I’ve made only one New Year’s resolution, but I’m pretty certain I’ll be able to stick to it:
1. Do not move to a hole in the ground.
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Loveliest comment, by bryn:… unless said hole in the ground is the rather fabulous cave house featured yesterday. Or recently at least. Generally a resolution I think almost all of us can stick to, and therefore a very good one. I have also resolved not to try flying by flapping my arms really hard, I think that is doable. I’ve made a new *week* resolution to loose weight, but I’m not so sure about that one.
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Oh, goodness, that’s simply beautiful. I especially like how clean it isn’t, and the bare mattress is a classy touch. Lovely.
… unless said hole in the ground is the rather fabulous cave house featured yesterday. Or recently at least. Generally a resolution I think almost all of us can stick to, and therefore a very good one. I have also resolved not to try flying by flapping my arms really hard, I think that is doable. I’ve made a new *week* resolution to loose weight, but I’m not so sure about that one.
Sadly, if you live in the middle of the Australian outback homes tend to be underground. Keeps them cooler during the day. This example, however, is just depressing.
We got evicted from our hole in the ground. We had to go live in a lake!
Sorry, I’m a little hung over.
I’ve seen photos of really beautiful underground homes there. Yes, this is a bad example.
For only $3 a day, you can feed a child in Australia and buy school supplies, so she can learn to read…….
It actually reminds me of some of the places I lived in Afghanistan. Really, though we didn’t have running water…
i wonder if it’s around the opal mines in australia. there were entire underground towns there.
Yup, that’s where it is.
Oooo! I’ve been there! Well, to Coober Pedy, not to that disgusting hole.
There wasn’t a tree in sight and temperatures run to extremes, so an underground home is actually not a bad idea. Seems like many of the homes were or still are opal mines. I think there’s even an underground hotel, and some of the homes are quite nice.
But they’re a bit eccentric out in the outback.
I’ve stayed in that underground hotel, it was actually pretty cool! As in, not hot like outside in a tent would have been. I also saw some of the undreground houses and businesses there, the ones I saw were pretty nice actually.
The listing calls it “a renovator’s delight”. That’s Australian for RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!
Looks like an abandoned set from Mad Max.
It is evidently under contract.
Hopefully the new owners plan to go with a less revolting decorating scheme. At least you’d know exactly what to get them as a house warming gift: anything that might alleviate the filth. *shudder*
It isn’t just the “Two rooms for 70k” that is kind of astounding, it’s those two rooms for 70k and apparently no bathroom.
I wonder what the people were like who lived there for “many years.” Wait, no, it says _owned_ by one family – could have been rental property, which would explain some things.
An underground house (former opal mine!) could be interesting and literally cool in locations like Australia and Texas.
At least it seems possible to get running water at an acceptable temperature, contrary to what’s possible in many UK installations today where the hot and cold water still runs in separate outlets…
Gee, do we get to keep the stained mattresses as well?
Only if it was a condition of your sentencing, I’d wager.
I want it! I’ll have Mel Gibson and Tina Turner over on the weekends. We’ll throw some shrimp on the bar-b and have a Foster’s.
Gee, I agree with SinisterTwist. I hope I get to keep the pee-stained mattress.
Roidy
Yeah, third world does come to mind. The construction aside, this is about average quality of life for South America. Some are much worse. Same for India.
I must say though, the first thing I thought of when I saw it was a Hobbit hole. I’d live in a human-sized version of Bag End.
My favorite underground home was (and still is) Mole Manor in Wiltshire, England, which was built as part of a research project. It actually use 25% less energy than a standard home.
I think I saw their neighbor’s house on HGTV. It was a dug out too, but the only access was a shaft with a bunker-style hatch. As I recall, the whole community was built like this due to the extreme heat.
I wonder how close the nearest neighbor is, because you’d need to have an idea of where the property line is so you don’t accidentally expand onto/under their property (or into their house) if you decide to expand.