Li and Michelle Tane spent seven years living off-grid in their “happy place” – the Canterbury high country of New Zealand. First they lived in a tent, then in a mud hut, and then two timber huts. Now, with two daughters, Thea and Juniper, they are finally building a house on their land. They are living temporarily in a house they own an hour’s drive away, where Li’s work is.
This project is being featured on Grand Designs NZ, which claims the word ‘grand’ has nothing to do with money or the size of the house; it has everything to do with imagination.
They’re building a rammed-earth house, with additional timber they have milled over the past few years. The two-bedroom house will be just over 100m² (1077sf), so not large. Michelle says they just want to live “simply”, in tune with nature. They would like to get it built in a year – for $300,000 to…
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