Paulino had the best idea for a house. He had a $12,000 metal building constructed as the exterior shell. Then he and a friend built a loft in the upstairs. The downstairs acted as a shop space, except, an old green Cadillac and broken down commercial ovens took up most of the interior -- but we'll ignore that. He had yet to dig a well, so the roof acted as a rain catchment system. The gutter led down to an 800-gallon tank that siphoned into another tank on the inside. On the south facing side were posts in the ground for a future two-story greenhouse for passive solar. He had yet to incorporate the second story porch in his plans. Who knows if the greenhouse will ever happen?
I've always dreamt of building a rustic, barnhouse bachelor pad and this was a great example of one.
