An idea is born

On the home fires front, I've given birth to an idea that I am super excited about. I want to buy a small vacant block and build an eco-friendly house. It is an idea in very embryonic form, but what I'm currently considering is a straw bale home. Here's a sampler of its beautiful earthy aesthetic.

 

 

 

It's apparently one of the most economical and eco-friendly building methods. I'm feeling drawn to building because the more I look at the property market, the more I realise — just like with renting — I'm going to end up paying through the nose to live in a house I don't even like. The dream would be to build a home we will all love, in walking vicinity of the boys' school, for the same cost otherwise of a pre-built home (that presumably we would neither love nor would be within school vicinity).

So, a wish is born. Let's see how it develops.