Malaysian English teacher uses discarded and local wood to build dream home
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- 02 Sep 2022
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Not many people get as excited about finding discarded lumber or seeing fallen trees in their neighbourhood than Mohd Nazmie Che Mohd Ashari, 36.
The English teacher uses tree trunks and discarded wood that he finds around his village in Bachok, Kelantan to make study tables, chopping boards, stools and toys. He also sources lumber from villagers who are clearing their land for agricultural production or for construction.
“Sometimes, I get the logs for free or sometimes, I have to pay for them. The money will be used (by the villagers) to pay for the cost of clearing the land. It’s a win-win situation,” said Mohd Nazmie from Bachok recently.
He’s accumulated so much wood that he is using some of it to build a home.
He is using a combination of discarded wood and local wood like cengal, damar hitam and medang to build his 167sq m double-storey home in Kampung Pantai Senak in Bachok. He started the project during the movement control order period at the start of the pandemic and hopes to complete it next year.
“I have always dreamed of building my own wooden house. It’s a simple house with Malay architectural elements. My wooden house is 20km away from my in-law’s home, where I am staying with my family now,” said Mohd Nazmie, who has spent RM80,000, so far, to erect his dream home.
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