We drove to north of Lockhart to visit the Reclaimed Space Factory on the access road of Highway 130. Reclaimed Space builds small (generally less than 1000 square feet) homes in their factory. They try to use reclaimed materials in building these homes, put them on a flat bed truck and deliver them to your site. It reminds one of a "mobile home" and they are similar in business concept, but the construction is not anything like the mobile home you know about. These are built of real wood and have sturdy frames, solid components. Presently, a substantial portion of their wood comes from dismantled tobacco barns that once existed in Kentucky.
This business approach is ideal for those who want to have a place to live on a remote parcel of land because it completely solves the problem of finding a builder in an unfamiliar area. The steps would be to purchase land, prepare the site by providing water and sewer facilities and electrical hookup, then moving the house onto the pad. Cost for the building is about $125 /square foot.
Heck, you might think a home of less than 1000 square feet is small, but we grew up in a house that was only 800 square feet.
We then drove to the east and then south on an unimproved road to the intersection of a highway that runs into Lockhart just north of the town square.
On to Chaparral coffee shop. Interesting chat with the owner of the coffee shop. She is of the mind that kid's television is not good for youngsters like her 2 year old. They do not have television in their house. She relates that normally her son will play by himself with simple toys for hours at a time. However, when the little kid goes to grandparents house for a weeks stay, where they do have television on at all hours of the day, he comes home and can not play by himself for more than a few minutes. The effect of television on his developing mind is not good.
This business approach is ideal for those who want to have a place to live on a remote parcel of land because it completely solves the problem of finding a builder in an unfamiliar area. The steps would be to purchase land, prepare the site by providing water and sewer facilities and electrical hookup, then moving the house onto the pad. Cost for the building is about $125 /square foot.
Heck, you might think a home of less than 1000 square feet is small, but we grew up in a house that was only 800 square feet.
We then drove to the east and then south on an unimproved road to the intersection of a highway that runs into Lockhart just north of the town square.
On to Chaparral coffee shop. Interesting chat with the owner of the coffee shop. She is of the mind that kid's television is not good for youngsters like her 2 year old. They do not have television in their house. She relates that normally her son will play by himself with simple toys for hours at a time. However, when the little kid goes to grandparents house for a weeks stay, where they do have television on at all hours of the day, he comes home and can not play by himself for more than a few minutes. The effect of television on his developing mind is not good.
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