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Cob: Western Canadian (Vancouver Island) cob housingdrhelp drhelp at home.comWed Apr 25 18:40:07 CDT 2001
I'm brand new to the list and interested to visit cob housing/buildings on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia. I'm now in contact with Mayne Island cob builders , but does anyone know of others, on Vancouver Island? If you do, and it's more appropriate to e me off-list, please do so. I've done a couple of searches to look for same, with poor results. I think cob building is ideal for housing for people with extremely limited income. I have budget restricionts, as maybe many have, so that it's a worry to contemplate going into the last 1/3 of my life without self-sufficiency. Housing is one of the prime concerns, and I still have a child at home for a few years, with costs of living having increased notably where I live. Finding the land, in B.C. is not so hard as it might be in some other places, but building environmentally suitable, aesthetically pleasing, safe, secure, AFFORDABLE housing is the thing. I suspect cob housing is an answer. Has anyone on the list got contacts who have built housing of cob in B.C., and know the ways to satisfy building code requirements here? Thanks, Diana in Victoria, B.C.
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