Owner(s): Barb & Ron Challis
Region: South Western
Municipality: Newbury
Email: firstpiggy@yahoo.ca

Number of bedrooms: 3
Number of bathrooms: 1
Usable floor area, square feet (interior): 1400
Building footprint, square feet: 1700
Number of stories: 1
Cost per square foot and what that includes: 140/sq.ft-land, hook up to water and sewer, stained & polished cement floor, radiant floor heat, on-demand water heater, HRV

Builder arrangement: Both owner and contractor
Plaster subcontractor name: Evolve Builders
Designer's name: Dale Browson
Length of time to build (start to occupancy): 1.25 yrs
Volunteer participation: many good friends
Ease of obtaining a building permit: Very easy

Straw type: Wheat




Paints used on bale wall plaster: silicate dispersion

Mechanical systems info: Radiant floor with water heater, on demand water heater for DHW, HRV
Electrical systems info: 200 amp with lock out for generator input