Owner(s): Christine Forand and Lynn Stoltzfus
Region: Grey/Bruce
Municipality: Durham
Email: peacenamaste@yahoo.com

Number of bedrooms: 5
Number of bathrooms: 2
Usable floor area, square feet (interior): 2000
Building footprint, square feet: 1000
Number of stories: 2
Occupancy date: November, 2006
Cost per square foot and what that includes: $65/sqft inclusive of mechanical systems and finishes

Builder arrangement: Owner
Plaster subcontractor name: Evolve Builders Group
Plaster subcontractor company: Evolve Builders Group
Structural engineer's name: Burnside Engineering
Length of time to build (start to occupancy): 18 month to occupancy +2 years to being a more complete home, but still a little bit of work.
Volunteer participation: yes, workbees, and on plaster
Ease of obtaining a building permit: Very easy

Other foundation info: cinder block
Other roof system info: rafters

Straw type: Wheat



Paints used on bale wall plaster: Eco House Silicate Dispersion Paint

Mechanical systems info: Off Grid Well, pump into reservoir and then into house wood stove heat for house and hot water solar thermal Ground source air ventilation
Electrical systems info: Solar panels wind generator Lead Acid Batteries
Other green features: small conservation food storage plans for a green house
Anything else you'd like to share?: Had to replace straw in one wall because it got wet.