Amazing Kit-Built Round Cabin on His Own Land

on December 26, 2023

Eric, an engineer with a love for mountain sports, wanted to get out of the city and closer to the action — so he built himself a 500-square-foot wooden yurt from a kit! He bought the land, routed electric and plumbing, poured a concrete slab with radiant floor heating, and erected the 25-foot-diameter structure right in the middle of a small mountain town in Washington.

The house has incredible vaulted ceilings, which makes it feel so much larger than it is. A bank of windows in the kitchen looks out at the mountains, and stairs lead up to the loft bedroom. He has a funky-shaped bathroom on the first floor, and a little nook for his office where he works from home. What do you think about this cute space?

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500 Sq. Ft. Wooden Yurt: DIY Build w/ Radiant Floor Heat

Amazing Kit-Built Round Home on His Own Land

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He paid $30K for his lot of land in 2017. Now that lot is worth $120k!

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You walk into the grand living room and kitchen space.

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The stairs lead up to the loft bedroom.

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VIDEO: Round House Magic in the Mountains! He built a Wooden Yurt from a Kit

Highlights:

Eric loves mountain sports, and wanted to live closer to his destination, so he decided to move out of the city.
Originally, he looked at tiny homes on wheels, but after crunching numbers, he figured he could spend a bit more and get a small home on a foundation.
He purchased his 1/4 acre lot in a small town back in 2017, when it was only $30K. Now that lot is worth around $120K. The kit cost $30,000 for the shell, and once he routed water and electric and finished the interior, the total cost for the build came around $150K. That’s easily the price of a higher end THOW these days!
The first thing he built on the property was a large shed where he could store his tools and all his sporting gear.
The house includes a loft bedroom, but he has plans to add on a bedroom at ground level in the future.