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I am selling the 20 sided house that I built in Topham, VT ten years ago. The house is almost round and has great southern exposure with lots of windows on the south side. It has a massive central chimney made of old concrete road culvert tiles that holds heat well and distributes it throughout the space. The main timbers for walls, floors and roof are softwood poles harvested locally. The top floor is wide pine boards, with some 24" boards. The sole source of heat is a woodstove and the water for the clawfoot tub is heated by a gas fired on-demand hot water heater. Water is gravity fed and comes from a spring.

The ground floor is concrete and is sunk four feet below grade. It is reinforced with 1/2 inch rebar. The floor has an air tube that preheats incoming air and provides air to the woodstove. The airtube also cools the incoming air in the summer.

The House has 900 square feet of floor area, electricity and running water. High speed DSL internet is available from Topsham Telephone. The house is 26 feet in diameter. Most of the wiring is 10 guage wire and would retrofit to DC or Photovoltaic power easily. There is no toilet. A composting toilet could be easily installed. All windows are double pane or 8" glass block. Walls are insulated with 4" of blueboard foam. The ceiling is insulated with 6" of foam. The attic is cold. The chimney has a 1/8" metal liner running top to bottom.

I am asking $175,000 for the house and 27 acres of land. See more details by clicking on main menu links at the top of the page.