BrambleBearSnoring

Reflecting on last week's SolarpunkSunday by @DoomsdaysCW on grandmother building her own cobb house for relatively amall amount of money, I renew my interest in cobb building skills. I want my own home, sustainable, healthy and pleasant to live in. My job keeps me fed and housed but not much else, so no home buying for me. Options for the rest of us!!!

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https://cleantechnica.com/2026/01/27/this-grandmother-built-a-home-for-less-than-2300/

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This Grandmother Built A Home For Less Than $2,300 - CleanTechnica

She built a cob home out of mud and straw for less than $2,300.

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https://www.theenvironmentalblog.org/2025/08/cob-house-natural-architecture/

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Cob House: Natural Architecture Making a Comeback - The Environmental Blog

What a cob house is, costs, durability, energy efficiency, and codes—see why earthen architecture is resurging and how to build it right.

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She's not the only one!

Link to yt video on build - click blue source in article. Open on https://noai.duckduckgo.com/ for no ads no tracking using duckplayer.

https://advogadoportugal.com/off-grid-natural-building-in-portugal-cobbing-a-home-with-leen/

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Land access is an issue too, for a lot of us. How to build one's own cobb house if no land???

https://www.fourtheconomy.com/post/can-community-land-trusts-solve-the-housing-crisis

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Can Community Land Trusts Solve the Housing Crisis?

Community land trusts are not just a tool to provide affordable housing, they can serve as catalysts for community stabilization, a source of pride and dignity, and so much more.

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@BrambleBearSnoring Yeah, and some local, state and even federal building regulations make it even harder. I get that we need to have housing that's sound and safely built, but some places are sticklers and ridiculous! For instance, the place down the road from us has been a 2-unit, but for whatever reason, the code enforcement officer decided it needed to be a listed as a 1-unit. What was needed to make it a proper 2-unit? Shouldn't we be focused on creating more housing? Especially in close clusters (rather than spreading out into the woods and fields).