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The Benefits of a Yurt
When Mark was planning his move across Canada, the portability of his future home was one of the main considerations. “I decided on the yurt because of its ease and quickness of erecting,” he says. Once he transported his compact yurt across the country, it only took him approximately 3 weeks of working by himself to prep the site, put up the thirty-foot yurt, and completely finish the interior, including interior hot water.
Yurts are also an extremely inexpensive housing option. Mark spent $7,500 CAD ($5,650 USD) on the yurt itself, and a total of $18,000 CAD ($13,500 USD) including transportation, the extra lumber to reinforce the roof and finish the interior, and other materials to transform the yurt into a livable structure.
For people looking for a way to autonomously build their own home without having to deal with building codes that can sometimes constrain sustainable and alternative housing strategies, yurts will oftentimes not require any sort of building permit. If you decide to build a yurt on a permanent platform, that foundation might require a permit, though the yurt itself can be self-built. This makes the yurt a great alternative for people with extra space in their backyard who are looking to add an inexpensive extra room that could potentially be rented out. Currently, there are hundreds of yurts available for rent on Airbnb.
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