All depends on your local jurisdiction. In our area accessory buildings do not require a building permit or inspections. Limitations are only placed on proximity to property lines, which is perfectly reasonable to me. Our county designation of accessory buildings includes barns, sheds, detached garages and guest houses. There is vague mention of matching 'styles' but pole shed aesthetic doesn't really match with any form of housing architecture and has only been enforced in the case of hazards and partial construction. A friend kept getting hassled over 'unsightly nuisance' due to his house building project taking 20+ years. He solved the issue by purchasing a few tonnes of moldy hay to create a visual block, and then finishing his house 5 years later.

Just check your local requirements, some rural areas do not even have a building code. Ours only applies to the dwelling, everything else is up to you.

All depends on your local jurisdiction. In our area accessory buildings do not require a building permit or inspections. Limitations are only placed on proximity to property lines, which is perfectly reasonable to me. Our county designation of accessory buildings includes barns, sheds, detached garages and guest houses. There is vague mention of matching 'styles' but pole shed aesthetic doesn't really match with any form of housing architecture and has only been enforced in the case of hazards and partial construction. A friend kept getting hassled over 'unsightly nuisance' due to his house building project taking 20+ years. He solved the issue by purchasing a few tonnes of moldy hay to create a visual block, and then finishing his house 5 years later.

Just check your local requirements, some rural areas do not even have a building code. Ours only applies to the dwelling, everything else is up to you.

Thanks for the tips/info Giant. Wasn't sure how much response/feedback I would get back here, as I wasn't even sure if this was the proper forum for a question like this. I didn't have any ideas of other forums to present the topic. I couldn't seem to find a diy dwelling forum lol.

Totally makes sense that there would be limitations in proximity to property lines, no one wants to stare out there window at a horrendous mess in their neighbors yard. My thoughts were to do something along these lines but in a wooded lot, away from the view of others. My real concern would be "building codes". How do you build something like this that could/would be done with respect to codes? It's all organic. Not sure if it being your own dwelling that you resided in, that there would be any?

I've read a couple books on the subject. Many straw bale structures utilize a wood or steel frame and use the bails for the walls within the structure. In this way, one can build a home which for all intents and purposes looks just like the other homes in the neighbourhood with the exception being that the walls are way thicker! Look up, "The Straw Bale House" by Athena Swentzeaa Steen, Bill Steen, and David Bainbridge (with David Eisenberg) - ISBN 0-930031-71-7.

livetopreppreptolive : see the recent post on this site , and brochure about natural building with some contacts.
Several of these are acquaintances of mine. They are in ontario. I don't know if you are.

topic :33rd Guelph Organic Conference :
http://internationalpreppersnetwork.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=4653

sorry being lazy again

http://internationalpreppersnetwork.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=1231&p=12467&hilit=design#p12467

http://internationalpreppersnetwork.net/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=4601&p=50935&hilit=home+design#p50935

http://internationalpreppersnetwork.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=4415&p=48833&hilit=design#p48833

http://internationalpreppersnetwork.net/viewtopic.php?f=77&t=1175&p=49555&hilit=design#p49555

http://internationalpreppersnetwork.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=680&p=5736&hilit=hidden#p5736

I've read a couple books on the subject. Many straw bale structures utilize a wood or steel frame and use the bails for the walls within the structure. In this way, one can build a home which for all intents and purposes looks just like the other homes in the neighbourhood with the exception being that the walls are way thicker! Look up, "The Straw Bale House" by Athena Swentzeaa Steen, Bill Steen, and David Bainbridge (with David Eisenberg) - ISBN 0-930031-71-7.

Thanks Antsy, I'll definitely look that up and give it a read.

livetopreppreptolive : see the recent post on this site , and brochure about natural building with some contacts.
Several of these are acquaintances of mine. They are in ontario. I don't know if you are.

topic :33rd Guelph Organic Conference :
http://internationalpreppersnetwork.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=4653

Thanks for the tip Villager! This looks like a great conference, and one that's right up my alley! Plus I am in Ontario, St. Thomas to be exact, so this conference is not even 90 mins away. I think I'm definitely going to have to make an appearance there! Cheers!

sorry being lazy again

http://internationalpreppersnetwork.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=1231&p=12467&hilit=design#p12467

http://internationalpreppersnetwork.net/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=4601&p=50935&hilit=home+design#p50935

http://internationalpreppersnetwork.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=4415&p=48833&hilit=design#p48833

http://internationalpreppersnetwork.net/viewtopic.php?f=77&t=1175&p=49555&hilit=design#p49555

http://internationalpreppersnetwork.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=680&p=5736&hilit=hidden#p5736

Oldschool, thanks for all those links! I haven't had time to get through them all yet, but I really appreciate you taking the time to post them all! I can use all the info I can get.

http://thatoldschoolgirlagain.wordpress.com/2014/01/03/a-new-first-step/ - the builder that I am most likely going to go with for a strawbale house

http://thatoldschoolgirlagain.wordpress.com/?s=strawbale

http://thatoldschoolgirlagain.wordpress.com/2014/01/03/a-new-first-step/ - the builder that I am most likely going to go with for a strawbale house

http://thatoldschoolgirlagain.wordpress.com/?s=strawbale

Awesome, thanks for sharing oldschool!