Is anyone aware of Yurt living?

does anyone know about these yurt homes? they look pretty cool and they are extremely cheap. i guess it only takes 1 day to build them. go to www.yurts.com .

 

Awesome link

Not a bad way to live IMO. I wonder what kind of weather conditions they can handle?

 

Developed over hundreds of years, they can handle high winds and are fine when the temperature is several degrees below freezing. I can't believe you missed these two recent threads though! :

http://www.hipforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=139180
http://www.hipforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=139066

Some more links I originally posted a while back:

http://kapla.filias.com/archives/2004_01.html
- http://www.rdrop.com/~glacier/yurt.htm
- http://www.yurtliving.com
How to make one!
- http://www.usmongols.com/Ger/Ger_structure.htm
Unconventional Stone/Earth/Fibreglass slightly bodged jobbie:
- http://www.motherearthnews.com/top_...th_Century_Yurt
Commercial Ger's
- http://www.yurtworkshop.com
- http://www.woodlandyurts.co.uk
- http://www.tipi.co.uk
- http://www.coloradoyurt.com
- http://www.rainieryurts.com/whybuy.html
- http://www.hearthworks.co.uk
- http://www.yurtco.com
- http://www.yurts.com
- more: http://dmoz.org/Business/Constructi...itecture/Yurts/
More Interesting Gers
- fibreglass: http://www.alternativebuildings.com
- welsh yurt: http://www.yurts.fsnet.co.uk including more dome like structure "The Alachigh"
- geodesic yurt, coined a "yome": http://redskyshelters.com

 

Very interesting, cheers for the links!

I wish I could build one myself, then I could live in it up north during the summer.

 

I think one would be awesome as a temp home while someone is building their dream home. I will have to think hard about having one up when I get to the point of having time to build my dream home.
Still, one for big camp outs like Rainbow gatherings would be awesome though I do like the idea of having the Bedouin tents as well; less to pack up and out.

 

for many, a yurt is a dream home!

when you look round at those sites you realise they do not necessarily have to be temporary

 

Exactly. I could live in one where I live all year round no problem or if I bought a small plot of land elsewhere in Europe (further south) it would be very confortable way of living. A yurt, little veggie garden and I'd almost be self-sufficient.

 

Cool, you're like www.yurtgoogle.com Nice one cheers!

 

The user "irish_hippy" was looking into building a yurt. He was quite enthusiastic about it and was in the hipforums links I posted earlier. I think he wanted to buy a bit of land and build it in England.

 

Yeah I saw his threads alright. Don't see the point of building it in England though. Spain or Portugal would be far more appealing and much cheaper for land. Also you wouldn't have to put up with all the Paddy jokes, that haven't been funny for the last 10 years now!

 

I wouldnt mind buying some land up north and setting one of those up. Then maybe get a smaller one and take people on adventure trips and have that as base camp.

 

I was watching the special on the Travel Channel. I think the show was called Amazing Vacation Homes. This lady lived in a yurt, I never even knew they existed until I saw hers. It looked really cool to live in one. She had hers in Calorado. She started out with no power I think and then eventually after spending one winter freezing her ass off she put in a furnace. It would be very comforable living for two people who don't need much space. I wonder how long they last...

 

IVe spent sometime in and around yurts and I dont think it would be a bad idea for myself to set one up at some point..thanks fo rthe link