The builder is Janez Velkavrh, our customer near
Ljubljana. He is very pleasant, not a professional straw-bale builder, but
according to my communication with him, I got a picture of a real nice men who
could be willing to share his experience with straw-bale building with you. As
you can see on the picture, he also had a lot of diagonal timbers which are
crucial for structure stability, but had enough patience (and working hands) to
do excellent and amazing job. My opinion is that this is the best (and cheapest)
way to buld wooden structure home with walls of straw-bales. I didn't spoke with
him about floors, but I think he didn't isolate it with straw-bales. However,
according to last three drawings you posted, you will never have any problem
with the straw-bale moisture in the floor, because it is - uh - like
ventilated.
Regarding to your budget, I think that 150.000 is
way too enough to finish structure like on the plan, just be very carefull with
picking cotractor or wooden structure subcontractor, and you will be fine. Maybe
Mr. Janez had good contractor or subcontractor, so he can refere you to
one.
Here is Mr. Janez's contact:
Janez Velkavrh
Stara cesta 34
1354 Horjul (Ljubljana)
His telephone numbers are registered, so ask
Informations to get one (I did the same way). Be free to bespeak my personal
best regards to Mr. Janez, and I think he will be willing to answer any question
you need. V Slovenščini bosta lahko pogovarjala o vseh Vaših težav in
vprašanjih...
Best regards,
Bane M. Prvanovic
GPB Solutions d.o.o.
Celopecka 8
11000
Beograd