Here’s another dirt cheap earthbag house – this one is in Mexico. I just found a new video about the house, and the owner’s daughter who helped build the house said it cost about $2,000! We need more stories like this. At some point people will stop paying ridiculously high prices and switch over to earthbag building and other natural building methods.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6IKMaSR1yU
This price, or something close to it, reveals the true cost of construction using earthbags. If you’re paying substantially more, then your money is going toward inflated prices for things. Sure, things are more expensive in the US than Mexico, but watch the video and see what I mean. That $2,000 house would cost maybe $125,000 (or more) in many places of the US. Part of the solution is to build your own small, simple house and avoid credit.
Hi Owen,
I want to build an earthbag home. Can you recommend any good locations in the U.S. that are appropriate for this type of construction?
Thanks,
Brendon
I can’t think of any areas that are not appropriate, except for obvious places like the middle of a swamp or on top of a landfill, that sort of thing. Earthbag is excellent for any climate. Do a search on earthbag superinsulated or earthbag scoria to learn how you can build lightweight insulated earthbag walls.