Silver Case

One of my long-term aspirations is to have a couple retreats spread around the world. I want a cabin in a remote, blasted corner of a mountainous desert, four hours’ drive from nowhere. I also want a cabin in forested mountains somewhere in Japan. I even have thought it would be nice to have a cabin tucked away somewhere in the Appalachians.

I read with interest an article in today’s ‘Escapes’ section of the New York times about companies selling tiny, pre-fabricated homes.

The two companies that looked most interesting at first were Alchemy Architects and Blue Sky Mod. Some of those other ones looked like clapboard shanties or ridiculous glass boxes. $100,000USD for a house construction is not cheap, and my guess is that actually getting a house delivered and installed to a nice remote site is an expensive operation. $10k? $15k?

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