Now I mentioned as an end-note to one of my posts on the weekend that I was off to look at houses and most likely drown myself with a mortgage. Anyway, I’ve recently read that James May aka “Captain Slow” of Top Gear fame is deciding to build a full scale house on his property made of Lego as a part of his TV special, James May’s Toy Stories. According to the article the plan is for everything in the house to be made out of Lego including stairs, showers and even the fucking toilet?! Geez… So far over 3 million bricks have been delivered to the property with possibly more required.
So anyway, in case you didn’t know I’m quite the fan of Lego combine this with the frugalness that comes with being Asian I started to think, “Would it be cheaper to build a house out of Lego instead of buying one?” Now assuming that 3 million bricks is required to build a two level house that should be more than enough for me to create a tiny little unit and furnish it… So time to whip out some token Asian maths skillz:
- Real House: $320,0000 loan + $20,000 furnishings = $340,000 +interest etc.
- Lego House: 3,000,000 2×6 Lego bricks @ $0.34 = $1,020,000 +interest etc.
Ummm… Shit. Oh well, one can dream. One thing is for certain, my house is definitely getting a foosball table…
