Ballintomb Cottage, Dulnain Bridge
Description: Our book Shelter (300,000 copies sold) became the focal point for owner-builders (and much of the counterculture) in the ’70s. Now, in the 21st century, we are reactivating this dialog online for people interested in shelter, carpentry, gardening, and the home arts. We hope you will join this new network.
The Shelter Blog has been inactive since May, 2019. Too much to do! From this point on, Lloyd’s Blog will have the buildings, vehicles, and home-related posts such as what has previously appeared here. Go to lloydkahn.com .
…After a lot of trawling through eBay, I finally found the perfect lorry to build my house on, the beastly 1988 Bedford MJ. The build began in November 2016, and, as I was building it mainly single-handedly, I didn’t move into it until November 2017.
My house has everything you need, including a fully equipped kitchen, log burner, bathroom with shower and composting toilet, and — most importantly — space for surfboards! To maximize space, the bed is suspended from the ceiling on pulleys, raised during the day over the living room and lowers down to be slept on. It’s also fully off-grid, with solar panels and a rain water harvesting system…
Ballintomb Cottage, Dulnain Bridge