Healthy Homes

A primary consideration in green building is providing a healthy home or work environment. Our quality of life is considerably affected by the quality of food we eat, water we drink, and air we breathe – and the air we breathe is considerably affected by the materials we build with.

Home Building Kits

Home building kits can provide an attractive alternative for many people interested in do-it-yourself building. Building your own house can be an intimidating project for someone that has little or no experience with construction. It also can be overwhelming for someone already struggling with the pressures of day to day living. Home building kits, or [...]

Home Building Plans

I encourage “not-so-big” home design principles as a minimum consideration, focusing on smaller homes with quality amenities.   I also focus on affordability and the trade offs to consider when designing your own house.  Although I am not a proponent of “off the shelf” plans, they are often a good starting place and, with appropriate modifications [...]

Dream – the place do-it-yourself building begins

Do-it-yourself building is a common dream that many of us share. For those of us in the United States, the dream to build your own house is a common piece of the “American dream” – it signifies security, success, and freedom. But this dream transcends geographic boundaries and culture – at the core, the dream [...]

Plan – home building plans require more than drawings

A home building plan that covers all the aspects of the building process is a critical piece of do-it-yourself building. Many people think that learning how to build your own house requires knowledge of all the construction details, while others think it is as simple a choosing an online house plan and finding a lot. [...]

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