What is the average cost of a straw bale home?
Contractor built straw bale homes generally cost approximately the same as the same home would have cost if conventionally built. Said another way, it is possible to build a unique, super-efficient, ecologically preferable home for no more money than it costs to build a typical home with its health threatening toxic and environmentally unsustainably harvested materials. Custom homes (ie anything not built repeatedly like a cookie-cutter) of any type generally will however cost more in initial construction costs than many subdivision homes of the same size. Because items such as heating system, energy systems, roofing material, flooring options, and finish choices all affect the construction cost as much or more than your choice of exterior wall system (ie straw bale), it is impossible for us to estimate the cost of your desired house without first completing a set of detailed plans. Also because each custom home differs greatly from another, it is difficult to place even an approximate
