What are the pluses of strawbale house?
The healthy air inside, low maintenance costs and environmental friendliness.

How do they look like, can I design myself?
You have total freedon about that, straw combined with modern materials can create various forms if that is what you desire. In case you are not professional we will work together in a team with you consisting of economist, builders and architect.

What about the mice?
The mice and insects don't find much in straw as the grain has already taken out, besides the bales are covered with stucco at both sides so mice have difficulties getting in.

What about the moisture in Estonian climate?
The moisture is not able to damage the building as the stucco and roof protect it from downpuring rain and high socle avoids the rain, snow and stormrains from ground level.

Is the strawbale house cheaper?
The straight answer is- not really as you probably want to enjoy all the comforts like tap water water toilets and electicity. You save a little as the natural insulation (straw) is quite cheap. The prices start from 10 000 EEK/m² and there probaly is no upper limit as the human desire for luxury may be unlimited.

How long to the straw bale houses last?
Noone really has tested, the first ones were built more than houndred years ago and they still have inhabitants.

Is strawbale house fire-safe?
The house has better properties that wooden house for example, but stone house has better fire safety than strawbale one. It was noted than in North America when the forest fire hit the village the only walls that remined standing were the ones that belonged to strawbale houses.