How to Build a Natural Home
A Practical Step-by-Step Guide
Build a home that works with the land, not against it. This practical manual walks you through the key stages of natural home building, from reading your site and understanding water flow, to foundations and roofing options, wall systems, and natural finishes.
Written from years of real hands-on experience, this guide cuts through the confusion and gives you clear, grounded instruction you can actually use. No faff. No complicated technical jargon. Whether you're planning a cob, straw bale, stone, wattle and daub or rammed earth, the principles inside apply across natural building methods.
Suitable for anyone considering building a natural home. Written in response to the many questions I've received in courses, workshops and online.
Designed for:
- Beginners
- First-time owner builders
- Natural builders
- Homesteaders
- Low-tech and off-grid projects
This guide explains simply and clearly the basic structural steps involved in building a natural home, so that you can choose (and build) the appropriate kind of house for your land, climate and means.
This PDF Explains:
Foundations
Stem walls
Load-bearing and timber frame structures
Roofing systems
Inserting windows and doors
Protecting natural homes from the elements
Choosing the right house for the right climate.
Included:
- 45-page downloadable build guide
- Diagrams and illustrations
- Step-by-step practical guidance
- 1 x natural building cheatsheet
Download instantly and start building confidently, naturally and intelligently.
Even if you're thinking of getting someone else in to do the work, this guide will keep you properly informed, and help you design correctly.