More Construction Updates

We posted our first video update on our Youtube Channel that will document the Zen Treehouse construction over the next six months or so. Please subscribe and share with your friends. We want to let the world know about this amazing property that we won’t be keeping for ourselves, but want to share with everyone.…

Foundation Progress!

Finally we have some vertical construction progress to report! Approximately 50% of the posts and beams for the project have been installed. The posts are 6 x 6 HSS (hollow structural sections) tubing and are welded to base plates, which in turn are bolted to the caissons. There are a total of 25 posts that…

Cool Treehouse in Quebec, Canada

I saw this video of a cool treehouse in Quebec Canada and wanted to share. This is a different, and more traditional approach, to treehouse design/build. Logs, reclaimed materials, etc. I think the builders did an amazing job! Let me know what you think in the comments. There is a lot I love about this…

The Crane Has Arrived!

We finally got our crane onsite today! This means we will now see, over the next five weeks, the house come out of the ground. The crew anticipates they will start on Thursday Sept 10th. I was told that initially it will be slow going, getting everything right with the base plates and initial beams.…

Zen Treehouse featured by OneFlight

We were featured in ONEflight’s current email newsletter to their members. Here is what they said about ZenTreehouse: Inspired by a treehouse in suburban Atlanta, Georgia that was ranked #1 on Airbnb. Peter and Delinda Fatianow, with a real estate portfolio consisting of furnished rentals and nearly a decade of experience with Airbnb, have set about building…

Quick Construction Update!

So, a quick update… Getting the steel fabricated and installed has been a challenge. The structural engineer that did the drawings did a half-ass job and he didn’t include critical measurements on the spacing of the footers, so the contractor had to do them. That took a lot more time and effort than was necessary…