In 1964, an Arizona couple began building a carport with discarded bottles; years later, the project had grown into a 2,700-sq-ft home made with thousands of bottles and listed for $432,500

• Main entrance of the constructed bottle and rock home (Source: Coldwell Banker Realty)A Tucson couple’s simple plan to build a shelter for a family car in 1964 grew into a 2,700-square-foot home made from tens of thousands of discarded glass bottles.
• The unusual property has now been put on the market for $432,500 (£342,000).
• Located in Tucson, Arizona, the hand-built house has thick mortar walls filled with green wine bottles, amber beer bottles and cobalt blue medicine jars collected from local roadsides, bars and landfills.