Version 3

Blackwood3-upper

Look, walls have thickness! And we finally realized that building round walls is much trickier than building in straight lines, so the towers are now octagonal. What else?… This version offers a basement level in addition to the ground floor and lower level.

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A Call to Comrades

The basic shape of the Blackwood table: a ring or hollow circle

The letter that officially presented our floor plans and self-build concept to prospective housemates. (Although Jacob and I were calling the house “Blackwood”, we wanted the final choice of name to be a consensus decision, hence the request for suggestions here.) Welcome to… …well, let’s just start by saying this place needs a name. Put…

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Version 4: The Grand Reveal

Blackwood4-ground

Ah, Version 4… Not significantly different from Version 3, perhaps, but a major milestone. I think we decided that instead of a lower level and a basement below that, it was more efficient and cost-effective to build UP. So we split the previous “lower level” in two, putting half of its rooms in an expanded…

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