Modern Build Systems are Safer than Ever

In early 2018, the news emerged that one of the most innovative self built homes of recent years had been destroyed in a major fire.

Simon and Jasmine Dale erected their home in the Lammas Community in Pembrokeshire themselves on a shoestring budget of just £27,000 using locally sourced timber and straw bales, and with the assistance of an army of volunteers.

The project featured on Grand Designs in 2016 – and I must say that the finished house was truly beautiful and belied its low cost.

Mercifully, no one was harmed in the blaze. However, Simon and Jasmine must be heartbroken and I send out my best wishes to them. There is a Just Giving page for those who wish to help the couple raise the funds to rebuild their dwelling.

The cause of this fire was reportedly an electrical fault. However, the method of construction – using straw bales and tree branches – is bound to attract some attention. But is it really any more risky to assemble a home out of alternative materials like this?

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