Fransız genç çift; Alexis Lamoureux ve Lotte Van Riel genel ekonomik sıkıntılar içindeydiler. Gün gelip ev kiralarını ödeyecek paraları olmaması ve düzenli gelir sağlayan bir iş bulamamaları büyük sorun oluşturuyordu.
Bir gün ilginç bir açık arttırmaya katılarak, Loire Vadisi' nde şanslarına 1 euroya bir mağara satın aldılar. Satın aldıkları mağara çok kötü durumda yaşanmaz bir çöplükten ibaretti. Ancak genç çift ve onlara yardım eden arkadaşları sayesinde burayı yaşanabilir bir ev haline getirip, ayrıca çok da hoş bir mekan haline dönüştürmüşler.
İhtiyaçları için gerekli parayı biriktirdiklerinde çöplük halindeki, elektrik, ve kanalizasyon sistemi olmayan kötü durumdaki mağaraya yatırım yapmaya başladılar. Tam 12 aylık bir süreçte aklınıza gelecek her ayrıntıyı edinerek mağarayı yaşanabilir butik bir eve çevirdiler. Bu değişim ve mağaraya yaptıkları yatırım onlara tam 35.000 Euro ya mal oldu. Hiç fazlaymış gibi düşünmeyin çünkü bu paraya Avrupa' da ev sahibi olmak kesinlikle imkansız.
Mağaranın içinde yaşamanın en büyük avantajları iklimlere göre yazın serin, kışın ise ılık olması bu da her tür tasarruf için birebir durum. Depremlerei felaketlere dayanıklılık açısından da oldukça sağlam olan yapılar sonuçta insan yapısı değil doğal coğrafik bir oluşum. Çin' de mağarada yaşayan insan sayısının tam 40 milyon olduğu düşünülürse demekki olumlu yönleri bir hayli çok.
Ayrıca resimlerde de görebileceğiniz gibi Fransız çiftin aldığı mağara dağ başında olmaktan çok yerleşime de oldukça yakın görünüyor. İşte onların 4 yıllık sabırla çabalamaların eseri bu şirin mağara ev ne diyeyim hayırlı olsun :))
This couple bought a cave for 1 Euro and turned it into an incredible tiny home
With a steep housing market and difficulty finding a stable job, young people are turning to cave homes for a more affordable alternative.
This young couple in particular, Alexis Lamoureux and Lotte van Riel, managed to buy their cave home in Loire Valley, France for a measly €1 at an auction. The cave, previously owned by his great aunt, was not only stripped down to its bare bones in comforts but was also completely trashed.
It wasn’t just a mountain of work, it was Mount Everest and after some very clever persuading from Lamouruex, the auctioneer was more than happy to hand over the responsibility to someone else.
But why even bother; why live in a cave?
Living in a cave is exceedingly more beneficial than you might assume, and it’s actually pretty popular. In China alone, there are an estimated 40 million people living in caves, not to mention all the cave colonies dispersed across Europe in countries like France, Spain, and Italy.
For starters, it’s cheaper all around—the construction and the maintenance. This is because the core foundation is already there and the natural built in insulation from the stone keeps a more consistent temperature, which means less heating in the winter and less cooling in the summer. Never again would you feel nauseous looking at your heating bill after a particularly cold winter.
Caves are also extremely safe. Despite what you might assume, caves are not known to collapse and are usually left unaffected from earthquakes. The largest issue dealing with a cave home is generally the liquid and condensation build up in the home.
With all this in mind, Lamoureux proceeded to search for a €25,000 loan in order to create his dream cave. However, being 23 with no steady career led him to be denied from ten different banks.
Undeterred, the young couple worked at Lamoureux’s father’s restaurant for three years and diligently saved their money in order to begin the work to convert their cave into a livable space.
The saving was probably the easy part, considering the work that was required to renovate their new home. To begin with, they had absolutely no plumbing, no electricity, and no sewage pipes.
This meant 12 months of difficult, physically demanding work including the installation of 11 cable anchors secured with cinder blocks and concrete, and hand digging a ditch to allow pipes and cables to run from the house to the road.
The price tag after all the necessary renovations came to €35,000, just under $45,000. Though this might seem expensive for a cave, you’d be hard pressed to find a house with the same amenities in a similar location for that price.
The final product after four years of saving and construction is a magnificent cave home the couple can proudly call their own. Currently, both Lamoureux and van Riel live in their one bedroom one bath section of the home.
A separate bed and bath is being offered on the travel website Airbnb for €75 a night, which allows the couple to actually turn a profit on their luxury cave home.
Converted cave homes could be the answer to anyone looking to own an affordable home. As long as they’re not afraid to shed a bit of money in renovations and offer up some very serious TLC.
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