Nontraditional housing wasn’t necessarily something I was interested in when my husband and I were working on plans for building our new home. However, between our circumstances, our budget, and being open to something different, we ended up with a home that definitely fits in the nontraditional category.
While we were researching our options, a few factors dictated our final decision. For one, we wanted to do a lot of the building ourselves. We knew we’d save money with sweat equity, but we had limited building experience, so whatever we chose had to be something we could either learn or figure out. Second, we didn’t want a basement, as we had endured all kinds of basement issues in the past with
