08-13-2007, 08:18 AM
Aloha All,
A yurt may not be the cheapest low-impact dwelling, but it is one of the most delightful. I have a yurt some distance from my cabin that serves as my bedroom. Mine is a wooden yurt, suitable for my cold, wet climate in CA. I am presently contemplating a canvas yurt to put up on a friend's property on Maui. I think I could have a 14' yurt on a wooden deck for $6000 that would be viable for many years.
I think it depends on your motives-- whether or not a yurt will work for you. How long do you want to live in it? What is your environment? How large do you want it to be?
I would never partition a yurt, but instead build separate rooms (can be rectangles or squares e.g. for bathrooms) or have one or two more small yurts for bedrooms, etc.
I don't think you have to spend so much as Eric estimates. It really depends upon your vision.
Round spaces are absolutely amazing to inhabit.
april
A yurt may not be the cheapest low-impact dwelling, but it is one of the most delightful. I have a yurt some distance from my cabin that serves as my bedroom. Mine is a wooden yurt, suitable for my cold, wet climate in CA. I am presently contemplating a canvas yurt to put up on a friend's property on Maui. I think I could have a 14' yurt on a wooden deck for $6000 that would be viable for many years.
I think it depends on your motives-- whether or not a yurt will work for you. How long do you want to live in it? What is your environment? How large do you want it to be?
I would never partition a yurt, but instead build separate rooms (can be rectangles or squares e.g. for bathrooms) or have one or two more small yurts for bedrooms, etc.
I don't think you have to spend so much as Eric estimates. It really depends upon your vision.
Round spaces are absolutely amazing to inhabit.
april
april