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Friday, 14 March 2008

Galloway man builds home from salvaged materials for £4,000

A man from Galloway, Scotland has built his own home from salvaged and natural materials for a total of £4,000, reports the BBC.

The walls are made of straw, the roof out of turf and much of the rest of the building from items discarded by other people, including a roof velux, shower tray, front window, front door and an oval bedroom window. The Tudor-style panelled timber ceiling was made out of solid pine changing cubicle doors salvaged from old Victorian public baths in Govan.

The warm and watertight cottage gets its water supplies by gathering rainfall and its electricity from a car battery.

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