Stylish cottage for Katrina country is a big hit (1 Viewer)

[CT Saints Fan]

A well-designed home for under $50,000? This tiny house designed for the battered Gulf Coast will be sold by Lowe's, and is expected to draw buyers from all over.
<cite class="author">By Ron Scherer, The Christian Science Monitor </cite>

• For many homeowners, less is so much more
• All-in-the-family homes
• High-style pre-fabs cut second-home costs

A model home in Ocean Springs, Miss., that gives Katrina's displaced an alternative to trailer living is starting to take the country by storm.




http://realestate.msn.com/buying/Article_CSM.aspx?cp-documentid=1209895&GT1=8800

 

[mean machine]

Perfect! This way, if another hurricane comes, you can just toss your house in the back of your truck and haul ***.

 

[THAJCODE]

There's one on display right off of Lee Circle here too.

http://www.cusatocottages.com/index_content.html

 

[DadsDream]

It's a reinvented shotgun house!

That's the answer. I've been saying this for months.

 

[SaintKenn]

Perfect! This way, if another hurricane comes, you can just toss your house in the back of your truck and haul ***.

that just made me spit coke out of my nose

 

[DadsDream]

Friends of the Shotgun House
http://shotgunhouse.org/history.html

 

[THAJCODE]

Keep your drug problems to yourself.

 

[saintfan-n-alex]

notice the add on hurricane protection kit

 

[Taurus]

http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/oct2005/id20051026_962297.htm

Also, many geodesic dome houses can be built much faster and for substantially less than traditional homes. They're also orders of magnitude more hurricane-resistant.