How much money can I save by building a straw bale house?
How blue is the sky? Straw bale houses are generally around 80% conventional. The interior walls, floors, and ceilings, the electrical wiring, plumbing, lights, appliances, heating systems, cooling systems, and other mechanicals, the roof, the foundation, the second floor deck, the windows, and the doors are all the same as they would be on a conventional house so that 80% of the project costs exactly the same as it would in a conventional house. Your building permit fee, development fee, road access fee, electrical permit fee, septic permit fee, electrical connection, septic system, and well also all cost exactly the same as they would for a conventional house. Any savings that you realize will be in labour and contracting if you do some, most, or all of the work yourself and general contract the project yourself. You can also abuse your friendships and impose on family for cheap labour. If you hire a contractor to build your custom straw bale home the cost is generally very similar t
