Tell me about your favorite oddball Central Ohio Home

Not trashed so much as simply made of trash.  Today’s New York Times has an article about a Texas  man who builds homes from discarded materials…the ultimate green home. Better yet, he sells them to low income housing recipients at reasonable prices. This got me thinking about unusual homes in and around Columbus. Off the top of my head, aside from our stock of Lustron homes, I can’t really think of anything too out of the ordinary. Can You?

Send me your thoughts (the ongoing project at Indianola and Kelso maybe?) and they’ll appear in an upcoming post, pictures are even better.

From today’s New York Times….

“In 1997 Mr. Phillips mortgaged his house to start his construction company, Phoenix Commotion. “Look at kids playing with blocks,” he said. “I think it’s in everyone’s DNA to want to be a builder.” Moreover, he said, he was disturbed by the irony of landfills choked with building materials and yet a lack of affordable housing…..…..(more)”