Mother's Low-Cost Home-Building Contest: The Winners

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March/April 1986
By the Mother Earth News editors 
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Owners: George and Barbara Hoffman
Designers: the owners
Builders: the owners, except roof and cellar
Location: Stanley, Virginia
Type of Construction: post-and-beam with exterior 2 X 6 stud walls
Square Footage: 2,360
Material Cost: $28,800
Cost per Square Foot: $12.20
Special features: To simplify the construction, George and Barbara used stud walls on the exterior and post-and-beam inside. The exterior walls have full fiberglass insulation, plus a 1" layer of extruded polystyrene foam. The interior stone wall conceals a Russian fireplace. All trim is native pine and oak.

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Owners: Paul and Paula Lyons Designers: the owners
Builders: the owners, except for excavation, concrete, and rough plumbing
Location: Amherst, Massachusetts
Type of Construction: masonry and post-and-beam, earth sheltered
Square Footage: 1,550 Material
Cost: $13,500
Cost per Square Foot: $8.70
Special features: Bermed walls are drystacked, surface-bonded 12" block. Posts and beams are of native hemlock, with 2 X 6 framing between. There are 6 inches of fiberglass insulation in the walls and 9 inches in the ceilings. All doors, windows, and cabinets were built on-site by the owners.

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