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Work
has begun on the first house at The Hollies, Rob and
Emma's house (click here
to see the plans). Once the foundations were all dug,
work began to make the foundations on April 12th on
a course with Neil May of Natural Building Technologies
in the UK. Neil outlined why this house was using
a traditional stone/lime foundation, the fact that
they allow some flexibility in the building, and if
many houses built like this are still standing after
500 years, chances are they are worth emulating! As
well as this there are the environmental benefits
from not using cement (the house is planned as a cement
free house). Since then we have been continuing work,
and hope to complete the foundations in around 6 days.
We will continue to add regular updates as we
progress.
 
 
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