Looking for a carpenter/builder to work with a chemically sensitive professiional author/journalist and her partner, who want to build a vardo travel trailer for traveling/living. I will have construction plans made and ready. Will probably be on an 8 by 12 or 14 trailer, with 2-3 by 8 porch.
Need to be on site for the entire build to test nontoxic materials for tolerance. Vardo will have compost toilet, outdoor shower on porch, simple sink setup inside with grey water tank and hose hookup, very small hot water tank, wired with shielded wiring for both 12 volt and 110, curved metal or very thin ceramic roof, tile floors, either dragon board or very low terpene wood walls.
If wood walls, they will be tongue and groove. Denim or wool insulation, a breathable wall system to minimize mold, and good ventilation including built in fans. No plywood, formaldehyde, laminates, styrofoam, vinyl, urethane, fiberglass, etc. Possibly some other features adapted from small rv’s I’ve seen. Take a look at Portland Alternative Dwellings’ Don Vardo for an example of a beautiful simple vardo.
I need to keep costs down as I have set aside funds but am planning to be frugal where possible. If someone has time and interest, please write me with your fees for such a project, previous experience etc., where you live, if you have land where we can build and a good metal shed to store construction materials, your schedule, and any other relevanr information.
Prefer southeast, Texas, or possibly southwest for the build, ie a climate that is warm and sunny, and hoping to start late spring. Don’t want to build up north. If you want to travel to live on site for the build I can possibly find us a spot. I’ve been told it can take 400-500 hours for the total build. Both some experience in carpentry/construction and patience, as well as willingness to work with all nontoxic materials, is important. Thanks!
Please email jenbooks13@hotmail.com if interested.
Sounds like a great opportunity for someone to build a tiny house, and work with non typical materials.
This sounds like a fun project…where do I sign up.
We could build this at my cabin site near Taos NM.
Another Taoseno! This sounds like a fun project. I’m confused, though. Is this Kent speaking or is this a guest post?
Looking forward to finaly see some preliminaries
and or the plans for this most interesting project.
Keep us posted about progress!
Old Ben (Vardoshavora)
Hi Kent, I assume you have been in contact with my friend David Reed, as he told me you are interested in our help with your tiny house. We are working together on building a 400 sq ft pallet house, my personal 150 sq ft pallet house, and a 1500 sq ft cob/straw bale house in south Texas (among other future builds). I have learned so much from David in this time, as he is a very skilled veteran carpenter, and a cherished friend. We look forward to working with you!
Hi Graham, this house is something someone else is building not myself. I have communicated with David and it sounds like he may be taking on this project, although I have not heard from the person who asked me to run this ad for her. It’s great to hear a good recommendation for David and I hope others will look to him for projects in the future too.
Please share your buildings with us, I would love to see what you are doing with the pallets. And the cob/ straw bail house. We like to see things in progress too.
We are very happy to share all of our knowledge with anyone interested, we hold workshops as the time permits and are working towards having a yearly set schedule of natural/re-purposed building classes as well as other DIY type workshops. For more information please visit our website and either sign up for our newsletter or click the upcoming workshops tab at the top. Thank you very much!!
A Barrel Vardo like you can see in the first
Vardoshavora album , sure is an intereting
toxic free option to look into.
Good architects allways find a cheap easy
& fast to build solution.
Wishing you succes!
I would be interested in talking to you ,I’ve got over 30 years of experience as a homebuilder .I live in northern nm . abcdesignbuild@hotmail.com
Please contact the email address above if you are interested in this project.
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