Check out this artist’s 5-year-old home on 2.4 usable, fenced acres in the foothills east of Sacramento, outside Auburn. The straw bale exterior walls, post/beam structure, are extremely efficient (as you know) and beautiful. The home has natural hand finished plasters inside and out The property has irrigation & treated water supplies and a cul-de-sac location in a great town & neighborhood. 
Open floor plan, large rooms, high ceilings, in-floor radiant heat plus central (propane) forced air. Chef’s kitchen (granite, gourmet range, built-in refrig.). The house is roughly 2860 sq. feet, with 4 bedrooms and 2.5 baths over 2-stories . The master suite is on the main-level and the home has a central vacuum system. Built by Quantum Builders, a green-friendly contractor in Berkeley CA.
Currently, as of July 28 2010, priced at $550K. 
Please leave a comment here if you’re interested in this amazing home and check out some of the photos here as well.
About the Author
Andrew Morison is a specialist in straw bale and green construction. He has shown thousands of people how to build their own straw bale projects through his comprehensive series of instructional straw bale, concrete foundation, and plastering DVDs. You can check these out at http://www.LearnStrawBale.com.com.
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July 30th, 2010 at 12:49 am
I’m interested…. I totally couldn’t afford it, but I’m interested
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August 9th, 2010 at 9:18 am
hi, I agree, I would love to have it, *sigh* now if I could only afford it. =)