Doing the Zombiepocalypse in Style

[Collie of Doom]

For those of you who want to prep, but wouldn't be caught dead in a camo netting draped hunting lodge, I give you IKEA modular cabin! Survive in style!

http://www.ideabox.us/models/aktiv/

But seriously, I really do like some of these modernist "cube" homes. I either like a legitimately old home built before World War II, or some ultra modern little thing with rain barrels, energy efficient everything, that can go off grid as needed. IKEA cabinetry doesn't hurt any.

Anybody got any more survive-in-style type housing or gardening plans?

[Shaper]

Nah, I prefer the hundred year old run down hunting shack look and feel, you know, for that "You are about to get Man-Raped" ambiance.

[ProstheticWeasel]

Nah, I prefer the hundred year old run down hunting shack look and feel, you know, for that "You are about to get Man-Raped" ambiance.

Have to add that to the list of uses for petroleum jelly along with starting fires as reasons to keep it in my kit...

[majorhavoc]

For those of you who want to prep, but wouldn't be caught dead in a camo netting draped hunting lodge, I give you IKEA modular cabin! Survive in style!

http://www.ideabox.us/models/aktiv/

But seriously, I really do like some of these modernist "cube" homes. I either like a legitimately old home built before World War II, or some ultra modern little thing with rain barrels, energy efficient everything, that can go off grid as needed. IKEA cabinetry doesn't hurt any.

Anybody got any more survive-in-style type housing or gardening plans?

Thanks for sharing that, Collie. That design reminds me very much of some housing units that resulted from architecture school projects and competitions in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. And again following the Haitian earthquake. The formaldehyde-saturated debacle that has universally been ascribed to the words "FEMA trailer" could be largely avoided in the future if the government simply settled on a progressive, modular and easy to manufacture/transport design for housing refugees displaced by a major disaster. One that allows the user to further customize after moving in, to suit their practical and aesthetic needs.

Select a winning design, build and store a few hundred units, and then license the design to several mobile home manufacturers to have on file. Ready to ramp up production in a time of major disaster. Basically the Liberty Ship of emergency housing design.

Then set up a low interest rate program to finance the sale of said modular homes to the disaster victims after the initial stages of disaster recovery and resettlement. Or to the public if the original occupants are able to move back into their original homes. How cool would it be if young families and low income Americans could one day tell stories about how they got their start in home ownership with a "FEMA Disaster Cottage"?

It's just always seemed to me to be one of those ideas that the government won't use simply because it seems to make too much sense.

[Wrangler]

I've always been a fan of the I-House. It comes with a rainwater collection system and a solar panel option. I just wish they had an option to install more solar panels.

http://claytonihouse.com/index.cfm

[Crimson Phoenix]

Other than me not liking the decks on the cube houses, I'm liking these ideas way better for a starter home on a plot of land than the trailer or double-wide while waiting to get a full-sized home built. And if I remember my uncle's experience doing the same thing (land followed by trailer while he waits for his home to be built) neighbors may complain less about their property values instantly sinking too. Better still, these can be used as guest houses after the permanent home is built. Genius!

[Collie of Doom]

Nah, I prefer the hundred year old run down hunting shack look and feel, you know, for that "You are about to get Man-Raped" ambiance.

Y'all 101st types never WERE quite right in the head. We had to share a work trailer with you guys at Camp Slayer in 05-06.

[Collie of Doom]

Major Havoc I like this line of thought, having a LOT of these things ready to go in case of disasters.

And Crimson, good call on using the little one as a guest house after the main house is built. You could even turn it around and live in the little one again and rent out the big one if you needed income in your retirement.

[Confucius]

Neat enough, not really sure about the layout though. Kitchen and bathroom on opposite sides of the house, makes plumbing hot water a little rough...

[Shaper]

Nah, I prefer the hundred year old run down hunting shack look and feel, you know, for that "You are about to get Man-Raped" ambiance.

Y'all 101st types never WERE quite right in the head. We had to share a work trailer with you guys at Camp Slayer in 05-06.

What *Tick* the hell are you talking about, Collie? I am cleared *Tick* psychologically by the ARMY's finest doctors!

[justin12234]

cookie over at survivalist boards made a cabin out of 2 40' containters, if im not mistaken he said he ended up paying $20-40k for everything, and you could probably cut down a lot of the cost using different materials for the inside







heres the floor plan he used



completely off the grid

[colinz]

That's a really nice usable layout too.

I really like the way he's (?) made it feel more 'homelike' by using wood panelling for the walls and ceiling (as opposed to the shoebox feel that drywall/gib gives you). The use of the archway cutout as an entry shade/cover/thingie is a neat touch too.

Do you have a link to the thread perchance?

[justin12234]

http://www.survivalistboards.com/showth ... p?t=156449

I didn't know if if I could link outside the forums so I didn't post the link

[skelco]

How cool would it be if young families and low income Americans could one day tell stories about how they got their start in home ownership with a "FEMA Disaster Cottage"?

there are still "earthquake shacks" all over San Francisco, built as temporary housing after the 1906 quake. They are actually quite sought after now

[Collie of Doom]

Nah, I prefer the hundred year old run down hunting shack look and feel, you know, for that "You are about to get Man-Raped" ambiance.

Y'all 101st types never WERE quite right in the head. We had to share a work trailer with you guys at Camp Slayer in 05-06.

What *Tick* the hell are you talking about, Collie? I am cleared *Tick* psychologically by the ARMY's finest doctors!

Oh yeah, and the Army's finest doctors are certainly a reassuring thought!

[Collie of Doom]

That is a nice lay out for the two shipping containers. Is that an old-school woodstove in the kitchen? The kitchen's quite lovely. The whole thing looks like a wood cabin on the inside.

[Kelvar]

Oh yeah, and the Army's finest doctors are certainly a reassuring thought!

Hey! An Army doctor at Ft. Benning fixed my broken leg/dislocated ankle. . .