{"id":24318,"date":"2026-10-25T15:39:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T15:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/?p=24318"},"modified":"2026-10-25T15:39:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T15:39:46","slug":"earth-home-with-0-33-acres-in-armington-il","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/?p=24318","title":{"rendered":"Earth Home with 0.33 Acres in Armington, IL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This house disappears beneath the lawn\u2014but the real shock waits inside. In a quiet Illinois village, a builder\u2019s decades-old dream hides stone corridors, circular windows, and a future that depends on someone willing to take on the costly unfinished work. Behind that narrow wooden door, extraordinary character meets a daunting reality, and the next owner must face the unfi\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andy \u201cCaveman\u201d Davis built this earth-sheltered home in Armington, Illinois, in 1977 as fuel prices climbed. Beneath its grassy berm, roughly 2,300 square feet unfold across one level, with river-rock walls and arches made from stones his family gathered in Colorado. Mature trees surround the 0.33-acre property, while round windows punctuate its unusual facade. The listing describes five bedrooms and three bathrooms, though substantial finishing remains before those spaces can fulfill their promise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The challenges are practical, not merely cosmetic: heating and cooling are listed as absent, wiring is exposed in places, and the kitchen lacks a finished setup. Storage and bedroom enclosures also need attention. Two new, uninstalled round windows accompany the sale, offering a starting point rather than a completed transformation. For a buyer prepared to investigate renovation costs and permits, this is a deeply personal restoration opportunity. Current details and agent information appear in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zillow.com\/homedetails\/508-S-Jefferson-St-Armington-IL-61721\/5332222_zpid\/\">Zillow listing and full gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cheapproperties.fociarena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Armington-IL-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-736\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.501466275659824;width:1536px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cheapproperties.fociarena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Armington-IL-2.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-737\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.501466275659824;width:1536px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cheapproperties.fociarena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Armington-IL-3.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-738\" 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In a quiet Illinois village, a builder\u2019s decades-old dream hides stone corridors, circular windows, and a future that depends on someone willing to take on the costly unfinished work. Behind that narrow wooden door, extraordinary character meets a daunting reality, and the next owner &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24318"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24320,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24318\/revisions\/24320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}