Has anyone here ever lived in an A-Frame house?.... ive always been fascinated by the shape and inside space, thought id ask here and perhaps get some pros and cons of the architeture...
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Sat, December 22, 2007 - 6:01 PMIt can be very difficult to sell one.
Can't get comps for it. -
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Sat, December 22, 2007 - 6:06 PMThis ive heard, and also can be difficult to get financing... -
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Sat, December 22, 2007 - 6:18 PMBecause you can't get comps. Which is preciesly what will make it hard to sell....
If you cannot get a lender willing to cut paper on it becasuse you can't find comps, then you can only sell to someone coming in with all cash.... That really narrows down your already slim market of prospective buyers. -
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Sun, December 23, 2007 - 10:22 AMAny ideas why that would be? They seem sturdy and a natural for making lofts, I digg the few i've stayed in. The steep pitch makes them great for high snow loads. -
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Mon, December 24, 2007 - 1:36 AMI lived in a 100yr old A frame in Nakusp BC. It was great, it had the fabric covered frame thingy that we would lift up(to let the hot air from the wood stove flow upstairs) at night.
I loved that place.
I lived in the attic for a bit but it was friggin cold. Met some good people had great times... -
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Mon, December 24, 2007 - 5:25 AMIm thinking a smaller one would be quite cozy and comfortable, and relativly inexpensive to build.. .im goingot have to look into the construction end of them. a 100 year old one...Wow. thats real cool,, to bad you dont have photos of it... -
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Mon, December 24, 2007 - 3:21 PMI might have a few photos somewhere in my "mountain-O-photos" but I'm not sure.I think we took some the day we slaughtered the chickens(blood all over the snow,me dressed head to toe in yellow rain gear...it was a horror show). The place wasn't all that big.The guy who built it leveled a bit of land on the dark side of a mountain(on Brouse loop...if anyone knows Nakusp) & used the trees he cut to build the house. -
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Mon, December 24, 2007 - 3:27 PMsounds like a cute A frame cabin..we can over look the chickens.... lol -
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Mon, December 24, 2007 - 3:40 PMI found it on Google earth(image in gallery) That brown thing is the A frame, the square behind it is the shed & behind that is the chicken coup.
To the right is the neighbors house. -
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Mon, December 24, 2007 - 3:43 PMOh wait...the long thing behind the shed might be the skateboard ramp I built(just before it snowed) but I doubt that's still there.
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Wed, December 26, 2007 - 5:47 PMI'm not sure what you're asking... Are you asking why you can't get comps for it?
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Sat, December 22, 2007 - 7:37 PMI've spent some time in a small one--it seemed a bit claustrophobic to me. The roof was very steeply sloped...I didn't enjoy the energy of it, though it was a good size for living in, a loft, etc.
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Sat, December 22, 2007 - 8:58 PMWhen I was a kid my dad had an A Frame house. I liked it a lot. But I do remember hitting my head by accident fairly often. And he did have a harder time selling it than other houses he had before and after the A Frame.
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Tue, December 25, 2007 - 8:50 PMMy chickens live in an A-frame chicken tractor, does that count?
They love it - but haven't yet figured out how to get up into the loft (where their perch and nesting boxes are.)
Chickens are not known for their intellectual acumen. -
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Tue, December 25, 2007 - 8:52 PMheh they sound spoiled, one day they will surprize you and they will all fight who gets the loft....lol
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