Centerville home underground for 40 years

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But the home is 90% earth sheltered, with several feet of sod on top and the “back yard” also being the roof of his house. The home is energy efficient and he said he heats the house in the wintertime with one cord of wood. As the U.S. Department of Energy notes on its guide to earth sheltered homes, these types of houses come with advantages and disadvantages. On the other hand, they can be more expensive to build and there could be hurdles to clearing a mortgage application process. The house was built in 1979 mostly by Scherbauer himself, with the help of local high school students, which he said kept the cost of construction down.

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