ON THE VINE
SUSTAINABLE HOUSE COSTS LESS THAN $1,000
If Rob’s not tinkering with his house, he’s looking for “beautiful stuff to build with”. Old packing crates, pallets, rocks, recycled windows — anything goes. It’s taken the Tasmanian more than a decade to gather the materials from the tip shops, construction and demolition sites and friends’ places — but he’s not precious about time because it’s all come at an incredibly low cost.
“The whole house has cost less than a $1,000 to build,” says Rob, who wants to go by a pseudonym to protect his privacy and avoid council scrutiny. The place is a hodgepodge of styles, from modern tiles to Middle Eastern carpets, but Rob describes it simply — “nice”.
“It’s very beautiful
