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Did you build the house from ground up? How long did that take you?...Lately I have been reading up about building a small house using shipping containers.



Actually, it's two houses, one in Canada and one in NL.

The latter was a rebuild, an old farm house, the one in Canada was from 7' in the ground to two and a half storeys.

The one here in NL was a major project, mostly because I did it all by myself and it's a brick building. It's a beautiful little house in a very quiet spot of the country, with a fair bit of ground around it.

It took me two years to get it all done.


You should write about the whole experience with pictures. I am getting more serious about building a house from the ground up. Two years is a great time frame. Share pictures if any.


I sent you mail.

Building a house is absolutely doable, fixing one up with a rich history in a way is more fun, but comes with more restrictions.




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