Watch: This Farmer Built A Cob House By Hand For $250.

A British farmer by the name of Michael Buck decided that he was done paying for expensive mortgages and living the rat-race life. The retired school teacher decided to build himself a cob house on land that was already available to him for $250. Buck drew out the design on the back of an envelope and got to work.

The floor boards are made from salvaged boat materials.

The hatch roof was made from straw that he gathered and hauled from adjacent fields…