Owner(s): Jack Bond & Kevin Shortt, Kim & Roberto Chiotti
Region: Peterborough
Municipality: warkworth
Email: jgbond@sympatico.ca
Web site: http://codybaker.my-expressions.com

Number of bedrooms: 3 plus studio
Number of bathrooms: 2
Usable floor area, square feet (interior): Residence 1900 sq ft, studio 400 sq ft, shed 64 sq ft
Occupancy date: Main house 2006
Cost per square foot and what that includes: k-ching, k-ching and still spending

Builder arrangement: Owner
Designer's name: Owner
Architect's name: Roberto Chiotti
Architect's firm: Larkin Architects
Length of time to build (start to occupancy): 5 years and counting
Volunteer participation: Boundless
Ease of obtaining a building permit: Easy

Other bale wall style info: Studio is load bearing, Main house is light frame and new addition is modified Post and Beam
Straw type: Wheat


Other plasters used: All interiors ans exteriors are clay/lime except the exterior of the addition now building. It is lime directly on straw

Paints used on bale wall plaster: Clay based for interior [ excellent]. masonery paint for exterio [ not so excellent]

Mechanical systems info: Solar thermal with back up propane water heater for radiant floor system.Cooling: natural ventilation.
Electrical systems info: 24 volt, 1100 amp hr, wind turbine/solar panel, off-grid
Other green features: Off grid, wind and solar power system. Solar “trickle pump” from well to house water storage tank. Ist in Ontario permitted constructed wetland for residential blackwater. Unique and very cool platform tent compound for on-site living during building. Septic tank into Black water wetland
Anything else you'd like to share?: Th 600 sq foot addition is a work in progress during this tour year. The exterior is waiting it's finishing coat of lime and the interior is in varying stages of completion. Some walls still clay awaiting lime and interior stud partition only partly covered while prpping for electrical inspection.