I would like one of these: http://www.monolithic.com/
A tornado vacuummed my neighbor’s roof off, and I live in hurricane country, too. I’m telling you, people don’t have the correct appreciation for a house built to be storm-resistant as it stands until they spend a fun afternoon screwing plywood over their windows.
But chances are, it’s going to be a one-story, cinderblock shell walls with bottle-dirt inside for insulation. Rebar reinforced poured concrete in the holes of the cinderblock for idiot-proof sturdiness. I want walls with some serious thermal mass. Four feet. To heck with the dumb stuff.
Wiring conduit run on the outside of the walls, because I prefer ease of access over looks, and fire safety overall.
One-story, so it will be easier to construct, and because I plan on getting old there. I don’t want to have to go to a nursing home because of stairs. Handicapped bathroom, even though I don’t need one. A hot tub would be nice, but is negotiable-hot tub and shower would be highly likely, with no bathtub.
Now, I’d like a poured-concrete roof, ideally thick enough to have at least a large container garden on, with a slight slope to allow for rain drainage into a cistern. I’d also like the earth insulation to the north of the house…with a ramp built up it to the roof…and a fallout/disaster shelter underneath, complete with a stockpile of antibiotics and medicine.
Oh, an onsite greenhouse, full collection of edible and medicinal plants en suite.
And around the whole thing? a nice hedgerow of whatever will grow- English Hawthorne if further north, Osage Orange if further south. Both will make animal, people, vehicle, and probably tank-proof barriers given time and correct pruning.
