[Paul C. Jesup]

"I spent a whole year on this house and I didn't make anything on it," he said. "It really hurts me to know it's demolished"

This guy is not only a eco-nut/idiot, but he is also questionably guilty of defrauding people, a $91.000 house should take no more (barring weather) than 3 months to build and this guy took everyone for a ride for a year to the atune of $109,000 grand more than it should of cost(around $200,000 total).

I personally know housing contractors and how they do their work, so I know what I am talking about and this guy could be brought up on charges.

[CobaltBlue]

One of the ways that people who tout unconventional home designs explain the higher cost of building them is that in the long run they save you money.

I don't think I would have gone for the hay bales, but I was interested in a design that had a sort of double envelope, sort of two sets of outer walls with an insulating space in between. My husband put his foot down so we live in an ordinary house, but after reading this article maybe it's for the best.

Reminded me of Frank Lloyd Wright houses. He was a genius, but his roofs always leak.