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Oliver,
for me Definitely Planning
Permission - I had to go to appeal after the
local planning official told me "Cumbria (north west England) is not the
place for innovation" and straw was an "alien" material! Winning the appeal then
aggravated the building control department who have since created one
obstacle after another (they refuse to believe that strawbales won't
spontaneously combust and will not accept any existing fire test
results). Now I am having to engage an independent building control firm
from the south of England. The practicalities of that I have yet to discover. My
original concern was moisture in this climate (we have horizontal
rain) - that led to my design which is specifically intended to
tackle that problem.
Originally it was only to be my retirement abode but
during the design process it occurred to me that it could become a "kit" for
self builders so I did some research - just amongst friends and business
acquaintances. The overwhelming conclusion was that resale was their main
concern. The "organic" appearance of nearly all the strawbalehouses I could show
them, whilst appealing, worried everyone when it came to committing to such
a large (family) investment.
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Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 1:45
PM
Subject: [Strawbale] What concerns do
people have about building SB
Hi All,
There has been some chat on various email groups about
pests in walls and other issues about straw bale homes that concern people. So
I thought I'd try to discover what really concerns people the most. I've made
a web vote...
"You want to build your own straw bale house but you
are concerned about potential problems. The one problem that concerns you the
most is:"
Pest infestation
Fire hazard
Re-sale value
Damp problems
Structural problems
Getting a loan
Planning permission
Building insurance
You can vote on the link below and collect the iFrame
code if you would like to include the vote in your
blog.
http://naturalhomes.org/naturalhomesvote.htm
Regards,
Oliver
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