Steps to build a dream home
Follow these 7 rules to get past the hurdles and start on the path to successfully build a custom, dream home: 1 ... s) for your neighborhood before you finalize your house plans and break ground on your project. Also, be sure to obtain architectural approval if required. 5. Set a Realistic Budget: Accurate budget [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 13:03:03
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Shipping Containers: Dream Homes in Juarez, MexicoCNN 9.24.2008
When it comes to hot trends in the green building world, nothing is much hotter right now than shipping containers ... stands for "Por Fin, Nuestra Casa," -- "Finally, our own home") and plan to build a community ... . Shipping container homes are sleek, modern, and often a little bloated when it comes to square [more...]
Date: 2008-09-24 18:30:00
Friday Fill-Ins
1. Enough with the presidential stuff already. I am so over it!2. Life causes me to be conflicted.3. I've been craving Sour Patch Kids.4 ... . I want to stay holed up in a log cabin with a roaring fire, lots of yummy snacks, and many ... out home plans, researching building tips, and even checking out appliances. I love to dream [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 03:00:00
Live from the universal Builders’ Show: World’s First Pellet Fireplace
Live from the universal Builders’ Show: World’s First Pellet Fireplace January 20th, 2009 | Category: ... efficiency and for maximum heat. Original post by Cameron Snyder building plans book cable home security home theater aquarium stand kitchen projects www diy table stores home tube amp planner screen pc midi [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 21:53:00
Creating a Life Plan
I have met very few people who have a plan for their lives. Most are passive spectators, watching their lives unfold a day at a time. They may plan their careers, the building of a new home, or even a vacation. But it never occurs to them to plan their life. As a result, many end up discouraged and disillusioned, wondering where they went wrong [more...]
Date: 2008-06-30 02:23:36
Back To Basics Challenge
I'm sorry I will have to do a short post, it is very hot inside today.Sowing seed or PlantingI saw two punnets of six French lavender plants ... garden plan, working out storage plans or more long term goals and projects like plans for digging root ... , managing stores, preserving, building that home made cob or solar oven, adding house insulation, saving [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 10:27:00
Sell your green home
We now understand enough about sustainable homes to know that they’re not just important for the conservation of the planet, ... . A year ago, eco-towns were at the forefront of the government’s plans to build more new homes and reduce ... properties. New research from the Energy Saving Trust reveals that energy efficient homes could [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 16:20:23
Build your dream home
I am planning to buy a new house and only then I realized how tough a job it is as it involves a lot of careful planning ... from. I have always craved for having Contemporary house plans. I bumped into houseplansandmore.com website where I found almost all types of house plans like Bungalow House plans, English Cottage plans [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 04:50:45
Upstate Amish seek to buck smoke detectors, building codes
Here’s an interesting development way up north in Morristown, N.Y. (no, not Morristown, N.J., but Morristown, N.Y ... prosecutions against Amish families for building (or moving) homes without certified architectural plans, battery-powered smoke detectors and other “modern” requirements. According to an AP story [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 15:59:08
Build your favorite home
New Yorkers are always being introduced to the new concept of house made since New York City become one consideration for people to build what type ... , the site offers construction of New York log homes. And customer can choose up to 100 floor plans which ... of house would be best home in this place. Usually there is a certain mode booming in that place [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 03:29:22
Rumormongering UPDATE: Hibernia Bank Actually Sold
After undergoing a massive price chop over the course of a single month ($9.9 million to $4 million!) ... the building back in August as a possible home for a very ambitions plan— too much so, obviously— ... estate construction business" is the unnamed buyer, and plans to renovate the building and make [more...]
Date: 2008-09-10 21:34:50
Church View Acres - Available Lots - Acreage in the Heart of Alamance County/Graham NC
Looking for Custom Homes Near Raleigh NC? Available Building Lots in Graham NC Neighborhood - Bring Your Own Builder Church View Acres offers ... us at 919-278-8070. Just browse our Library of Favorite Floor Plans, or send us a plan ... of ranch and two story homes. All homes must be at least 1500 sq ft. Well and septic sites [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 12:30:26
Home Improvement Magazines and Stores are Good Design
by Cadell Derbing Whether you know a lot about homebuilding or just have some ideas of how you want your new home to look and function, ... to the layout and building plan in the design phase will ensure that you realize your dream of living ... . Some ideas in very high-end homes can be adapted to other price level building with little [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 19:53:00
Mayor Villaraigosa Announces Home Preservation Day (Sponsored by IndyMac)
Popping out of the Braude building in Van Nuys this morning we spotted a cadre of cameras lined up around a podium ... that 5,000 Los Angeles homes were lost to foreclosure in the 3rd Quarter of this year ... up blight left over from foreclosed homes and a plan to sell foreclosed homes to first time home [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 19:33:35
Solar Cell, Module Costs to Fall Dramatically
alamosa1solar.jpg Good news for home and building owners considering installing solar systems: ... bailout and stimulus plan is another big factor expected to drive costs down. The growing number ... some form of feed-in tariff, or credits, for home and building owners that feed surplus power [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 16:34:25
Serenbe, Luxe Conservation Community
Serenbe is located in Palmetto, Georgia, about 30-45 minutes southwest of Atlanta. The 900 acre community will preserve 70% of it's land and eventual plans include about 600 homes ... and is often inspired by historical buildings. There's a Dwell Home being built (see below), and the above [more...]
Date: 2008-08-21 06:17:34
Developer Retreats on Fort Greene Plan
PHOTOS: JAMIE LEHANE For her entire life, Cynthia Butts, 53, ... and ground-floor businesses. But Catsimatidis has already abandoned plans to build the affordable housing ... she calls home is now defined by an unusual silence. Across the street from her residential complex [more...]
Date: 2008-09-12 01:16:23
6190 Concerto Trail, Saline, MI 48176
NEW construction in Saline, located in one of the most convenient new subdivisions in Saline…. ... and attention to detail. This ranch home is 2045 square feet, with hardwood floors in foyer, kitchen and nook. Other lots and floor plans are available to build with Essex-Homes web site. More lots [more...]
Date: 2008-10-08 23:44:56
Community pressure mounts on Kaua‘i Burial Council
Community pressure mounts on Kaua‘i Burial Council Posted October 6th, ... . Do not let it start with this home.“ Brescia’s plans to build a house on the 15,667-square-foot lot ... dirt road and a naupaka hedge fronting a white-sand beach, the narrow lot that Joseph Brescia owns [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 00:32:04
Developers withdraw controversial Pasco project
DADE CITY -- Pasco County commissioners didn’t have to vote today on whether to allow a controverisal subdivision north of Dade City ... looking at the site plan. Berry Hill Estates, the 266-home subdivision proposed for 403 hilly acres ... Harris had proposed building homes on various lot sizes, with one area of higher density — 134 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 19:33:08
90% of Israeli Homes Solar Hot Water Equipped
392232273_aebdccd321 Last week I reported on a story that saw a new bill passed in Hawaii making it mandatory for every new home to have their ... the following year anyone who intended to build a new home would have to include solar panels in their plans. Already Spain is the fourth largest manufacturer of solar power technology, exporting 80 [more...]
Date: 2008-07-07 17:56:27
Shrinking Floorplans Meet Energy Costs and Buyers Budgets
Home-sold Builders are seeing less opportunity in building large homes and are retooling their floorplans to take this into account ... to afford the oversized home makes less sense. Add into the equation potential inflation and the high ... $300,000. Now, the builder is shrinking floor plans again. It recently launched a new line of homes [more...]
Date: 2008-10-21 12:00:23
On Dream Homes
Looking for inspiration for your dream home? Are you ready to get started building? ... you a totally modernist style house on a realistic budget. Other plans that you can choose from are narrows, prairie styles, southern houses, colonial homes, new england plans, beach house and many [more...]
Date: 2008-08-06 17:06:00
Prince Charles And Camilla Moves Into Their New Eco-Farmhouse
Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles quietly took the wraps off of their new country residence yesterday — called Llwynywormwood Estates — and ... farmhouse surrounded by 192 acres of organic farm and countryside would not say who the home belongs ... by insulating the building with hemp and sheep’s wool. The plans also include filling a lake from [more...]
Date: 2008-06-24 13:04:53
NASA Administrator Building his dream home
Just imagine a post-NASA Mike Griffin building his retirement dream home.First, take all the plans you've paid competing architects to devise to meet your stated needs ... decreeing the size and shape of the shell of the house and choosing a builder, mandate on said builder [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 06:45:00
Review: The Complete Deck Book by Sunset Books
Sunset Books’ The Complete Deck Book (TCDB) makes a pretty audacious claim in its subtitle: “Everything You Need to Plan, Build, or Buy the Perfect Deck for Your Home.” My opinion: it pretty well lives up to its claim. If you’re looking for a one stop shop for all things decking, Sunset’s TCDB is a great place to start [more...]
Date: 2008-07-08 04:00:20
Sunday Farm Photo: Heat Cheat
Firewood Blocks: A Busy Farmgirl's New Best Friend Both The Shack and the new building ( ... old home. The new building, on the other hand, has the opposite problem—we bought a massive wood ... like a perfect plan to me—stay warm and yet still have plenty of fresh air. Kind of like when I used [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 20:23:38
HousePlans
Looking for the home of your dreams can be a very daunting task ... Plans plans ready for you to purchase and build as is, or to use as a starting point Ranch house ... house Plans. Find a blueprint that fits your style and your budget. [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 15:22:00
Six Key Points of a Domestic Building Energy Management Plan
Nearly one third of GHG emissions come from heating, cooling and lighting our homes and places or work – much more than it could be ... Management Plan: *A National Energy Building Code for new construction and major retrofits [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 10:39:19
ARTechnic's Stunning Shell House: Exterior And Interior
Japanese architecture firm ARTechnic has designed and completed this unusual- but beautiful and minimalist- concrete ovoid home in Karuizawa, Japan. Built in two sections, around a fir tree, it is nestled in a forest and is as amazing inside ... about the home on Dezeen, including floorplans, how the initial plans changed over time and building [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 08:00:00
Everhouse: A new plan for post-Katrina homes
John Sawyer’s vision for the next phase of Katrina recovery revolves around a simple home. Three years after hurricanes Katrina and Rita battered the Gulf Coast, housing remains a major problem in the region. There’s a shortage of skilled labor to build new homes, insurance rates have skyrocketed, [more...]
Date: 2008-10-23 15:36:54
How did Brent Staples get that job?
He's not in the Times enough for my taste. “Without Sanctuary” was shown in Atlanta in 2002 at the Martin Luther King Jr ... and the accompanying documents would find a permanent home in Georgia or any other lynching belt state ... for its building and plans to open in 2011. The center aspires to emulate the Holocaust Memorial Museum [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 03:14:13
Your Web Site Stinks
by Matthew Henage Here is a list of possible reasons why your website stinks ... your website when you start creating it is like having someone build a home without any blueprints. Without blueprints or a website plan, you’ll end up with results that stink. The best reason to plan [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 08:59:07
Armed Branch of Hamas Warns' Israel of Concequenses In Alleged Ground Offensive Into Gaza Strip
Yahya AyyashFebruary 22, 1966 - January 5, 1996 The Engineer in Chief PalestineFreeVoice Images Photo credit "name withheld" ... the Israelis on Monday regarding the Israelis alleged plans to launch a ground invasion across Gaza ... building and in every home. We will attack you from under the debris. If you believe that shelling [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 05:36:00
"World's Toughest Phone," Sonim XP3, Coming to US
sonimsmall1.jpg Their European phones have been dropped from a 13-story building and shot with guns, four times, ... finally plans to bring their phones home to the US with the upcoming XP3, which will be available next ... . You break it, you get a new one. There will be a European version of the XP3 with fewer features [more...]
Date: 2008-10-08 15:02:43
Home.
At our age and status, we are ones who talk about really being able to acquire a house of our own ... releases say the Schumacher Homes designs and builds custom dreamhomes all across the United States. Since we have plans of migrating to the US in the near future, I could not wait until I can avail [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 02:30:03
Things to Know about Systems Built Modular Homes
Things to Know about Systems Built Modular Homes Modular building has gotten a steady flow press in recent years, thanks, in no small part, ... to finished product and then set in place at your jobsite. “Floor treatments, framing, insulation ... natural service to help advise you thought the process of selecting a plan, builder and plant try [more...]
Date: 2008-11-28 17:12:25
Brentwood’s Town Center one step closer
Planning Commission Gives Nod to Two New Town Center Buildings By MELISSA WEBB Correspondent mwebb@charterinternet ... in the city. The Commission approved site plans and the revised final plat presented by Brookside Properties for two new buildings. Three lots (including the former home of the Carriage House Cleaners [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 11:43:00
Santa Maria CA Gated Townhome Communities, Arborwalk & Lavigna
Lighthouse Tower at Lavigna Pool Lavigna is a new gated community of detached townhomes in the southwest part ... greatly. There are also plans to build out Carmen Lane which will further unite the Westgate Ranch area ... . I just visited the model homes yesterday and they all look appealing. The floor plans range [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 20:27:34
Spoil Your Own Country BROWNSKI Not Ours’
Immigrants Have Taken 40% of all Homes Built in Last Decade December 4, ... European immigration since 2005. The Brown Government plans to build three million new houses in the UK ... by the Home Office. Nearly 600,000 properties have been needed to house immigrants since 1997 — [more...]
Date: 2008-12-04 17:31:20
61 Fifth Ave, Former Schrafft's Building, Set For Demo
Back in the day, 61 Fifth Avenue served as home to Schrafft's restaurant. Built in 1938 it catered to the upscale lunching set ... at $15 Mil. (according to city records) and plans are underway to build a 10 story mixed use building ... in December and should commence any day.It is a shame to see a building with architectural [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 17:21:00
CC & A.J. press conference roundup
CC & A.J. press conference roundup December 19, 2008 A few thoughts from Thursday's initial-crazy press conference .. ... that dream house he was building in Southern California? It's history. He and his family plan to buy a home in northern New Jersey and make it their residence year-round - for at least the next seven years [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 05:49:55
Improvement Services Provide Varying Specialist Skills
When beginning your remodeling project, knowing which contractor to use can be overwhelming ... in that field. If you have a very large remodel planned, then it might be best to get a building ... or so. A large project will require the use of an improvement plan, which will allow you to live in your home [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 04:33:30
Build A Glider-Copter (Aug, 1954)
view additional pages Build A Glider-Copter AN 86-lb ... , and will make plans and kits available to high school and college students who can build them at home ... . In European countries the governments try to encourage glider flying for the training of future pilots [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 04:16:05
On A Clean Energy Economy
I recently returned from Washington, D.C ... s, is that they get it! They understand that any recovery plan must be developed toward a clean energy economy. This will create ... a home and commercial building retrofit program CLEANER TRANSPORTATION Fully fund New Starts transit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 01:53:11
What Do You Do with a $36 million Empty Lot?
Now that ARCWheeler's Boyd hotel and theater project has received the blessings of the Planning Commission (Tuesday) ... to knock down the Warwick Apartment building and the funeral home on Sansom (read the Illadelphaccount [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 17:10:00
Dream Timber Frame Ski Home
Just a couple years ago Davis Frame Company helped a client create their dream ski vacation home in Vermont for the winter months ... that could help him turn his design into building plans to create an anything but ordinary ski home.The ... with guest quarters. The first floor has a spacious great room with an open kitchen and dining room. A ship's [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 14:00:00
Obama lays out job projections expected from stimulus
In today's radio address, the president-elect released a new report, which details how many and what kinds of jobs will be created by an "American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan." Here's the video and excerpts are below: Yesterday ... American homes. These made-in-America jobs building solar panels and wind turbines, developing fuel [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 15:34:01
Go Home Already: Buildings and Grounds
2008_0916_gha.jpg Seems like we all ought to be asking tougher questions about the plans of new Smithsonian head G. Wayne Clough. ... Modern Art Notes Redskin Chris Cooley has apologized for posting a photo of his penis on his blog ... up the block a woman was attacked, and the guy who rushed out of the house to help the woman, also beat [more...]
Date: 2008-09-16 23:13:33
Landmarks of Religious Rome: Michelangelo's Dome... and Moroni's Trumpet
After years of warming relations with the Catholic world, albeit punctuated by the occasional doctrinal spat, ... in the Pope's backyard, revealing its plans to build a temple in Rome. Announced this morning by church ... a temple following its dedication. On their Utah home-turf, the LDS have a long history of faithful [more...]
Date: 2008-10-05 06:23:34
