American couple bulit stunning treehouse in Costa Rica

• NeverSayGoodBye

  6 Aug 12, 22:40

  An American couple visited Costa Rica hoping to find a surf shack in need of loving owners and instead have become the creators of a treehouse village sitting on 600 acres of rainforest.

  Mateo Hogan first fell in love with the country during a surfing trip and urged his wife Erica to come with him on their next holiday to the country.

  'Both wanted to explore the option of finding a little getaway in the tropics to escape the doldrums of the Colorado ‘mud seasons’… maybe a fixer-upper surf shack or a bungalow in the rainforest,' they explain

  

  

  

  

  Reports that the couple went a very different direction from their minimalistic instincts when they found a plot of land that was for sale.

  Along with the beauty of the stunning rainforest property, the couple was compelled by their environmental heartstrings, as the land was being touted as a potential harvesting spot which means that a more cynical buyer could effectively chop the trees down leading to deforestation.
  

   

  '(The land) felt really sacred from the get-go and we felt like this would be a travesty to let this be deforested,' Mrs Hogan told the site.

  'It was bigger than what we were intending to purchase initially. And one night I just thought, well there are some really cool trees on that property. What if we built treehouses?'

  

  

  The couple figured that they could afford the 62-acre property if they convinced friends, relatives, and fellow adventurers to invest as well and build their own treehouses.
  

  Said huts are a far cry from those built by children in their backyards: many are multi-room homes that were crafted high up in the trees and others are suspended on tall stilts that help to get their homes off the ground

  Adding to the other-worldy nature of the site, all of the treehouses are connected by ziplines.

  Gravity-fed water systems and purposefully collected spring water helps allow plumbing to be within reach of all residents.

  

  

  And, at the urging of investors, each of the treehouses is available for rent.

  'It certainly takes a certain type of person to be open to (treehouse life), but we found most people that want to build a treehouse in the rainforest are pretty laid back,' Mrs Hogan told Business Insider

  
  
  
• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  7 Aug 12, 08:59

  This is like a childhood dream come true eh...??

• NeverSayGoodBye

  7 Aug 12, 23:28

  Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:

  This is like a childhood dream come true eh...??

  
  .....your childhood dream too?

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  8 Aug 12, 09:22

  Originally posted by NeverSayGoodBye:

  
  .....your childhood dream too?

  
  Depending on which era u grew up in...

   

  No idea if you know of the place "Never Land"? Where Peter Pan and the others could fly around etc etc...

   

  Not associated with the NeverLand at Orchard though... different genre...

• the Bear

  8 Aug 12, 09:26

  american.. built it in costa rica..

  because if they built it in america, they'd be forced to tear it down if they do not have the correct zoning permits, they'd get hell from the tree huggers, bogged down in bureaucracy, unable to afford the necessary insurance and somehow, somewhere, someone will be offended by it and sue them

• I.imba

  10 Aug 12, 22:02

  How many years did they spend to build that thing?

• NeverSayGoodBye

  10 Aug 12, 22:28

  Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:

  
  Depending on which era u grew up in...

   

  No idea if you know of the place "Never Land"? Where Peter Pan and the others could fly around etc etc...

   

  Not associated with the NeverLand at Orchard though... different genre...

  haha... dreams of fantasy eh? Who knows? such place exists, just that it hasn't been discover yet. Meanwhile, NASA is exploring the planet Mars, hope they can find "Never Land" over there

• NeverSayGoodBye

  10 Aug 12, 22:29

  Originally posted by I.imba:

  How many years did they spend to build that thing?

  
  Should be a couple of years, I guessed

• NeverSayGoodBye

  10 Aug 12, 22:30

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  american.. built it in costa rica..

  because if they built it in america, they'd be forced to tear it down if they do not have the correct zoning permits, they'd get hell from the tree huggers, bogged down in bureaucracy, unable to afford the necessary insurance and somehow, somewhere, someone will be offended by it and sue them

  
  American...they're everywhere

• I.imba

  10 Aug 12, 23:23

  Maybe i will build one someday  

  there is quite an area of dense forest near my house haha