While we're waiting for news on the Selling Houses front, Karl thought it would be a good idea to check out affordable building methods, and alternatives.
He's been looking at fitting out steel sheds as homes for a few weeks now, and this seems to be heading in the right direction with Blue Mountains City Council, but one of our biggest concerns, with our tiny budget, is how we're going to build cheaply, and not just quickly. The less time we have to spend renting in between properties (preferably none at all...) the better. How to get that past Council?
It's always been a bit of a dream to have a reclaimed train carriage as either guest quarters, or as workshop space. Having spoken to a few friends about AirBNB, that's looking like an enticing source of income, as well. So he went looking...
And he found a place in Londonderry that reclaims railway carriages, sometimes restoring them, for people to buy and use for just these purposes.
What a fun afternoon! We took Cara with us, and spent a happy few hours clambering over carriages ranging in age from around 114 years, to the late 1960s and early 1970s.
The 1928-built, restored Sydney "Red Rattler", from the club of the same name, is the one that caught our eye. With it's steel sides, it should pass fire regs in the Blue Mountains. That's a must. I'm personally not sure about the amount of space, or the price... but I'm definitely liking the overall idea of using something like it as a starting point.
Alternatives include a very Art Deco-looking 1940s rail motor, in blue livery, with handy luggage racks on the walls. If we could have had the gutted 1913 carriage, I'd have been in 7th heaven. But, sadly, too flammable...
But food for thought!
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