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| The Benefits of Building a Custom Home | | | The major advantage in building a custom home is that you get a completed home that ideally meets your needs, both in terms of function and quality. Today most spec homes are built using builders grade products in order to minimize cost and maximize |
| Green Building Market Potential - How Green Can You Go? | | | A recent joint study released by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and McGraw-Hill Construction has discovered that some 85% of homeowners who currently own green homes are happier with their new homes than with their previous houses- |
| Building Environmentally Sound Homes | | | As our planet continues to take more and more of a beating, there has been a real emergence of building environmentally conscious housing. In years past homes were constructed with materials that were not only damaging to the environment but as we e |
| 10 Ways To Reduce Noise When Planning a New Home | | | There is nothing worse than hearing the noise of every car that drives past your home, or listening to the neighbour's stereo when you are trying to read, or hearing The Wiggles from the childrens playroom when you want to watch the news. So here ar |
| Your Front Door - Designing The Entry To Your Home | | | Here's a subject that's rarely given enough thought in custom home design...the way you enter and leave your house. We're just talking about a door, right? A hole in the wall, a way in and a way out; what more is there to consider? It's easy to over |
| Empty Nester Housing | | | Retirement. Florida. Golf. Boredom. What do these terms have in common? Not much, according to a mountain of recent studies of the lifestyles and demographics of aging baby-boomers. Today's "empty-nesters" are a more diverse group then ever before, |
| Energy Efficient Home Design - The Basics | | | Good house design takes its form in part from the forces that act on it. Climate and weather are two of the strongest form-makers (there are no igloos in the tropics) since houses must be designed and built to repel the damaging effects of the world |
| Architectural Review Boards and How to Work With Them | | | If you're planning on building a custom home in a new development or remodeling a home in an older neighborhood, you'll likely to find your plans subject to design review. Design review boards go by different names; ARB (Architectural Review Board), |
| Redecorate, Remodel, Build A New Home, Or Move? | | | So you're outgrowing your house, or the kids are leaving you with an empty nest, or you wake up one morning and realize that your carpet and paint are twenty years old. You want to know what makes the most sense for you and your family - how do you |
| Building Codes And Remodeling | | | Building codes are regulations that control almost every aspect of home design and construction. Every new home, remodeling project, or room addition must be designed and built in accordance with the codes that regulate the structural design, energy |
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