Building houses with straw bales

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 02 Jan 2010, 08:09

The Ecologist - 31/12/09

A house built with straw could cost as little as £70,000 to build - and some are still standing after 140 years. Barbara Jones' fantastic book Building with Straw Bales reveals all you need to know.

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biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 02 Jan 2010, 11:34

Excellent book from excellent people.

£70 000 is a lot of money. A more modest home could be built with £2000 + land + labour.

Post by **clv101** » 02 Jan 2010, 13:01

The £70,000 figure does seem rather arbitrary!

Neily at the peak · Post by **Neily at the peak** » 02 Jan 2010, 22:31

it's all the extra bits that cost the £68,000, e.g. electric system, bathrooms, roofs, heating system (negligible).

Neil