Melbourne/Victoria

[vesta]

Hi folks,

definitely not experts but we built our straw bale home in rural nsw and I can tell you now should we ever build again we will be choosing the same materials as we've used this time!!!

Couldn't be more pls'd with the outcome and depending on the council running the shire you are considering some are more open to load-bearing walls.... ours are in-fill walls which works for us.

The only thing we would recommend is that you put a decent eave all the way around the house not like the 'modern eaves' ie non-existent! We would probably build a verandah all the way around next time but that's a minor change to the overall functionality of the home for us not structural overhaul. Our pergola area is used by all the family and is a much loved extra room in all weather, but if we want to go to the front verandah we're out in the weather if we don't walk thru the house.... oh well, lesson learnt for the next one!

Can send more info/photo's if you would like it!

Blessings,

Vesta