Good luck with your build, and yes, please keep posting updates! If you genuinely believe that your house will survive most of what Mother Nature might throw at it, that is sustainable, even if it's using materials like concrete that are not as "sustainable" as cob. You guys just got hammered with that bad low that went past mostly north of my current Vancouver Island location) and the costs in destroyed houses, sometimes whole towns, that are happening. You only have to read the latest weather-related disasters (you said you were in Ontario. Do that and you may get all sorts of people chiming in with opinions! Like do you have an integral cool/cold cellar food storage area? Do you have a work-shop area? A kitchen you can cook and process food in? These are the sorts of things permies drool over!Ĥ. You haven't posted a drawing of the inside layout. Many have far more square footage - and in the wrong places - than people need or even really want - big houses make more profit than well designed small houses. Have you calculated whether your earth-berming and design will allow for minimal heating/cooling costs?ģ. They're really energy in-efficient - both cooling and heating. They're only designed for a 50 to 70 year life-span. My biggest issues with modern housing are:ġ. People get kicked of for breaking our " be nice" rule, not for building a house that's more sustainable than most North American houses, even if to meet local codes, you're using materials the Codes understand. My Hobbit Home is about as far from "natural" as you can get, poured concrete footings and walls, foam insulation on all sides, with s.i.ps panels out front. I hear you! There are times to try for exemptions, and there are times to get on with building a home even if you have to compromise to do so! WarnerBros.All the windows are just to meet the 10 % window area to floor area building code.
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