High platform

[Jake]

Re to high platforms mentioned on other threads, the one real rational for me to do it would be if building on a slope and to take advantage of the slope to build over a small barn/livestock shed. In that instance it could have a real advantage. I have both goats and chickens and the high platform over them could be a real advantage, ala the Swiss log homes and barn combos. For this I would like the high platform with one side abutting right to the ground. And the other over the top of the pens. With the platform a roof over them.

Better then now with a path through 6' drifts to reach the pens, when the paths are open and dont need opening. Also the yurt over the pens would give a lot of wind protection.

Might find myself looking for a good slope for the homestead.