A Real-Life Hobbit House
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If you are a fan of R.R. Tolkien's, 'Hobbit' and 'Lord of the Rings', this house will look familiar to you. However, this is not a house from any movie set, but the actual residence of Simon Dale, his wife and two kids.
Located on a hillside in Wales, the house is entirely 'green' and built by Simon and his friends using just a chainsaw, hammer and a 1-inch chisel. Most of the materials used were also natural or recycled.
To ensure that the house blends in with the surroundings and to get maximum shelter, it was built into a hillside. The mud and stones from digging the hill, were utilized to construct retaining walls and the foundation. The frame of the house and floor were built using dead wood branches from the trees in the forests. The floor, roof and walls were insulated with bales of straw.
While the house uses a wood burner for cooking and heating, it is equipped with solar panels to generate electricity, for modern amenities like lights, computers and music. In short, the entire house is built for the 21st century, except for the toilet - which is described briefly as 'compost toilet'.
Simon says he and his family have chosen this way of living, to help reduce their impact on the resources of the earth and also show people that it can be done quite easily and result in a fairly comfortable way of life. To view more pictures of this amazing house check out http://www.simondale.net
sources: simondale.net
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- everthing_nerd6 daysMy dream is to live in a house like this and just live like a hobbit. eg. "a warm bath and a late breakfast on the lawn after"- the hobbit
- rianc-edrabout 1 yearThis is so coooooooooool
- elf_ofgreenleafover 2 yearsLord of the rings is my fav book the hobbit second anyone that hasn't read them ....... READ THEM NOW PLEASE! YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT! P.S Frodo is my fav character :)
- Freedomalmost 4 yearsboring. The hobbit has to be the best set of movies and book and you cant forget about the lord of the rings anyone that has not read those must be sad.ps I’m the 100th person to comment on this article 😃😎
- Freedom almost 4 yearsI’m the 100th person to comment on this this is the best day of my life 😃😃
- kael rainabout 4 yearsthe hobbit has to be the best set of movies and book and you cant forget about the lord of the rings anyone that has not read those must be sad
- horseworld1234about 4 yearsTHAT HOUSE IS SOOOO COOL
- spykittenover 4 yearsIt must be small though!
- rianc-edrabout 1 yearIts really big actually
- spykittenover 4 yearsWow!
- magicwordover 4 yearsI luv the book "Hobbit"! This would be the PERFECT place for me to settle! :D