www.durakit.com

Ran accross this site in the latest Popular Mechanix Mag. Kinda gives a whole new look to living in a cardboard box! This did look interesting when applied w/ Countryside thinking. Might be of help to someone. John

-- John in S. IN (jsmengel@hotmail.com), October 08, 2000

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Looks better than some mobile homes I've lived in. May want to keep it in mind if my wife gets fed up with my online time.

-- Jay Blair (jayblair678@yahoo.com), October 08, 2000.

Looks like a real neat idea! I have a friend who wants to build a vacation home on 20 acres he has in Maine, I sent him the page and voulenteered my labor if he bought the kit.

-- Mark (deadgoatman@webtv.net), October 08, 2000.

The zoning board and fire saftey folks would love this, it looks like something the 3-littel pigs would build.

-- Hendo (OR) (redgate@echoweb.net), October 09, 2000.

Fifteen dollars a square foot still isn't cheap, when compared with the same basic housing (no utilities included in the base price) made from materials available on the property. The only advantage that I can see is that it would be quick shelter. But they list tents as being in the same price range -- they must be talking about specialty structures of some kind, because a regular tent is only a few hundred dollars, not a few thousand. You'd be better off with a camp trailer or a small older MH, as they would at least have wiring and plumbing and a heating system included. (I can't imagine trying to heat a cardboard house with a wood stove!)

-- Kathleen Sanderson (stonycft@worldpath.net), October 09, 2000.