HUnique pre-fabricated, eco-friendly houses holding special appeal to Lord of the Rings fans are now available for interested eco-enthusiastic home buyers and Tolkien fans wishing to recreate their own personal Middle-Earth Shire.
Who Makes These Tolkien-Esque Homes?
Green Magic Homes are behind these 400 square foot, ‘smials’.
They’re on the look-out to expand their distributor network further abroad, but currently they are teamed with distributers in:
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USA
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Brazil
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Colombia
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Cuba
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Israel
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Dominican Republic
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Canada
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Argentina
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Chile
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Italy
A Closer Look
These pre-fab homes are designed to exist beneath turf and soil. The houses are made from prefabricated vaulted metals mass-produced with composite laminate materials. The structure uses perforated flaps to seal the bits & pieces together. The walls are enclosed in reinforced soil, supporting the hobbit-hole home.
The technology used in their construction borrows from earth construction & stabilization methods, including superdobe and geotextiles. Channels for wiring and water-piping, as well as composite ducts and mechanical ventilation ducts are all able to be fitted to the modular shell at any time.
The inner-shell of each home is quite a remarkable invention intelligently and uniquely solving the key problems of ventilation and water-proofing which are typically faced by those constructing structures below the Earth’s surface: It is modular, robust, water-tight and designed to structurally collaborate with the ground.
8 Reasons Why These Hobbit-Hole Homes Are Awesome
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Worried about the typography? Not a problem. The efficient technology used by the company means the designs can be fitted to any sort of typography.
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No bending necessary to make it through the front-door. These homes have plenty of head room.
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These unique homes can be erected in around 3 days, by using just 3 people without any special equipment, or expert skills necessary.
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The home can be enlarged bit by bit at a customer’s whim. Clients can buy enough panels to build a couple of modules, then add on to their house as the go if they feel inspired.
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Fancy a bit of gardening, these home owners can plant vegies or herbs on the house’s top soil layer to save on the groceries.
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The houses are nice, warm and cozy all winter long and stay cool during summer.
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They save energy!
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If you’ve even been dreaming about your own personal hobbit-hole home design then Green Magic Homes will construct it for you thanks to the limitless design avenues offered by their modular system.
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