Comments for Building a Cob House for $7000 at http://www.iowasource.com , comment 1 to 13 out of 13 comments http://www.iowasource.com Tue, 21 May 2013 23:01:23 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.iowasource.com/home_garden/2008_11_cob.html#comment-1841 I have been thumbing through several books on how to build a cob. Your home is great! I think you show with having to resurface one side of the outside due to moisture damage, is the need to create a really good overhang at the roof line and maybe limit the cob to a single story. I'm glad i found your site, otherwise I may have been tempted to use the light weight stucco, in my research stucco is not recommended for the cob, just a really nice overhang. Nonetheless, NICE JOB! Can't wait to start mine. - Delbe Sun, 05 May 2013 01:33:47 +0100 http://www.iowasource.com/home_garden/2008_11_cob.html#comment-1749 It's really great to see someone building cob houses that are a bit less hobbit styled and a little more conventional. Cob houses in the south of England don't look entirely different from other houses. Great job! - Jeffrey! Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:51:18 +0100 http://www.iowasource.com/home_garden/2008_11_cob.html#comment-1394 How fascinating this couple are building their dream house with that small amount of money. - camera auctions Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:06:18 +0100 http://www.iowasource.com/home_garden/2008_11_cob.html#comment-1086 I love alternative homes. So went to Cob Cottage Company after an invitation from them to come up for the open house in 2010. Went to Cob Cottage Company and was shocked at how awful Ianto Evans treats people. In my opinion, learn from anyone but Cob Cottage Company. http://www.lazaruswolf.com/cobcottagecult.html - Lazarus Wolf Sun, 06 Mar 2011 22:58:54 +0100 http://www.iowasource.com/home_garden/2008_11_cob.html#comment-957 Ahhhh such bliss. Glad to see that people are building cob homes in Fairfield. :) My dream home. Also great to see that it's Linda that wrote this charming article. Thanks for taking the time to share this story Linda. :) It brings joy to my heart. - Therese Sun, 05 Dec 2010 21:28:45 +0100 http://www.iowasource.com/home_garden/2008_11_cob.html#comment-950 Cute but $7,000.!!!! Really. Sheezzzz... I'd think you could do at least 800 sq.ft. for that much money. - E.M.S. Mon, 29 Nov 2010 22:06:55 +0100 http://www.iowasource.com/home_garden/2008_11_cob.html#comment-671 @ Uncle B (2008 comment) The post Republican/Democratic Depression sees a 100% increase in militarized police forces, cash is illegal and Monsanto owns all the seed. Longer prison terms for bartering tax dodgers, no work for those that want it. The 5% of Americans who can afford 9.00 a gallon gas will only pay the rest illegal field wages for the services they need and those of us who have to work will cut each others' throat to get. When food became to expensive for the poor because of ethanol production the inner-city blight moved out into the sub-burbs and on with their 9mm's and AK's. Meanwhile the SWAT teams go from house to house enforcing the Executive Orders signed into law by Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton while America committed adultery, watched porn or rolled another doobi. - thom Wed, 12 May 2010 14:55:31 +0100 http://www.iowasource.com/home_garden/2008_11_cob.html#comment-228 Building a house like this has been a dream of mine for the last 5 years. I am constantly looking for new websites to learn more about it, which is how I came across this one. My goal is to live totally off-grid, and be self-reliant here in Iowa. It warms my heart to know that someone has built a cob house successfully in Iowa. It gives me hope that one day, some time in the future I may be able to as well. - Candace Thu, 28 May 2009 17:17:38 +0100 http://www.iowasource.com/home_garden/2008_11_cob.html#comment-226 Great blog post! I love learning about this online as gardening/landscaping are not only hobbies of mine but I actually do a little bit of work like that during the summer months as a second job. I appreciate your content in your blog and wish that you would keep up the good work :) - john Sun, 24 May 2009 19:35:17 +0100 http://www.iowasource.com/home_garden/2008_11_cob.html#comment-207 It´s been my dream since I first saw the picture of a cob house...I just want to have a house made of cob as well...Yours is really charming! Thanks for sharing with us all such a lovely view!!! - Paulo Sérgio Rolim de Paula Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:03:09 +0100 http://www.iowasource.com/home_garden/2008_11_cob.html#comment-195 This is my wife and I someday.I took the complete cob 08 workshop at The Cob Cottage Company. We live in Portland, OR for now. We hope to find land to build on in the outskirts if not close into the city. My wife is a Nurse at the V.A. Hospital so unless we find another city with a good sized V.A. to move near we have to stay within 1 hour of the city. A land trust agreement with a wealthy person with to much land and not enough people to help, is what we are looking for. I can see an older couple with between 10 and 20 acres to land trust out about 2 acres. It's all about community! Cob Man - Jeremie Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:12:44 +0100 http://www.iowasource.com/home_garden/2008_11_cob.html#comment-191 You can find other self built natural homes like this one, including other cob homes, on the naturalhomes.org map. Enjoy. - Oliver Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:38:45 +0100 http://www.iowasource.com/home_garden/2008_11_cob.html#comment-184 This warms the cockles of my heart! Wish I had some help to build a house like this! - Liza Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:10:34 +0100