Dan Rawlins and his partner Chloe Meyer set themselves an ambitious target when they decided to build an off-grid house made from hempcrete and rendered with a horse manure mix, all without ever having built a house before. "The vision for me is really about having a crack at a sustainable alternative and having a place that feels fun and …
In short: Neil and Carol Preston are hand building their dream home from "hempcrete", an eco-friendly alternative to bricks and mortar. Neil and Carol Preston are hand building their dream home from "hempcrete", an eco-friendly alternative to bricks and mortar. "One of the issues with traditional hempcrete is the cost of the specialised labour element during install," Melbourne-based hempcreter Will …