Cottage House Plan

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Special Cottage House Plan for Contemporary Living The general response in America to the present economic disaster has been to try to get back to business as usual ASAP. Folks do not appear to be learning anything from this crisis - specifically it had been greed that got the country and world into this mess. The government's response up to currently has been to reward the greediest. But, maybe the lesson we should always be trying learn now is how to be less greedy. This can be what cottage living is all about.

When you think about country style house plan the vision conjured up is of a small cottage with a white picket fence enclosed by climbing ivy and roses. Usually, by the term "cottage" is supposed a lodging characterized by a rectangular shape between 700 and 900 feet sq., simple yet engaging style, simple roof line, and set in a very small parcel of land. Among the various advantages of cottage living are low cost of construction and maintenance and the low property taxes. Also, cottages are low cost and easy to heat, and lend themselves to sustainable solutions that decrease utility bills. Cottages are easy to clean that cuts down on house work and provides significant leisure. Cottages are cozy everything is correct at hand and all in all, cottage living encourages a life-style of simplicity, freedom from accumulated possessions, and significant interactions between the inhabitants. The main disadvantages of cottage living are that spaces are smaller than in a


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