SB: strawbale and financing

["Turtle Island Solar" <tisolar@wildmail.com>]

greetings!

this is a topic that i'm sure has been covered 
some before but i'd like to get any fresh input 
you all might have...

we're in the process of buying a 35 acre parcel 
in SW Colorado that we plan to farm organically 
eventually. (you don't have to mention that we 
may not have any water for a while anyway...)

the owner is willing to carry for 5 years giving 
us time to build a small strawbale cottage and 
get some infrastructure set up. but after the 5 
is up we'll need to figure out someone to carry 
it. 
BUT- many places have restrictions on building 
size in order to carry at a decent rate. (like 
1200 feet 2 bed, 2 bath for example)

we're just looking to build a nice 500-700 sq 
ft. cottage to live in for maybe 10 years + 
until we can afford to build a bigger home (if 
we'd decide we needed to)

my question being if anyone has good sources for 
SB financing sources that would go for this sort 
of thing. I know there are many mortgagers that 
will cover SB but most SB homes built seem to be 
of average family size. We're looking to stay 
small and simple and invest more of our money 
into the farm and permaculture designs for the 
land.

Oh and any good sources for smaller SB floorplan 
ideas would be great too. 

Any input would be great! On or off list. thanks.

Chris


Turtle Island Solar
5943 N CR 29 
Loveland, CO  80538
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