A selection of the most unusual houses of ordinary owners (7 photos)

Sometimes unusual houses or buildings made from non-standard materials turn out to be stronger and more comfortable than their classic brick or wooden counterparts.

House-Titanic





A resident of Darjeeling (India), Mintu Roy, planned to build a Titanic house as a child. The dream was not forgotten over the years, and, having matured, the man decided to make his plan come true. There was no money to pay architects and engineers, and then Mintu decided to build an unusual house on his own. It took almost 13 years to create the stone ship. Construction began in 2010, but then the work stalled due to the difficult financial situation - there was nothing to pay the masons. Then Roy went to Nepal, where he learned to work with stone and concrete, and then returned home and continued to build a house with his own hands.

Now the owner of the house is 52 years old, and he is finally close to his goal. The stone Titanic turned out to be huge: 12 meters long, 4 meters wide and almost 9 meters high. Even in its unfinished state, it is the area's main tourist attraction. Soon, Roy plans to build a grand staircase, like on the ship itself, perform complex wood trim and build a control room.

In the future, the Mintu family plans not only to live in this house, but also hopes to make money from it by opening a restaurant or teahouse on the top floor.

House made from children's construction kit



This house is a vivid example of the fact that not only children love to play with Lego. British TV presenter James May, together with his family and a team of volunteers, built a two-story house from a children's construction set. The house is supported by a wooden frame, and approximately 816 million parts were used to construct the floor, walls, roof and furniture. To facilitate work and strengthen the structure, the parts were assembled into small bricks. Plumbing fixtures, flowerpots on the windows, dishes and even a cat - everything was from Lego.

Unfortunately, the house's fate was quick and not particularly impressive. After construction was completed, the TV presenter spent the whole day in the house filming his program. Then they wanted to transport the home to the theme park, but transportation was beyond the organizers’ means. After that, the house was put up for sale for $50,000, but no one bought it. In the end, it was simply demolished.

House made of wine corks





This original house stands in South Moravia (Czech Republic) and was built by local resident Miroslav Svoboda. The façade of the building is completely covered with wine corks. The owner himself, a resident of the Czech city of Mutenica, collected them for many years, but during construction he realized that there was still not enough material. Then the local winemaker gave the man the missing part of the corks. As a result, about 180 thousand “bricks” from cork tree bark were spent on construction.

and due to the properties of wood, which retains heat, Miroslav Svoboda not only lives in the house all year round, but also gladly receives tourists.

Flintstones house



Externally, the house looks like a natural rock in which a dwelling has been carved, but in fact everything was created by the hands of the builders. Dick Clark, the owner of the unusual house, conceived the construction when he was inspired by the characters of the popular animated series “The Flintstones”, who lived in a cave at the dawn of mankind.

The interiors accurately reproduce the decor of the house from the cartoon. All the furniture is made to special order, there is even a vacuum cleaner in the shape of a baby mammoth, a gramophone bird, and palm trees and the ocean are visible through the huge oval windows.

House-stone



In Portugal there is an unusual house built between two huge stones that serve as walls. It is also a symbol of unity with nature. The building looks quite primitive: two floors with a tiled roof, an outdoor pool in the courtyard, and a barn.

Gray boulders covered with moss, narrow asymmetrical windows, and an absurdly protruding pipe give the impression of prehistoric housing.

House made of champagne bottles



A resident of Zaporozhye, Vladimir Sys, built a several-story dacha out of champagne bottles together with his son. In order to assemble the “bricks” for the future home, Vladimir’s entire relatives spent 20 years. Preference was given to Soviet champagne: the neck in such bottles is wider and the glass is thicker. In total, about six thousand bottles were spent on construction.

For structural strength, the bottles were held together with semi-dry cement mortar. The owner of the glass mansion proudly states that the house turned out to be very cozy and comfortable to live in. The walls turned out to be thick, the air inside the bottles creates the desired effect of thermal conductivity, which is why the house is warm in winter and cool in summer.

House made of firewood and old windows



A special feature of the one-story house of Americans Nick Olson and Lila Horwitz was the use of waste boards and firewood and recycled windows in frames. It is these double windows that create an amazing stained glass window, and do a good job of sound and thermal insulation.

Despite the first impression, the house turned out to be practical and cheap: the couple spent only $500 on materials.