ID: 115 - The Grand House Student Co-op
Owner(s): The Co-op members
Region: Guelph/Kitchener/Waterloo
Municipality: Cambridge
Email: ghcoop@gmail.com
Web site: http://www.grandhouse.ca
Number of bedrooms: 14
Number of bathrooms: 4
Usable floor area, square feet (interior): 4000
Building footprint, square feet: 2200
Number of stories: 3
Occupancy date: October 2008
Region: Guelph/Kitchener/Waterloo
Municipality: Cambridge
Email: ghcoop@gmail.com
Web site: http://www.grandhouse.ca
Number of bedrooms: 14
Number of bathrooms: 4
Usable floor area, square feet (interior): 4000
Building footprint, square feet: 2200
Number of stories: 3
Occupancy date: October 2008
Builder arrangement: Owner
Main contractor name: Rick Hudspith
Main contractor company: Housesmiths
Plaster subcontractor name: Keith Dietrich
Designer's firm: Grand House Student Co-operative Inc.
Structural engineer's firm: Halcrow Yolles / Blackwell Bowic Partnership Ltd.
Length of time to build (start to occupancy): 2 years
Volunteer participation: yes
Ease of obtaining a building permit: Relatively easy
Other foundation info: Micropiles
Main contractor name: Rick Hudspith
Main contractor company: Housesmiths
Plaster subcontractor name: Keith Dietrich
Designer's firm: Grand House Student Co-operative Inc.
Structural engineer's firm: Halcrow Yolles / Blackwell Bowic Partnership Ltd.
Length of time to build (start to occupancy): 2 years
Volunteer participation: yes
Ease of obtaining a building permit: Relatively easy
Other foundation info: Micropiles
Straw type: Wheat
Other plasters used: Clay/sand/straw (w/ lime on exterior)
Paints used on bale wall plaster: ecohouse silicate dispersion, clay paint, primasil
Other information about windows: mostly reclaimed/rebuilt windows
Mechanical systems info: Radiant floor heating throughout (some embedded in poured concrete floor, some installed in metal diffuser pans) w/ Kiturami boiler (from Ecologix). Power Pipe recovers heat from shower drains. HRV for air exchange.
Other green features: Rainwater harvesting for toilets Reclaimed wood flooring Urban site on bus route On site stormwater infiltration
Anything else you'd like to share?: BUILDING FOR SALE. See cambridgegrandhouse.com for listing info. See the news section of our website for information about the sale and the Co-op, or visit our blog at ghcoop.blogspot.ca
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