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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Dear Linda,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">The cost with many strawbale buildings is hard
to assess as a lot of strawbale buildings are built using found , scrounged or
recycled materials with much or all of the labour being provided by friends,
family, volunteers and self, this obviously will result in cheaper build
costs.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">I know of one house that cost approximately
£5000 pounds to build!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">for a write up on this check out:- <A
href="http://www.strawbalebuildingassociation.org.uk/news12.html">www.strawbalebuildingassociation.org.uk/news12.html</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">and look at the article by Paul Jennings from
the Sustianable Lifestyles Co-operative, about halfway down the
page.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">This is the cheapest, habitable house I know of,
so the bottom line is from £5000 upwards.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">A guy in Cornwall, called Luke New, built for
around £150,000 and he still used a lot of timber he rescued from the beach
after the freighter-Kodima, sank of the coast last january.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">I hope this helps</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Kind regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Chug</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><A
href="http://www.strawbale-building.co.uk/">www.strawbale-building.co.uk/</A>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 04, 2003 12:47 PM<B></B></DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [strawbale] Cost?</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am final year quantity surveying student
writing a dissertation on strawbale houses. I am finding it extremely
difficult to get any information in relation to the actual cost of
constructing a strawbale house and was wondering if anyone has a matrix of
costs? All information will be treated with strict confidence.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yours faithfully,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Linda Healy</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>