And they have a Dale Earnhardt Drive! Why haven’t we all already moved there?
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/4316-Dale-Ernheart-Dr-Terlingua-TX-79852/2061606310_zpid/
I don’t care for the the surrounding, but that house looks pretty cool!
I love the random shit embedded in the wall
I looked into building an earthship in my area and was shot down pretty fast. But also, I wonder if Terlingua and other places in the US don’t have codes for the same reason some countries don’t have them- corruption. The recent disaster along the border of Turkey & Syria is the dark side of no building standards.
The Redfin listing has a couple photos that aren’t on the Zillow one.
$180,00 to live like an 1800s settler, on the surface of the sun. Not a bad deal.
Terlingua has some gnarly buildings and it’s an awesome place to visit due to the national park and state ranch, but living there would be tough. Water is a constant challenge, rattlesnakes are ubiquitous, groceries are so expensive at Cottonwood (the little grocery store), and I bet most people go to Alpine (about an hour away) for a decent supermarket, laundromat, and a little variety in food.
Though I will say, when I visited this year I saw big changes as compared to the last time I visited right before pandemic. For starters, the cell tower infrastructure is way better - I had no problem with cell signal this time while in Terlingua and Study Butte proper. There’s also a lot more new construction (probably mostly to support tourism), which could be good or bad. The Starlight Theater is one of the main restaurants in town, but sadly they’ve really curtailed the amount of time you can sit and enjoy because of the influx of tourists. Back before pandemic, you could take your time and enjoy the live entertainment. Now it feels very much like they’re rushing you out to seat the next patrons, which I understand but it does suck. The Porch continues to be awesome, though, with plenty of live music if you’re inclined to hang out.
Sorry this turned into a bit of a ramble.
It’s not at all to my taste, but that house is probably sturdier and more fire resistant than 99% of the modern “lightweight construction” houses built in the last 30 years.
