RovingAnarchist
Well-known member
I have an odd dream. I want to live in a proper, functional, has-electricity-and-plumbing treehouse! I know these things exist.
See? Awesome. So that's my dream. (Well, it's one of them... they all tie in together.) Besides being a thing I always wanted to do, I like the idea that anyone seeing it has their worldview shifted a little bit to a place where more things are possible, that they can do wonderful and weird things too!
Here's the plan:
-barter with an engineer/architect to design plans that meet the government's safety standards
-advertise on craigslist and freecycle for materials (scrap, recycled, whatever); collect it up until there's enough to complete the project.
-build it with friends
-become a traveller magnet and meet people from all over the world without having to pack up all my tools and gear.
The bit where this plan falls apart is the tree itself. How can I acquire a tree without having to buy property? Building a structure of this type with all the amenities seems like it would be a bit too much of a magnet for cops etc to make a decent squatting project. (Thus the bit about getting a pro to do the plans- if it's going to be permanent, I don't wanna spend years in legal wrangling over the type of joists we used or some stupid shit like that. I already checked the base line laws, and my town has no regulations against treehouses of any size, provided you get the proper inspections from engineers and arborists. i suspect this means someone's already done this at least once.)
Thoughts? Suggestions? Any ideas you all have would help a lot!
See? Awesome. So that's my dream. (Well, it's one of them... they all tie in together.) Besides being a thing I always wanted to do, I like the idea that anyone seeing it has their worldview shifted a little bit to a place where more things are possible, that they can do wonderful and weird things too!
Here's the plan:
-barter with an engineer/architect to design plans that meet the government's safety standards
-advertise on craigslist and freecycle for materials (scrap, recycled, whatever); collect it up until there's enough to complete the project.
-build it with friends
-become a traveller magnet and meet people from all over the world without having to pack up all my tools and gear.
The bit where this plan falls apart is the tree itself. How can I acquire a tree without having to buy property? Building a structure of this type with all the amenities seems like it would be a bit too much of a magnet for cops etc to make a decent squatting project. (Thus the bit about getting a pro to do the plans- if it's going to be permanent, I don't wanna spend years in legal wrangling over the type of joists we used or some stupid shit like that. I already checked the base line laws, and my town has no regulations against treehouses of any size, provided you get the proper inspections from engineers and arborists. i suspect this means someone's already done this at least once.)
Thoughts? Suggestions? Any ideas you all have would help a lot!