Beijing Drifter lives in a Little Egg House – Claiming Buying a house in Beijing needs 300 years

Dai Haifei, 24 years old, just graduated six months ago. Now with his company’s design he made a “egg” house with bamboo as his dwelling house. His company is located in a large courtyard on Chengfu Rd, Haidian, northwest of Beijing. District Downstairs the company building a hut stands on the lawn like a giant egg. With two meters high and sack-mosaic skin, the little house seems insignificant. On the “Eggshell” a door is scratched out, no lock. The bottom is equipped with movable wheels November 30 Mr. Dai stayed in his hut.

Last night, Mr. Dai gently pulled the door and got into the house. From the inside, we can see the hut is knitted with bamboo battens and fixed with some nails. Besides that there are mats, insulation layer and waterproof layer, the outermost is the insulation layer filled with fermented wood chips and grass seeds, “In spring Grass can grow from it. ” Mr. Dai said.

Furnishings are simple, a one meter wide bed, a few books on head of the bed. At the end there is a small water tank equipped with pressure system, The water can be pressed out for washing. “One tank of water can be used for three days, and then I will get more from my company.” Dai said. As the hut is only about a span thick it is not much warmer than outside. Sat inside for ten minutes, hands and feet will be frozen cold. 

Daihai Fei’s hometown is in countryside of Shaoyang, Hunan Province, His father works at   construction sites and the mother is a cleaner in a company. Dai graduated from Hunan University, and find a Beijing-based architectural design company from internet, first he did internships and later worked in the company after graduate. He said his parents were old, but still on the run, hoping to save money to marry wife for him, “They do not know with their wages now they will have to work two or three hundred years to buy a house in Beijing.”

 “The price is not acceptable Even if I rent a house in Beijing.” Dai said. At the beginning of this year in the company’s “Biennial” a design called “the city’s egg” was displayed, It is a movable egg-shaped cabin. “I want to build my own house; the design fits well with my request.” Dai said, he decided to build a house with this concept.

Subsequently, Dai borrowed about 6,400 Yuan (About USD1000) from his cousin and bought materials, and then It took a couple of months to make the egg-shaped cabin with classmates` help. After National Holiday Dai spent more than 3,000 Yuan transporting it from home to the downstairs company.

During the daytime, he works and studies until 0:00, and then go downstairs into the cabin to sleep, he gets up at 8 am and the upstairs is the company. Just after enter the winter the house becomes  more and more cold, At night only about 3-4℃. “I have a battery, one charge each month from the company; I will use a electric blanket.”

“Although no rent, I am a moonlight group, but my life quality improves a lot.” Dai said,  he had lived in the small room for nearly two months, because there is no rent to pay, and now he can go for a coffee occasionally to enjoy the “petty bourgeoisie life.”.

Dai said his house had been driven by the property company, but because no place to move, eventually they let the matter rest. Although he thought to have a house to get married, but now he enjoys life in the “eggshell”.

Below is the cost of the pigeonhole.

Wheels 160
Rope ties 125
Grinder 31
Water tank, pump 95
Steel 573
Drills 18
Bamboo 375
Tools 210
Glue 200
Waterproof fabrics 508
Solar Panels 970
Square rods 30
Screws 115
Paint 284
Welders 260
Spray gun 450
Gauze 600
Insulation 100
Grass seeds 110
Energy-saving lamps 36
Air support 50
Plexiglass 160
Washbasin 60
Steel mesh 240

Total 6427 

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