Safe Harbor - Page 2

dar512 · 09-10-2004, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Yeah, I agree. It is still under construction, but it looks like they didn't plan for the hurricane shutters. Don't understand that.

Probably on order *shrug*.

jaguar · 09-10-2004, 02:09 PM

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I've always thought form should follow function.

Bauhaus fanboy :P

Kitsune · 09-10-2004, 02:45 PM

that is the ugliest thing I've ever seen.

I have a friend that lives in a geodesic dome house and he loves it to no end. The struggle to purchase it, however, was nearly a year in fighting and extremely frustrating for him. Because these houses are so unusual and unique in appearance (read: "fugly"), it seems that no banks or companies will provide a loan for one because any attempt to re-sell is difficult. He searched endlessly until someone finally gave in, but attached some rider to the agreement that complicated matters if he ever could not make payments, had to sell, etc.

And while almost all geodesic domes have a really great wind rating, its never the wind that gets you, its pieces of your neighbors' houses and trees flying through the air that get you. The concrete shelter would sure be a good defense against that stuff, though, and probably very energy efficient.

Troubleshooter · 09-10-2004, 02:59 PM

Build it half submerged in the ground and cover it with dirt and then you don't have to cut around your house any more.

garnet · 09-10-2004, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Troubleshooter

Build it half submerged in the ground and cover it with dirt and then you don't have to cut around your house any more.

Plus if you bury it you won't notice how ugly it is.

Kitsune · 09-10-2004, 04:09 PM

And, if you bury it in Florida, you get a free, indoor swimming pool.

Griff · 09-10-2004, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Kitsune

that is the ugliest thing I've ever seen.

The struggle to purchase it, however, was nearly a year in fighting and extremely frustrating for him. Because these houses are so unusual and unique in appearance (read: "fugly"), it seems that no banks or companies will provide a loan for one because any attempt to re-sell is difficult. He searched endlessly until someone finally gave in, but attached some rider to the agreement that complicated matters if he ever could not make payments, had to sell, etc.

If you are gonna stay somewhere you have to live the way you want. I'm glad your friend stuck it out, homes have to be personal.

zippyt · 09-12-2004, 01:47 AM

big titty with a red light at the top !!!!!

plthijinx · 09-12-2004, 01:57 AM

ghetto rats and spray paint

jaguar · 09-12-2004, 02:00 AM

Cover it in a vine of some sort, just this big green leafy dome.

Undertoad · 09-12-2004, 12:38 PM

Missile cone tip, with silo-like circular fence around the outside.

glatt · 09-17-2004, 12:49 PM

OK. Here's another dome house that just made it through Ivan. The houses on either side were destroyed.

Dome House beats hurricane

This one also looks more interesting visually, but had a little water seep in through some weatherstripping, and some exterior stairs separate, as designed, from the house.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-17-2004, 09:38 PM

It's good looking, too.

zippyt · 09-17-2004, 11:16 PM

SEE !!!!!!THIS is the home of the furure that were talking about all those years ago !!!!!

09-10-2004, 02:59 PM	#4
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	Build it half submerged in the ground and cover it with dirt and then you don't have to cut around your house any more. __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

09-12-2004, 01:47 AM	#8
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	big titty with a red light at the top !!!!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

09-12-2004, 01:57 AM	#9
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	ghetto rats and spray paint __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

09-12-2004, 02:00 AM	#10
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Cover it in a vine of some sort, just this big green leafy dome. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

09-17-2004, 12:49 PM	#12
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	OK. Here's another dome house that just made it through Ivan. The houses on either side were destroyed. Dome House beats hurricane This one also looks more interesting visually, but had a little water seep in through some weatherstripping, and some exterior stairs separate, as designed, from the house. Last edited by glatt; 09-17-2004 at 12:51 PM.

09-10-2004, 02:45 PM	#3
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	that is the ugliest thing I've ever seen. I have a friend that lives in a geodesic dome house and he loves it to no end. The struggle to purchase it, however, was nearly a year in fighting and extremely frustrating for him. Because these houses are so unusual and unique in appearance (read: "fugly"), it seems that no banks or companies will provide a loan for one because any attempt to re-sell is difficult. He searched endlessly until someone finally gave in, but attached some rider to the agreement that complicated matters if he ever could not make payments, had to sell, etc. And while almost all geodesic domes have a really great wind rating, its never the wind that gets you, its pieces of your neighbors' houses and trees flying through the air that get you. The concrete shelter would sure be a good defense against that stuff, though, and probably very energy efficient.

09-10-2004, 04:09 PM	#6
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	And, if you bury it in Florida, you get a free, indoor swimming pool.

09-12-2004, 12:38 PM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Missile cone tip, with silo-like circular fence around the outside.

09-17-2004, 09:38 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It's good looking, too. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 04-07-2007 at 07:00 PM.

09-17-2004, 11:16 PM	#14
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	SEE !!!!!!THIS is the home of the furure that were talking about all those years ago !!!!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

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