Comments on: Fancy your own Hobbit Home? http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/green-living/fancy-your-own-hobbit-home/190 for environmentalists who don't take themselves too seriously Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:42:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Gypsy http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/green-living/fancy-your-own-hobbit-home/190/comment-page-1#comment-237769 Gypsy Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:25:14 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=190#comment-237769 Why for a Speilberg movie? I think you're referring to Peter Jackson. Why for a Speilberg movie? I think you’re referring to Peter Jackson.

]]> By: Loosemink http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/green-living/fancy-your-own-hobbit-home/190/comment-page-1#comment-127545 Loosemink Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:12:49 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=190#comment-127545 I have just purchased this year a 1/3 acre of land in County Durham, it is on the outskirts of a historic village and is near the Nth yorkshire county border. I intend to build an eco friendly hobbit style house on this land as the land has a slight gradient to it. There is a natural spring nearby and a pub too. Outstanding. I would love to design a home that has 3 bedrooms, a goodsized bathroom, an open sitting/kitchen area. An Aga cooker was in my mind so I could heat the water in the back boiler for hot water and heating. I would want an open fire and if possible a garage/workshop at the end of the building. I would love to dig deep enough so I could have the building split into 2 levels, 1st & ground floor. I have so many ideas in my head but I need to get started, I also thought of having a heat pump dug into the soil to generate some heating, again I would like to get started, are there any architects who specialise in this area or even those who don't know but would like to have some kind of input with the design and construction. I have a very limited budget,I am a carpenter/builder so I intend to build the whole thing on my own so as to save money. I do have some savings but very limited, heres hoping I get a response from cyberspace. I have just purchased this year a 1/3 acre of land in County Durham, it is on the outskirts of a historic village and is near the Nth yorkshire county border. I intend to build an eco friendly hobbit style house on this land as the land has a slight gradient to it. There is a natural spring nearby and a pub too. Outstanding. I would love to design a home that has 3 bedrooms, a goodsized bathroom, an open sitting/kitchen area. An Aga cooker was in my mind so I could heat the water in the back boiler for hot water and heating. I would want an open fire and if possible a garage/workshop at the end of the building. I would love to dig deep enough so I could have the building split into 2 levels, 1st & ground floor.
I have so many ideas in my head but I need to get started, I also thought of having a heat pump dug into the soil to generate some heating, again I would like to get started, are there any architects who specialise in this area or even those who don’t know but would like to have some kind of input with the design and construction. I have a very limited budget,I am a carpenter/builder so I intend to build the whole thing on my own so as to save money. I do have some savings but very limited, heres hoping I get a response from cyberspace.

]]> By: Lost in Technology » Blog Links http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/green-living/fancy-your-own-hobbit-home/190/comment-page-1#comment-291 Lost in Technology » Blog Links Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:38:08 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=190#comment-291 [...] Hobbit homes are popping up in England - I wonder if this is how Lord of the Rings started? [...] [...] Hobbit homes are popping up in England – I wonder if this is how Lord of the Rings started? [...]

]]> By: Alonline » Hobbit homes in Pembrokeshire http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/green-living/fancy-your-own-hobbit-home/190/comment-page-1#comment-279 Alonline » Hobbit homes in Pembrokeshire Sat, 11 Aug 2007 01:11:50 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=190#comment-279 [...] I blogged these hobbit style homes before, and I rather liked them all that time ago. It’s good to see that a local council in Wales is now encouraging a development of an eco-village next year, through it’s judicious use of planning policy. If only more councils were as aware of the low environmental impact of such homes, and the benefit to the area that could be made by encouraging such ecologically friendly house design, then maybe more such homes would be built. [...] [...] I blogged these hobbit style homes before, and I rather liked them all that time ago. It’s good to see that a local council in Wales is now encouraging a development of an eco-village next year, through it’s judicious use of planning policy. If only more councils were as aware of the low environmental impact of such homes, and the benefit to the area that could be made by encouraging such ecologically friendly house design, then maybe more such homes would be built. [...]

]]> By: The Herb Girl » the hobbit homes of Wales http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/green-living/fancy-your-own-hobbit-home/190/comment-page-1#comment-277 The Herb Girl » the hobbit homes of Wales Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:23:12 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=190#comment-277 [...] more here [...] [...] more here [...]

]]> By: Chris http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/green-living/fancy-your-own-hobbit-home/190/comment-page-1#comment-276 Chris Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:45:08 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=190#comment-276 the original Welsh "hobbit" home is here: http://www.simondale.net/house/ the Lammas Project: http://www.lammas.org.uk/ the original Welsh “hobbit” home is here:

http://www.simondale.net/house/

the Lammas Project: http://www.lammas.org.uk/

]]> By: cujo http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/green-living/fancy-your-own-hobbit-home/190/comment-page-1#comment-275 cujo Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:20:19 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=190#comment-275 More details! Sources! More details! Sources!

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