25 Reasons Why You Should Consider Earth Sheltered Living
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1. Abundant Natural Light
Your home will have more natural lighting than a conventional home. If you feel that all earth sheltered homes are dark, damp and dreary, you have a real surprise coming. Call us!
2. An Earth Sheltered Home Is Comfortable All Year Round
Cool in summer, warm in winter.
3. Energy Efficiency
Save up to 80% on heating and cooling.
4. Ecologically Sound and Aesthetically Pleasing
You’ll love your earth sheltered home for its beauty and compatibility of living with nature - not on top of it.
5. Unique and Exciting
You’ll be boasting about your new lifestyle and you will get visits from friends that you forgot you had.
6. Drastic Low Life Cycle-Cost
Less than 1/4 that of a conventional home.
7. Long Lasting
Constructed of concrete, earth sheltered homes will last well over 100 years with
8. Little or No Maintenance
This means less expense and more time for the family.
9. Use of Conventional Heating and Cooling Systems is Perfectly Practical
But you will only need a system with approximately 1/4 of the output that a conventional home requires.
10. Put Away That Dust Rag!
Less dust is able to infiltrate and settle on furniture.
11. Great For Those Who Suffer From Hay Fever
Pollen like dust is kept outside.
12. Water Lines Never Freeze
Even in mid-winter without heat.
13. Solar Heating
Because the earth remains at a constant temperature in the 50’s-60’s, your earth sheltered home can utilize passive solar, with non gadgets needed.
14. Increased Yard Space
Makes a small lot larger. More room for lawn, gardens, and family fun.
15. Superior Views
Earth sheltered homes pick the pleasant view, not the neighbor’s yard.
16. Storm Proof
An earth sheltered home keeps your family safe from hail, tornadoes, etc.
17. Termite Proof
Say goodbye to insects and extermination bills.
18. Leak Proof
With our unique concept your earth sheltered home has a written warranty against leakage.
19. Rodent Resistant
Rodents quickly give up on trying to intrude in an earth sheltered home.
20. Earthquake Resistant
An earth sheltered home is structurally superior to conventional dwellings. As the earth moves, so does the earth sheltered home. Conventional homes crumble.
21. Decay Resistant
Being constructed of reinforced concrete, there is nothing to decay.
22. Fire Resistant
Reinforced concrete with earth cover offers the best fire resistance available. No need to worry about a forest fire or a neighbor’s fire spreading.
23. Burglar Resistant
Earth sheltered homes have thrown a humdinger of a curve at our less scrupulous members of society… their fewer points of entry have crooks scratching their heads.
24. Protection From Nuclear Fallout
Earth and concrete are two of the most efficient radiation shields available to the general public.
25. Technologically Advanced Design
With our air handling system such things as sweating walls, mildew growth, and stale air are eliminated, and any traces of radon are expelled with the air changes.
source: http://www.earthshelteredtech.com/25reasons.htm
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