06/04/2026
I’m just going to say it—the local HOA is probably sweating right now looking over my fence line.
While most people use their extra yard space for a standard tool shed or a patch of grass but we are building a custom, heavy-duty, off-grid log cabin fortress engineered specifically for a prehistoric monster: Henry, our giant Blue Cayman Iguana.
Built to handle the suburban Florida elements. I knew I wanted something with massive structural integrity, so we went to work sourcing heavy logs, framing out a massive secure footprint, and engineering a custom thermal mass heating/cooling system utilizing a heavy drum core.
The goal? To give Henry a 5-star luxury resort experience right here in the backyard where he can bask, thermoregulate, and completely ignore me while he sleeps in the corner (typical celebrity behavior).
