Region: Greater Toronto Area
Municipality: Orangeville
Number of bedrooms: 4
Number of bathrooms: 1
Usable floor area, square feet (interior): 2460
Number of stories: two
Occupancy date: December 1998
Cost per square foot and what that includes: $95 all in

Designer's name: owner
Architect's name: Linda Chapman
Length of time to build (start to occupancy): 6 months
Volunteer participation: bale walls all volunteers
Ease of obtaining a building permit: Very easy

Other foundation info: four foor frost wall, insulated slab


Other insulation materials used: rock wool

Other bale wall style info: pinned with bamboo, chicken wire, quilted with binder twine

Other plasters used: structolite inside

Other plaster colourants: iron oxide

Mechanical systems info: Tempcast radiant fireplace, Waterloo Biofilter waste treatment, astounding gardens. Radiant in floor heating downstairs, radiators upstairs, boiler
Electrical systems info: grid
Other green features: drilled well Waterloo BioFilter
Anything else you'd like to share?: removed one bale wall after 6 years and made a room larger