Come see it in person; I'll show you the warts and you can reduce your awe level. :-) But seriously, it's a fun project, and it has massively increased my Pennsic comfort (so it was worth it), but I also don't have any special skills here or anything. Other people can and have done similar things -- there's the guy with the Venetian canal house, and the pirate ship, and a couple of vardos, and of course the merchant houses. In some-assembly-required projects, there are several houses, a chapel, and probably other stuff. Any of us will be happy to talk your ear off about how you too can live in extreme comfort at camping events. :-)