geodesic dome home

I saw a geodesic home for sale and will be scheduling an appointment to check it out. I don't really know much about it but the pictures of it looks pretty interesting. At least it is a little different from the standard subdivision houses nowadays.

Does anyone have experience with this types of houses, especially:

(1) Everything else being equal, should this house be more or less expensive than a conventional retangular house? (2) Does it give you more room practically or are the additional space just dead space? (3) The roof seems like it will be hard to access - at least I don't think I can get on it and walk around to pressure wash, clean leaves off, or to repair damage. (4) Are specialty contractors required to replace or repair roof? Looking at web sites on geodesic dome homes the exterior facets came prefabed so will repair be real difficult? (5) It does not have an attic, so in Miami's hot summer heat will this be a problem or is it really like what they say the dome shape makes up for it? (6)Will it be harder to sell later because it is unconventional?

Thanks,

Don't touch it with a barge pole, as the saying goes.

1. They always leak. 2. The interior is almost impossible to divide - this wastes a lot of space. 3. It's impossible to have a private conversation inside one - whispering gallery effect. 4. They cannot be adapted or enlarged.

From 'How Buildings Learn - What happens after they're built' by Stewart Brand.

www.monolithic.com, cheap, expandable, easy to divide i like it