Thread: Anyone build an Underground holiday home?

I know some people who bought a redundant railway passenger carriage, had it trucked to their farm, built a free standing roof wider than the carriage so both it and an outdoor area are under cover, added septic and solar, altered the interior and moved in. Twenty years later it's still in use, although they later built a conventional house nearby. Might be worth checking if anyone has a rail carriage to sell.
Another option is some friends once bought up some commercial freezer walls, which have great insulation, and bolted them together to build a house at Bowral.

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I have stayed in a passenger carriage used as a hostel before. It was certainly unique and not quite the under ground dwelling we were thinking of.

Originally Posted by Gullible

I have stayed in a passenger carriage used as a hostel before. It was certainly unique and not quite the under ground dwelling we were thinking of.

Build a tunnel for it
Andrew

Rather than going fully underground you could excavate into the hillside, seal and drain it, lay a slab and then put a roof over it and some walls. Easier than going fully underground but with some of the advantages.

Don't bury a shipper. YouTube will show you why. The cost involved to make them strong enough outweighs the costs of using concrete designed to be buried. I'd be looking for a huge cylinder/tank. With a false floor similar to a passenger jet, you have a void underneath where you're services run in and out (similar above for ventilation/heating/cooling). Master bedroom at the end (deepest point). Bathroom/shower to left and toilet to right as you reverse back out, leaving a corridor to access the master bedroom, then bunks on left and right. A galley kitchen next and at the outer most end a living room with full glass front. If the tank is long enough it could form a decked entertaining area at the very front. This is also the place to have the steel shutters for when you are not there. If you want some natural light, a steel tube up to the surface above will give you plenty.

Originally Posted by Sitec

Don't bury a shipper. YouTube will show you why. The cost involved to make them strong enough outweighs the costs of using concrete designed to be buried. I'd be looking for a huge cylinder/tank. With a false floor similar to a passenger jet, you have a void underneath where you're services run in and out (similar above for ventilation/heating/cooling). Master bedroom at the end (deepest point). Bathroom/shower to left and toilet to right as you reverse back out, leaving a corridor to access the master bedroom, then bunks on left and right. A galley kitchen next and at the outer most end a living room with full glass front. If the tank is long enough it could form a decked entertaining area at the very front. This is also the place to have the steel shutters for when you are not there. If you want some natural light, a steel tube up to the surface above will give you plenty.

Yeah true. I've seen a house built out of several concrete water tanks of varying sizes grouped together under a common roof and linked by corridors. It was on a windy headland and it withstood the weather really well, was cool in the heat and warm in the cold. Definitely an option.

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