That's more about your interpretation than their intent, right? If it had said dirt-cheap or humble or hand-built or similar, then they've implied something the

That's more about your interpretation than their intent, right? If it had said dirt-cheap or humble or hand-built or similar, then they've implied something they didn't deliver. The only time the word "humble" is used at all is in describing the architects. My house is pretty standard. It would be a hovel for someone living in a palace but a palace to someone sharing a dirty apartment. I would describe my experience building it in terms of what I could or couldn't afford along the way relative to who I was and what I understood. Just as the author did. So many comments on the HN story got caught up on what the reader was expecting from the link. It was modern and it was in the woods!