VIDEO: Unique Okanagan home built with recycled materials goes viral

It’s a region filled with stunning homes, however, only one particular property in Penticton has garnered over half a million views online this year.

In a recent video by YouTube channel FLORB, architect and builder Geoff Orr offers a tour of the far-out house that took him 14-years to build.

Along with the pointed design, one of the unique aspects of the home is that it was constructed with recycled lumber and other repurposed materials such as pennies and sewage drains.

“The day they got rid of the penny I went down to the bank and picked up 12,584 pennies,” says Orr in the video.

"Laid them down one by one with an epoxy laminating resin to create the penny floor."

Penticton residents may not recognize the home’s timber beams at first, but the lumber was actually salvaged from the old SuperValu grocery store that was torn down years before.

While the beams were used to create a convex roof for the grocery store, Orr flipped them to give the home a dramatic rising roofline.

The video goes into great detail on exactly how the 5,600 square foot home was constructed as well as offering a tour of the multiple micro-cabins on the property that have become popular Airbnb destinations.

Last but not least, the 13-minute video also provides some thoughtful insights into the builder's philosophy.

“Just thinking about it and dwelling on it, you’re just wasting time, you’re not actually getting anything done,” Orr says.

For a more in-depth article on the home by Western Living, click here.