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Old 01-18-2011, 03:25 PM   #1 (permalink)
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New trend in efficient housing?

Listed: MSN Real Estate's daily blog - MSN Real Estate

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Massive Missouri estate going against small-home trend

The gigantic home under construction is shrouded in secrecy, but zoning regulations require that only one family will live there.

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The home under construction between Ozark and Branson, just off U.S. 65, will be one of the biggest homes in the country, at 72,000 square feet.



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Old 01-18-2011, 03:55 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Sorry for OT but Blimey, I didn't know MSN was still going.
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Old 01-18-2011, 05:26 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Maybe it's for the Duggars. They're obviously trying to birth their own city.
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Old 01-18-2011, 08:08 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Yeah, when their spawn start kicking their own spawning into high gear, look out! That inconvenient exponential thing happens.
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At first I thought (from the title alone) this thread should be in the "Saving @ home" subforum. Guess not.
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Construction looks more like the Pentagon with steel girders and concrete .
The steel reinforcements appear to be well beyond what a normal civil construction would require.
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Old 01-28-2011, 10:41 PM   #7 (permalink)
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72,000 ft sq?! Sounds like someone needs a brain transplant.

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