Owner(s): Ian Nolan and Meg Pettipas
Region: Greater Ottawa Area
Municipality: Lanark Highlands
Email: meghanpettipas@yahoo.ca

Number of bedrooms: 2
Number of bathrooms: 1
Usable floor area, square feet (interior): 2000
Number of stories: 1
Occupancy date: October 2011
Cost per square foot and what that includes: Approx. $150/sq. foot including purchase and severance of land, legal, excavation, septic, well, etc.

Builder arrangement: Both owner and contractor
Main contractor name: Owner
Straw bale wall system subcontractor name: Tina Therrien (bale) and Kris Bailey (timberframe)
Straw bale wall system subcontractor company: Camel's Back Construction (bale) and Dwellings (timberframe)
Plaster subcontractor name: Tina Therrien
Plaster subcontractor company: Camel's Back Construction
Designer's name: Jamie McKay
Architect's name: Jamie McKay
Structural engineer's name: John MacIntrye
Length of time to build (start to occupancy): Started excavating, clearing site and poured footings in in 2010. Started framing in April 2011 and gained occupancy in October 2011.
Ease of obtaining a building permit: Very easy

Straw type: Wheat


Paints used on bale wall plaster: Ecohouse

Other information about windows: Alumninum clad wood
Mechanical systems info: Radiant in-floor heated slab, propane water heaters (floor and domestic), HRV
Anything else you'd like to share?: Tadelakt shower