions, for example, about wooden houses wealthy peasants of Tsarist Russia. Today, the revival of cultural traditions is gaining momentum and they are increasingly being implemented in modern life. You can complement traditional motifs with modern materials (stone, brick, etc.).
If European traditions are closer to you, then take a closer look at houses of the “northern” type, the so-called. Norwegian. Such houses seem to be flat, stretched along the horizon, reminiscent of untreated wood. You can experiment with the height of such a house, but the traditional use is one or two floors. Such houses look great on large areas with plantings, varied terrain, and are convenient for Everyday life. And remember another tradition in construction country houses, also borrowed from the north, are ascetic colors.
Wood is the base
Of course they are modern materials, like brick, concrete and stone are popular, but wood today competes well with them. There are several reasons for this, including the economic downturn and the introduction of new technologies in wooden construction. For example, from laminated timber you can build a small elegant gazebo or a huge mansion with many rooms. Also today, sip panels are actively used in construction (there is artificial insulation inside them, and wood on the outside), and a house made of such material can be assembled in just a couple of weeks.
Love the balconies!
A country house beckons to gather a large group of friends and relatives, but where is the best place to accommodate everyone? Of course, on a comfortable terrace. It can be arranged either in a house reminiscent of a traditional peasant house or in an expensive huge cottage. But if your house has several floors, then we advise you not to limit yourself to just the terrace: take a closer look at the fashion for arranging spacious open balconies. Although for Russia this is not the most current trend, because due to the climate, you can only sit comfortably in the summer, but this trend is increasingly entering our lives for houses of any type.
Paradise behind the glass
The motto of Russian suburban construction today is the desire to more Sveta. Unfortunately, in our country there are few sunny days, and in the winter months the daylight hours are even shorter, so you always want to put large windows in your cottages. In order not to lose a single drop of light, sometimes the facade is made entirely of glass. Large windows will also look good in guest houses on a large number of guests, and in simple cottages. Daylight will always make life more pleasant and fill every day with a joyful mood.
Gazebos in the snow
Today, thanks to frameless lighting technology, you can build a comfortable gazebo in which you can have a great time free time even in severe February frosts. Of course, additional heating of such a gazebo requires additional expenses, but if you want more open space in winter time, then the heat costs are worth it. In addition, the gazebo can be made unique, a real original work of art. For example, use eco-friendly solid tree trunks in the design or make its façade round, succumbing to the influence of the mood of the land of the rising sun.
A place for everyone
There are no strict rules for the interior design of the cottage; here you are given scope for flights of fancy. You can either cover the walls with wood or mix several design ideas in the decoration. The same can be said about the layout: it all depends on your preferences. Who said that, for example, the first floor should be given over to the kitchen and utility rooms, and not to a real spa center for the owners of the house?
But still, there is one main modern trend in the layout of cottages: a preference for large spaces. Do not try to divide the area into several small bedrooms; give preference to a large dining-living room, where you and your whole family can comfortably spend time.
Towards experiments!
Of course, it is much easier to build a cottage according to standard project. But if you have a free budget, then do not skimp on developing an original design project, do not be afraid to experiment: if you are a fan of the works of John Tolkien, then why not make the house look like the home of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins? But if you decide on such an extraordinary experiment, then choose a really good and experienced architect.
Apr 17, 2017 Sergey
The modern construction market offers a wide selection of building materials for every budget - from the cheapest to the most expensive. Photos and prices can be found on real estate websites in order to understand approximately what you can expect. There are also forums with topics on how to inexpensively build a house with your own hands with various tips and recommendations.
For those who want to reduce the cost of building a house, it is recommended to study new technologies, optimize the project, and carry out individual stages of housing construction independently.
Delivery of materials
You can deliver materials to the construction site yourself. Before doing this, it is recommended to study the manufacturer’s market, focusing on your own preferences and wallet.
Not always famous brands can provide high-quality materials, and vice versa - the product of little-known companies may turn out to be the best in the price-quality category.
Consult with friends who already have experience building a house with their own hands or ask developers.
Take advantage of seasonal promotions. During the cold season, sales decrease, this is where you can save money.
Cost of work
If you are a builder yourself, then the savings on building a house will be significant. Well, if not, then solve the issue differently. Hire a professional construction team construction company by concluding a contract and receiving legal guarantees and responsible performance of work.
Reduce the number of corridors and transitions between rooms. Remember to save money.
Design the kitchen and living room so that they are one room. This is both modern and quite rational in terms of reducing financial costs.
When creating a project for your own home, consider the possibility of expanding the living space as your children grow up.
If you plan to install a fireplace, make sure there is a chimney vent.
Optimizing sewerage in a private home and other communications will allow you to save significantly. For example, place the bathroom next to the kitchen.
A built-in garage reduces the cost of building a house.
Storage room instead of basement - good decision for budget housing.
New technologies in the installation of heating systems also reduce costs.
Autonomous supports for the balcony (without a common base with the house) allow you to get rid of an additional source of cold air. We remember energy efficiency.
Planting trees on the south side of the house that are characterized by fast growth, will reduce air conditioning costs in the summer.
Using environmentally friendly materials when building a house will make it possible to preserve the health of your family members. Check for quality certificates.
Selecting materials for building an inexpensive turnkey house
When choosing materials for building your own home, consider strength. Also an important factor influencing his choice is the region of residence. In each individual area, the price of building materials will differ quite significantly.
In order to select the appropriate material, it is necessary to discuss this question with the designer. Costs for materials with high energy-saving potential quickly pay for themselves in regions where the cost of electricity and fuel is higher. These include areas with harsh climatic conditions. Here the priority is houses made of or brick.
Frame structures are popular for the construction of private houses. There is evidence that building a frame house will cost 25-30% less than using the same brick.
A frame house resembles a cake with many layers, consisting of:
- Internal cladding is carried out with OSB sheets or.
- for external finishing, foam plastic, expanded polystyrene or facade slabs with a thickness of 40 to 100 mm and a density of 125 kg/cu.m. are used. m.
- top cladding with thin layer plaster.
It is advisable to install it yourself in a temperate climate. External walls do not require additional insulation, which reduces construction costs.
Note
IN southern regions You can build an inexpensive house by taking into account the following nuances:
- Using gas silicate or aerated concrete for walls with a density of 300 to 500 kg/cube, blocks made of porous ceramics. Laying is carried out using a solution for thermal insulation or special glue.
- Finishing external walls using putty up to 3 mm thick.
But what about inexpensive home from timber? - you ask.
In modern house construction similar type are no longer considered inexpensive. This option is possible if you use it seasonally, for example, in summer time as country house- dachas.
Let's look at the main materials that are used to build inexpensive houses, with their advantages and disadvantages.
Brick
Advantages:
Flaws:
- — the large weight of the brick requires careful laying of the foundation;
- — low level of energy saving;
- - brick processing is difficult;
- - large time costs for the construction of the structure.
Steel structures
Advantages:
Flaws:
- — unreliability of the design;
- - low heat and sound insulation.
Beam or log
It’s quite possible to build it yourself. Houses of this type have a number of advantages and disadvantages.
Advantages:
Flaws:
- high price;
- it is necessary to carry out pest control;
- requires special impregnation to prevent fire;
- allows moisture to pass through.
Foam concrete
Advantages:
Flaws:
- low strength in the first years after construction;
- the porous structure of foam concrete requires additional finishing work;
- it's very hot in summer.
Having studied modern market building materials, having collected the necessary information about the construction of a private house from friends, acquaintances, developers, professionals in their field, weighing the pros and cons, while calculating your financial capabilities and prospects, you can at least get one step closer to your dream - to have your own home.
Many people dream about own home. To achieve your dream, you can save money for many years or commit yourself to a mortgage. Or you can do like Steve Aren, who built his dream home from inexpensive materials. Steve spent $9,000 on the project, which is not a lot for a separate home. With this modest amount, Steve managed to build a modern house that has everything he needed. All work was completed in a record 6 weeks! It all started with the purchase of a small plot of land in Thailand.
Steve purchased a plot of land from his friend. This land was part of a farm where mango trees were grown.
To build the domes, which form the basis of the unusual structure, they used concrete blocks. Brickwork covered with a layer of plaster.
Construction of the foundation of the house cost Steve only $6,000. Of course, this price is also due to the fact that materials are cheaper in Thailand than in other regions.
To give the house a finished look, Steve painted the walls with terracotta paint. A house of this design fits organically into the surrounding landscapes and does not disturb the mood of the farm.
The interior design cost $3,000. And it's worth every penny! What is this fireplace worth?
The bedroom looks like it came straight out of a fairy tale book. On such a bed you only have good dreams.
This is what the house looks like from the outside. The view is simply amazing! Two friends with little experience in construction helped Steve build the house. Only 6 weeks passed from laying the foundation to finishing the finishing!
On top of one of the domes, Steve built a terrace under a canopy of natural materials. You need to climb onto it using steps that are built into the walls of the house.
It is convenient to sit on such a terrace in sunny weather. Enough space for a whole company.
The view from inside is also incredible. If it's windy outside, you can relax by contemplating beautiful views from the round windows of the house.
Steve's shower room looks like a real spa. The room resembles a tropical waterfall.
Each separate part The interior is designed in accordance with the general concept. The bamboo stem washbasin maintains the tropical forest atmosphere.
