What Should I Look for when Testing and Considering Yurt Life
I have always had a fascination with Yurts, it seems like it’d be something I could really enjoy living in. I wouldn’t be disassembling mine, and would want some comforts in my day to day yurt, and want to know what the highs and lows will be. I have seen them online with finished bathrooms and bedrooms and lofts. I not only have to convince myself but my family, as well, to give this a try. My goal was to put one on land and build from there as my family grew and we needed more space and privacy and as I paid stuff off. It might not always be a year-round home but it might be for a while. I live in Southeast USA, so I won’t be getting more than three inches of snow, but it does get hot and humid. I don’t want to sleep sweaty every night, but I do want a neat round tent house that sounds cool in the rain and has a fireplace in the middle and lets the cicadas song in. What should I be really looking into and considering.
I am looking for, and think I found, AirBnB style weekend rental cloth sided yurts in the south where I could go spend a few days in the summer and in the winter with my wife to make sure we are being realistic. What are some things yall would suggest we could do to really test out the experience and make sure we’re not just in love with the romance of it all?
I am sure it would have some inconveniences to work around, but I think it could be a cool way to live, and a nice way to make home feel like a more natural reprieve.
Also, does anyone insure these things, we do get tornadoes. My dream home plans included a storm shelter along with the yurts, but they might just not be practical in the south.