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Progress
When the weather’s good the Terra Firma team can complete two sections of rammed earth wall each day – we’ve about thirty in total so lots to do.
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First wall has been rammed
Wednesday 11th July — significant date in our building story. Paul and the team at http://www.earthhomes.co.nz/ rammed the first wall.
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Here we go!
Friday 18th was ground-breaking day – excavations have started and it’s all on. Glad I’m not the one project managing all of this, the fact there are no utilities adds all sorts of additional elements. Visiting the site today the … Continue reading
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New year and we’re progressing
Seems like planning to build takes even longer than actually building (possibly because we haven’t experienced the latter yet). And when you decide not to buy off plan and using so-called mainstream building methods, I guess you should expect things … Continue reading
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Our cloud and and it’s rammed earth lining
Building your own home lesson #1 is don’t assume the architect will design something in your budget. Everyone tells you that, which is why you go to great lengths to impress on your architect that you have a limited budget … Continue reading
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Musings on being a pragmatic activist 