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Book a focused hourly consult for $150, or choose a package for deeper support across design and build.

I help owner-builders, designers, and contractors solve straw bale challenges, avoid costly mistakes, and keep projects on schedule. Bring your plans, photos, or questions. You will leave with clear next steps.

Phone or video, easy online scheduling. Screenshare welcomed.

Smiling man, Timbo Scursso a strawbale construction expert and straw bale home designer, with a beard sitting on a classic strawbale home built-in window seat, wearing a black shirt.

Timbo Scursso
Teacher | Designer | Craftsperson

Choose Your Support

Start with an hourly consult, then add the right level of help. Plan review is included in Design Development. In-person site visits are available inside a Custom Package.

Hourly Consulting

$150 per hour

Best for quick questions, plan checks, permitting, sequencing, or troubleshooting. Phone or Google Meet with screenshare. View details

Design Development Consulting

$675 package

Five hours in flexible blocks. Includes plan review, buildability checks, energy and detailing guidance, and code considerations. View details

On-Site Training

$3,450 plus travel

Three full days on your project teaching baling, plaster prep, and application. Includes two consult calls and a readiness call. View details

Custom Package

Variable

Tailored mix of hourly consulting and design development. In‑person site visit when required, with written findings if requested. View details

Hourly Consulting

Get clear answers fast

What You Get

  • Targeted Q&A for design, sequencing, permitting, or troubleshooting

  • Phone or Google Meet, with screenshare for drawings or site walk-throughs

  • A written recap with next steps when helpful

Hourly Consulting
$150.00

Schedule Now

Do you have questions about your straw bale construction project? Schedule an hour of Q&A specific to your goals to keep your project on track!

*Bulk Hourly Packages are available upon request

per hour

Phone or Google Meet. Share drawings or walk the site on video.

Design Development Consulting

Refine your design with expert review

What You Get

  • Five hours in flexible 15-minute blocks

  • Plan review, buildability checks, energy and detailing guidance, code considerations

  • Action list that reduces cost, risk, and rework

Design Development Consulting
$675.00

Elevate your straw bale project’s design with expert guidance. Our Design Development Consulting Program offers 5 hours of specialized support to refine your straw bale home or building plans for performance, ease of construction, code adherence, and cost considerations. You work directly with Timbo to enhance your design process with tailored insights into sustainable materials, energy efficiency, structural considerations, and details unique to straw bale construction.

package

Add more hours later if needed. Best value for plan refinement.

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On-Site Training

Private, hands-on training for your crew or group

What You Get

  • Three full days on your project teaching baling, plaster prep, and application

  • Two consult calls and one readiness call to set you up for success

  • A focused work area completed as your reference standard

On-Site Training - Your private workshop
$3,450.00

This is perfect for you if… You plan on contracting out the strawbale portion of the build to a construction professional who doesn’t have a lot of experience with straw bale building. – OR – If you plan to bale and/or plaster the structure yourself with the help of friends and family but aren’t 100% confident about how to do it.

Either way, at the end of the on-site training, you and your attendees will have the skills to complete the straw bale walls, install the plaster details, and mix + apply the plaster, knowing you are doing so with best practices. The classic natural building work party meets strawbale.com comprehensive training and education!

plus travel

Tell me your location and timeline. I will confirm availability and provide a flat travel estimate.

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Custom Support Package

Tailored support for unique projects

What You Get

  • A personalized mix of hourly consulting and design development

  • In-person site visit when required, with written findings if requested

  • Scope designed around goals, drawings, schedule, and budget

$ variable

Share your goals and constraints. I will propose the right approach.

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Stories of Support and Success

See what it’s like to work with someone who’s been there—designing, building, and guiding straw bale projects for over two decades.