After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 64

Chapter 64: Custom Residence (Part 2)
After settling the resources, the group soon gathered around to see the draft of the house to study it.

The maximum built area allowed by the system for a level 1 Custom building was 300 square meters. It had no other limitations on the floor area.

She and Eugene had initially considered doing 3 floors with 100 sqm each floor, but later decided against it when they found their systems—and the available materials—could only fight so much gravity.

They had to recalculate a lot of things because they found out the gravity was nearly twice that of Terran!

Their bodies were just strengthened, combined with the stressful situation from the get-go, that they didn’t feel the difference!

In the end, they opted for a house module of 2-storeys, with each floor about 120 sqm in size.

It had two bedrooms per floor, a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom.

For single detached houses, each house had its own septic tank that processed the waste to fertilize the front and backyards by the newly studied waste stabilization techniques from Terran.

The sitting toilet was made of carved stone, which was a bit uncomfortable for those who grew up with porcelain toilets, but it was enough for now.

They didn’t even have the most basic ceramics, how could they have porcelain?

The pipes were fine because they could choose system materials—which wasn’t a huge collection—and they could find a decent waterproof stone alternative.

Speaking of, the pipes were all internal within the property. For now, people would still have to get their water from the river or the spring. She simply didn’t have the capability to create the utility infrastructure as of yet.

Each floor would also have its own water tanks, with pipes to the kitchen and bathroom. The waste water from the sink will also be maximized.

After combing through her notes, she had found a plant with similar properties to corn cob, which can be used to purify gray water.

In this way, no water would be wasted at all. Very sustainable. And she was quite proud of that.

They also made the early low-tech versions of a biogas digester for gas. The cooking gas it could produce was limited, but it would be enough for a small team to use every day.

Further, the stones they found were less porous and could be used in this relatively simple construction.

They didn’t want that thing to smell after all.

There were also double walls, high ceilings, and other techniques like provisions for heated floorings and good ventilation.

This was in case of extreme weather changes, whichever direction it was. They added insulation sheets under the roofs, made from local materials, of course.

During the half day drawing of the blueprint, Althea also tested a lot of the plants she hoarded on the way.

One of which was hemp and other plants they could obtain straw from. There were also metamorphic rocks they found that would be a good fire retardant, so they didn’t have to worry about the insulating materials catching fire.

It was similar to asbestos, except the carcinogens were non-existent.

Even if there were carcinogens, she doubted it would cause damage due to their improved physiques.

The final floor to use the remaining 60 square meters was the basement or cellar, about 2 meters in depth. As for how the residents sharing the house would divide its use, it would be up to them.

Sadly they couldn’t give electricity for now, mostly because of the unavailability of the raw materials. However, electricity was something she added among the top of her must-figure out list.

For now, they used a lamp made of alternative materials to contain a torch or a lamp lights.

But the most attractive feature of custom buildings was that, after finalization of the main structure and functions, the shell itself was highly changeable on a per-building basis (for a cost, of course).

For instance, if they decided to build duplex houses, they could. If they wanted to combine two units seamlessly into one, they also could. If they wanted to combine two rooms, they could. And so on.

Basically, as long as the main structures were untouched, one could pretty much customize. Or course, for a few silvers.

She planned on eventually making themed communities to add color to her territory.

They took another look at their creation in admiration.

It was so good. Considering the resources that they had, anyway.

Unfortunately, its cost was insane, and a part of her wondered if it was worth it.

Most people probably wouldn’t choose to activate the Custom Building option because the one-time cost of a blueprint implementation alone was a whooping 500 gold coin, at the minimum.

In her case, she checked, and the cost was over 1000 gold coins…

However, the cost per building should still be fair. Generally, the residential buildings (except for luxury houses like the Lord’s castle) were much more affordable than other functional buildings.

A small standard bungalow house in the market was about 150 silver, the two storey houses were about 300 silver or so.

She didn’t know yet the final cost of her custom house as she hadn’t confirmed the production yet, and she was a little worried.

She looked at the fascinated people beside her, looking at the design, probably wondering what it was like to use it. “What about you guys? If you were to design your home, what would you change?”

They were surprisingly vocal about this. “A bigger kitchen with an island counter would be good.”

“I would have a big anteroom. The living room is a bit private for me…” Sheila said.

“A slide, a slide!” Maya helpfully added. Theodore also nodded in agreement.

The suggestions lasted for several minutes afterwards.

This got Althea thinking, what if she provided a custom design service?

There would be an exclusive community for these people, and she could reap even more profit!

Of course, the first step was to actually get people to the territory.

After all… She really placed her territory in the middle of nowhere.

And she was very far from where majority of the population landed.