Robbie Walker and his spouse Alice first purchased this block of land in Mansfield, Victoria, in 2016. Whereas the steep, rocky property was ineffective to a farmer, the couple noticed potential within the unimaginable views over a gully searching to Mount Buller, and have been capable of purchase it fairly cheaply with the intention of sooner or later constructing a household dwelling.
Within the meantime, Robbie designed and constructed a pair of off-grid tiny properties used for family and friends to return and keep, and as short-term lodging for guests to unplug and reconnect with the pure world.
For Robbie, utilizing transport containers because the construction for the tiny properties made sense throughout the context of the situation. ‘All of the farmers in Mansfield have containers so once you stand again and have a look at it, it’s simply one other container on a block’, he says.
Each self-contained areas are equivalent in plan, with a moist space on one finish, and an open-plan area that includes fold-down furnishings seamlessly built-in into the remaining plywood-lined partitions. One of many containers is used as a sleeping quarter, with a double mattress and triple bunks that fold down from the wall, plus a rest room with a flushing rest room and a kitchen. The opposite capabilities as a dwelling space, with a fold-out kitchen desk, extra double mattress, fire and toilet.
Robbie’s uncle, who’s an knowledgeable in hydraulics, created an elaborate system that enables all the aspect of the dwelling container to open up. A part of the wall drops right down to develop into a deck, primarily doubling the usable flooring area, whereas a second layer opens to develop into an awning.
Staying as true to the unique supplies as doable, Robbie has lined every of the cabins with plywood, as you’d discover on the ground of any transport container, lining the moist areas with an epoxy resin normally used to seal timber boats. ‘If it’s ok for a ship, it’ll shield the toilet’, he says.
Just a few nifty components permit these transport containers to function totally off-grid. A field that sits on the again of the containers home batteries for the photo voltaic panels, a scorching water unit, generator, gasoline bottles, and supply further storage, whereas a second roof sits above the container roof that catches water and funnels right into a water bladder.
Robbie likens the expertise of staying in these lovely, practical tiny properties to tenting with safety from the weather and all the pieces that you must be comfy. The connection to nature is unparalleled!
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