We bought a dome house on the lake.

Paul is retiring from teaching in '14 and in January we bought a dome house on Table Rock Lake in SWMO in Shell Knob.





Lakefront view behind the house. Photo above is looking back into living room.

It has no wood stove, and with the 25' ceilings and foot thick walls, I won't attempt to install one.

We'll be using it as a vacation home until he retires and we sell the desert property where we live now.

It sits on 5.6 acres with lots of beautiful trees. Will miss burning wood but this thing is insulated beyond belief.

Here's the empty living room. Carpeting will be replaced. Still can't see the ceilings! The upper right opening is from the upstairs bedroom that has an overlook to the downstairs.

The house is 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths and a loft (that will be the grandkids kid-cave!)

I talked to a neighbor who has lived there several years and was there when the house was built and he said you could probably drop a semi on it and wouldn't hurt it. Tornados are the worst threat --- just a few miles east on leap day the Branson area had an F2 go right down 76. This thing should ride everything out.

I had a fun time getting HO insurance. Our HO insurance turned us down at first because the dome doesn't have a "roof" so they couldn't figure out replacement value using their computer program...but the next day they called me back after talking to higher ups and decided that just because my home is a dome without a traditional roof there should be no reason they couldn't insure it. I was pretty impressed!!

The house is all electric. Central air and heat pump. It has been empty and Paul and I were there a few days and the heater had been left on 55 and the place was very comfortable when we went in. If I decide to put in a wood stove I'll have you guys come down to the lake a few days for fishing and help me figure it out. LOL!

The home is cement/rebar and foam with very thick walls. I plan on getting a back up generator in case of ice storms.

It has an attached dome that is a double car garage. The kitchen is in between the domes.
The main dome is 40' in diameter.

Back of the house looking up from the lake.

My Christmas card.

Hey guys!! I sure do miss my Country Striker and the smell of wood burning in the stove. I’m surrounded by trees.

Hope you are all well. Just checking in to say hello.

begreen said:

Welcome back, how has the home worked out? No stove at all?

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No stove. All electric home. We haven’t had to use our backup generator yet. The house pretty much keeps a stable temperature due to the foot thick walls.

Did have the AC motor go out two years ago and used fans until the parts came in. Summers get hot and humid here, especially since we’ve right on a lake.