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Dammit. I just started looking into building a dome house. Did you call it off completely?

• flatline 5y ago
  Yes. I talked to a builder, he thought he was going to have to do R22 insulation across the entire thing because it’s not clear whether it is a wall or ceiling. Ridiculous because the engineering for domes has been around for 70 years. Most lenders won’t help you. Appraisal for resale is problematic. I concluded it is best done as a DIY project in a location where you know the inspector, or know he won’t care, with cash. Here are some of the stories I was going from: http://www.domehome.com/scrapbook.html http://www.domehome.com/scrapbook.html
  • cheeze 5y ago
    I think the lender thing makes sense. Lenders are all about risk mitigation, and unfortunately at this time there are just too many risks around a geodesic dome as a house. Lots of folks think that building a house is a potential approach to finding a place to live, but the reality is that doing so is playing house finding on extra hard mode. It's hard enough to get a loan to build a house, let alone an unconventional one.