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The "Loft" What had started as a light-hearted discussion over dinner had quickly taken shape and turned into a plan. After seeing Eddie's house being built by hand, using local materials and the simplest of tools, plus the fact that hardly a nail had been used, we discussed the possibilities of utilising a bit of land behind the house to build another house. From memory, the land measured about 11 or 12 meters by 6 meters tapering off at the back to 5 meters. ...