Owner(s): Lorelie Ratz
Region: Guelph/Kitchener/Waterloo
Municipality: Puslinch Township (Morriston)

Number of bedrooms: 2
Number of bathrooms: 1 three piece bath, 1 water closet, 1 bathing room
Building footprint, square feet: 2250
Number of stories: 1.5
Occupancy date: November 2005
Cost per square foot and what that includes: $156.00/sf includes everything except the purchase of the vacant land

Builder arrangement: Owner
Length of time to build (start to occupancy): 7 months
Volunteer participation: yes
Ease of obtaining a building permit: Easy


Other roof system info: flat

Other bale joint stuffing info: bales were mechanically tied to wall structure with pieces of diamond lath (pins in bale and nails in wood), polypropelene mesh was used and bales were sewn prior to stucco


Other plaster colourants: no colourant
Paints used on bale wall plaster: silicate paint

Mechanical systems info: Uses propane on demand boiler for infloor radiant and domestic hot water. Drilled well.
Anything else you'd like to share?: This structure is sited to benefit from solar gain in the winter months and has overhangs to limit solar gain in the summer months as well as operable window that allow passive venting in the summer months. There is no mechanical cooling and there are no ceiling fans to move air on the main level…and yet the indoor air quality is even better than I expected.