<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div>Chug,</div><div><br></div><div>No; as a description of load bearing method as insurance companies are nervous about straw as a load bearing building material. This is not actually that much of a stretch of the imagination as assuming you are using a wooden base and wall plate with integral wooden posts for door and window openings, then this timber is doing some structural work.</div><div><br></div><div>regards</div><div>Andrew </div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><br><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Chug <chug@strawbale-building....uk><br><b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">To:</span></b> European strawbale building discussions <strawbale@amper....muni.cz><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Fri, 9 July, 2010 13:09:39<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Strawbale] Mortgages on SB houses in the UK<br></font><br>Andrew,<br><br>I take it you mean as a description for post and beam and not loadbearing as <br>you wrote?<br><br>and Neale<br>I thought you were asking about experience in selling a SB house, but if <br>it's just a mortgage you are looking for Ecology BS as mentioned, and <br>Virgin, and Triodos, but I don't think they will go up to 100%, although I <br>think they could be persuaded.<br><br>bale on<br>Chug<br><a ymailto="mailto:chug@strawbale-building.co.uk" href="mailto:chug@strawbale-building....uk">chug@strawbale-building.co.uk</a><br><a href="http://www.strawbale-building.co.uk" target="_blank">http://www.strawbale-building.co.uk</a><br>.<br>-----
Original Message ----- <br>From: "Andrew Wilkinson" <<a ymailto="mailto:wilkospeak@yahoo....uk" href="mailto:wilkospeak@yahoo....uk">wilkospeak@yahoo....uk</a>><br>To: "European strawbale building discussions" <<a ymailto="mailto:strawbale@amper....muni.cz" href="mailto:strawbale@amper.ped.muni.cz">strawbale@amper....muni.cz</a>><br>Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 12:25 PM<br>Subject: Re: [Strawbale] Mortgages on SB houses in the UK<br><br><br>Neale,<br><br>I am currently working on two newbuilds in Yorkshire. Whilst I don't have <br>any<br>direct experience of Open Market sales, I am aware that a main financier of <br>such<br>mortgages would be the Ecology Building Society. I am also aware that in <br>the<br>recent past , those seeking to insure their houses have referred to straw <br>bale<br>load bearing houses as "timber frame with cellulose insulation" to overcome<br>insurance company
concerns.<br><br>regards<br>Andrew<br><br><br><br>________________________________<br>From: Neale Brickwood <<a ymailto="mailto:neale.brickwood@googlemail.com" href="mailto:neale.brickwood@googlemail...">neale.brickwood@googlemail...</a>><br>To: <a ymailto="mailto:Strawbale@amper....muni.cz" href="mailto:Strawbale@amper....muni.cz">Strawbale@amper....muni.cz</a><br>Sent: Fri, 9 July, 2010 13:21:12<br>Subject: [Strawbale] Mortgages on SB houses in the UK<br><br>Hi<br><br>I'm researching SB housing in the UK and am trying to find out if any<br>have been built for sale on the open market and if so what the<br>purchasers experiences were in mortgaging the property and who the<br>lenders were<br><br>If anyone can help it would be much appreciated<br><br>Regards<br><br>Neale<br><br><a ymailto="mailto:neale.brickwood@googlemail..." href="mailto:neale.brickwood@googlemail.com">neale.brickwood@googlemail...</a><br>07798854867<br><br><span><a
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