Originally posted by Tamara
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I'm living in Texas. I have to worry about flash floods, tornados and depending on which area of Texas an occasional hurricane an/or blizzard.
The individual rooms are owners choice, I doubt you would want a room to build ship models, but I do. You seem to need a large pantry. Not so much for my family. I would bet there isn't 10 cans of food in my house. We use fresh veggies always. You will have a big pantry, I will have a large garden and greenhouse.
Since the area is prone to flash floods, I build my house on pylons at least 3 ft above record flood height.
Because if the high winds, possible hurricanes I build to Florida Coastal Building code standard.
Seamless metal roof, not shingles. Its no maintenance.
If you live in the part of Texas with drywood termites, I would consider building block or other concrete exteriors.
Outside, very near my house I have a 10X10 Tornado shelter/safe room. It cannot go in the house because the house is elevated. And a safe room, by design, is not tied to the structure of the building.
One of the luxuries that I have is a whole home generator(Natural Gas),with a transfer switch so that I don't electrocute emergency workers due to back feed. That's a personal preference. As I mentioned, I am on one of the local recovery teams/SAR. And at the end of the day I want to have a hot shower and air conditioning.
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