Rifleman
12-24-2007, 07:46 PM
I want to build a house out on my 40acres. I have been running all kinds of designs through my head but can't settle on one. I would really like a underground house, but I am having trouble finding very much information.
The house my dad built is a partial underground. All of the first floor is underground on it, with the front exposed. All of the upstairs is exposed, and if you go out the back door upstairs then you are on the ground. If you go out the front upstairs then you are on a balcony.
I just want to build a single story house, and I think I would like it all to be covered except for the face of it. I know ideally the exposed face should be on the south, but here the weather isn't so extreme that I don't think it would matter a whole lot. The terrain I have to work with would make it easiest to have the exposed face to the east.
Just want to see what your thoughts are and if you have any information about them.
The house my dad built is a partial underground. All of the first floor is underground on it, with the front exposed. All of the upstairs is exposed, and if you go out the back door upstairs then you are on the ground. If you go out the front upstairs then you are on a balcony.
I just want to build a single story house, and I think I would like it all to be covered except for the face of it. I know ideally the exposed face should be on the south, but here the weather isn't so extreme that I don't think it would matter a whole lot. The terrain I have to work with would make it easiest to have the exposed face to the east.
Just want to see what your thoughts are and if you have any information about them.