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Gravel had asked me to update this thread with what I would change after 6 years, been thinking about it and there are really only four things I would change for sure.

One is still the roof line, I really don't like it, even more so after 6 years. We have had a few issues with leaks where the caulking around the windows have failed and during a heavy rainstorm water pours out of our ceiling fans. This is going to be addressed this spring.

Second would be carpeting instead of cement floors, dust and pet hair is a huge issue with cement floors.

Third would be better planning of the layout of the lot overall. The house was the main focus and everything else has been an afterthought. The lot could have been utilized much better. I don't know if I would have even put the pond in, I know for sure it would have been smaller and sit where the barn is and the barn would be where the pond is.

Fourth, I would not have bermed the whole thing, I would have left the one end un-bermed for future expansion possibilities and would have put the doorway on that end like the guys over at natural homes did.

https://www.thenaturalhome.com/passivesolar.html

Those are the main things I can think of, will update if anything else rolls around my brain.

We could, would have to do a lot of cleanup along the base of the walls with a cold chisel where the surface bonding cement meets the floor