Archive for June, 2009
Guerrilla eco-builder told to demolish his house!
Jim Wallis built a small low-cost eco home for himself which he’s lived in for 8 years, he did it because he couldn’t afford a house any other way. This is very much what I’m doing right now. 3 years ago his local council found out about it and have ordered him to have it demolished because he doesn’t have planning permission for it.
Here is a short interview and report from the BBC.
If he’d applied for planning permission he’d have been denied. I’ve been saying for a while that this is the only way some of us will ever own a house of our own, and the reason that I’m choosing eventually to leave Britain for somewhere that will allow me to build in a way and at a cost that I can afford.
I would love to find out where he is and go visit him, see if there’s any way the tiny house community might be able to offer some support.
J.
