An attempt to build a modern and green home in Philly for $100,000 in construction costs.
November 9th, 2007 — size, design, planning
In 1970 the average home size in the US was 1,400 square feet. Today it’s over 2,300 square feet (source). The 100k house is currently planned to be 1,000 square feet. How did we arrive at this number? Good question.
Here are the conscious reasons I can remember:
It works nicely with our two budget goals of […]
November 7th, 2007 — HVAC, framing, foundation, design, budget, planning
A couple weeks ago on Thursday, October 25th the team had its first meeting to discuss the feasibility of building a modern and green home in Philly for $100K. Prior to this meeting the 100k house was nothing more than an idea or dream in the heads of myself (Chad) and Brian (Brian Phillips - […]