by Terry
If any of you have been wondering what I have been up to, you are about to find out. I have been working on a book project this past month or so. It’s a trade paperback guidebook called No Building Codes. It will help the average owner-builder find the last remaining places in the United States where there are inconsequential to no building codes.
I felt compelled to create this book because there was a major void to be filled. No matter how hard I looked online, there was no resource book of any sort available to me on the subject of where to find states with no building codes. None! I thought to myself: Looks like I got a book to write…
I am not new to writing, having written several other off-topic books, but this one had me pretty enthused about crafting it together. Easy to write? Heck no! It was a daunting task because I had to cover each and every state in the U.S. I had to gather sources together to determine which codes were current, outdated, or even if a code existed.
My writing endeavor was filled with long stretches of research and composition which at times lasted for 12+ hours straight; there were days where I didn’t hit the sack till after 7 A.M. A good night’s sleep? I wish. It was crazy being in that zone where time is of no essence.
But hey… the book is finally done and ready for publishing in trade paperback. I have a publishing date in mind and am still researching which printing method is the most economically feasible. No Building Codes is expected to retail around $29 and will eventually be available at online outlets like Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
You can get an early copy before the book hits the presses! I have converted the manuscript to ebook format (.pdf, Mac and Windows friendly) and I am offering it for purchase and download for only $19.95! If you want to make life easier for yourself and get some good insight on the different places left in the United States where you can actually build a home without worrying about a stringent building code in your path of progress, then this book is for you.
You can get more information on the book by going to the official site of the publication: No Building Codes website
Making money and affiliates: If there are site owners who wish to sell this ebook for a commission, just send me a message with the contact form on this site.
by Terry
The forum has hit the 110-member mark over the course of several months, which is significant because this shows the forum is growing in popularity and people are reading the posts within it! I encourage you to join and present yourself to the world as well as any project(s) you have in progress or in the planning stages. Meet new people from across the world who may share similar interests in shipping container/green/experimental home-building.
The benefits of joining:
- Create a profile that tells the world: who you are as an individual; your affiliations; your projects; your site and much more. It’s up to you how beefed up you want your profile to be. Add links, pics, whatever you want.
- Develop connections that could create opportunities.
- Offer services to the forum to generate connections and income.
- Get free advice from people from all over the world.
- Show off your project(s).
- Have fun chatting about cool topics like container home building and going green.
Get on board! Register, create a personal profile and post an introduction in the forum. Help me build it up. Many benefits could result. I’ll see you in there.
CLICK HERE TO JOIN FORUM
“Register” once you are there.
NOTE: Some of you may find that your auto-generated password isn’t landing inside your inbox. Please check your email service’s spam bin for the confirmation email. There are links in the confirmation email and this may trigger “spam” filters for your email service. Thanks.
by Terry
I woke up this morning to an email from an “M” stating that my site didn’t have any link or article pointing to their site. I checked out the link in the email and to my surprise, an amazing structure revealed itself in 3/10ths of a second (thanks DSL). My hazy morning eyes sprung wide. I was in awe. It’s was a rapid succession of images to cultural hotbed located Seoul, South Korea. Made from 28 shipping containers, Platoon Kunsthalle is basically a stage for something profound to occur; which could come by way of a street artist doing a live painting to a crowd sipping on Heinekens to a performance by a DJ weaving together sounds of the Temptations with T-Pain, maybe a little sprinkling of the Chemical Brothers.
The structure, or work of art depending on how you view it, can be set up anywhere, anytime as proclaimed on the site. The Deutsche-influenced fortress owes its creation to the genius of the mother ship of minds headquartered in Berlin. I encourage you to check it out and see what some vision mixed with a little entrepreneurial spirit can spawn!
Platoon Kunsthalle (opens new window)
by Terry
I think I may have found a sort of Shangri-La for those of us dreaming of doing anything we want with a piece of property–building what the heck we want without kissing the asses of the building department to push an idea through. Oh yes… This is a really good find I am going to [...]
by Terry
I want to emphasize again as I had first done in my other post about Haiti that I am saddened by the events that have befallen the people there. It’s a tragedy. I really hope things smooth out for the citizens of Haiti; with prospects of “normal” life and a discernible recovery happening in the [...]
by Terry
I wish I could take credit for being the original containerist, but there have been many before myself with the concept. Our ancestors have been using any and all materials available since the dawn of time to keep them sheltered from sun, snow, rain and cold. They lived in tree trunks, hollowed out bushes, holes [...]
by Terry
I like technology and mechanical marvels. We have come a long way since Henry Ford developed a way to mass-produce mechanical parts for automobiles, as well as the assembly of cars themselves. Humans are so innovative and come up with some amazing things. Who knows what the next hundred years will bring.
I was picturing how [...]
by Terry
Ever wake up on any random Monday from an inadequate slumber, hittin’ snooze just a tad harder than last Friday, full-bladdered, and think to yourself: Geez, this sucks!? The daily grind… The same ol’ same ol’… Asking yourself: “Is this it? Is this really what my life is about?” Not being able to distinguish January [...]
by Terry
First of all, it breaks my heart seeing these poor people on television. It’s hard to watch… surreal in a sense. Sadly, its real and not just some bad nightmare we wake from. Haiti is a stone’s throw from Florida and if anyone wants a taste of reality, hop on a flight and you are [...]
by Terry
When you have a site that is focused on a certain theme, you eventually attract like-minded people. One fine day, I got a “hey” from a lovely person named Jen patting me on the back for my website, along with a link to a website she operated with a cool dude named Trevor. I kindly [...]
by Terry
There is nothing more fascinating to a containerist than a currently-being-built container home! Who out there is constructing a container home? I am talking right now… this minute… a site with a container on it, being built.
We all want to know what it’s like and how you feel about it. Please reply to this post [...]
If any of you have been wondering what I have been up to, you are about to find out. I have been working on a book project this past month or so. It’s a trade paperback guidebook called No Building Codes. It will help the average owner-builder find the last remaining places in the United States where there are inconsequential to no building codes.
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