Ode did I hear that you built your own house? Are you in the US?
 
My husband and I are thinking of moving at the first of the year and rather  
than buying an existing house we are throwing around  the idea of building  
one out of used/retired Chinese shipping crates. 
 
We need a pool because of his paralysis and I want to use ozone water  rather 
than chlorine.
 
The people on this list are Oh! so wise! any ideas and words of wisdom for  
solar panels vs.  wind generators, water purifiers, well water and cisterns  
etc?
 
We also toyed with the idea of  buying a retired ATT underground  facility or 
NIKE site  but they are hard to find and are often prone to  flooding and 
government use restrictions. We may end up inheriting one. In this  case we 
will 
build a shipping crate house on top. Any input  on house  buildin is 
appreciated.
 
Harper