Build your second home in a day

It's summertime and everyone is talking about their lake cottages, cabins and summer get aways. For those of us without one, we're feeling a little left out. When we stumbled on this company - Cottage in a Day - based out of Traverse City, Michigan, we thought it was worth a mention.

The Cottage in a Day is built on concrete "piers," which require only a 2 by 5 hole in the ground as opposed to a full basement. But not to worry, packrats, there is still a 16-inch insulated crawl space beneath the house for storage. In an effort to limit the cost of heating, the Cottage in a Day homes are constructed with structurally insulated foam panels--four-inch foam board placed between two sheets of wood--and fitted with Energy Star rated windows and appliances in order to keep the environmental footprint low.

The name is no joke, either. So long as you've already made the arrangements to connect to city utilities, a Cottage in a Day can go up in, well, you get the picture.

via: MyNorth.com