Entries from September 2008 ↓

There is just under one week left on our subscriber only promotional sale of the 120K House. It will end on Wednesday, Oct 1st when we list it for sale on the MLS. My wife and Realtor is planning to raise the price by $10K - $15K when she lists and we will also be […]

Brian from Manor Hill Contracting sent me the latest build schedule a few days ago for the project. I finally got a chance to throw it into a Google Calender that we can all view and enjoy together. I love Google.
We are getting a bit of a late start, but should be able to finish […]

We’re finally going to build these homes we’ve been talking about for so long here. The groundbreaking event is scheduled for Sept 30th, next Tuesday morning at 9:00 AM. It’s going to be a small event with our team and our trusty camera, but you’re more than welcome to stop by. Below is our first […]

Today’s Marker Time is the first in a series of videos that will look at the Energy Efficiency of the 100K House project. The first in this series looks at the utility costs of the 120K House versus that of a similar new construction house built to code and an existing house that is not […]

 
Sustain Lane is a people-powered web guide to sustainable living filled with how-tos, news and product reviews for sustainable living. Every year they publish their biggest report that ranks the 50 largest US cities on their sustainability practices. These rankings are a big deal and get picked up by the major guys in the media […]

This post is a tough one in that I have to admit I have too many clothes (specifically t-shirts) and make an attempts to reduce my wardrobe down to only the bare necessities. I think this minimalist post, more than any of the others, makes it clear that minimalism isn’t for everyone and that’s OK. […]

Our third and final installment of the Indoor Air Quality Marker Time videos. In retrospect, this should have been the first of the IAQ series. Oh well. As Nic will tell you, we covered this topic about the homes first rather than things like recycled materials and solar panels because we believe it is overlooked […]

We have been considering putting some sweat equity into the construction of the 100K House from the beginning in order to increase the value. We wanted to keep the list of sweat equity tasks reasonable to keep the construction on schedule. There is also the desire to keep the list of tasks to a difficulty […]

The second “Marker Time” video covers Indoor Air Quality in a bit more detail. Today we take a look at mechanical ventilation inside the very tight envelope of the 120K House. We cover both local (kitchen & bath) ventilation as well as whole house ventilation in the form of HRV’s (Heat Recovery Ventilator) and ERV’s […]

We had a meeting bright and early this morning with our builders, Brian Pearce, from Manor Hill Contracting. Brian wanted to introduce us to his electrical and HVAC subs and review the current budget to date and construction schedule.
The subcontractor introduction was great as we got to meet more of Brian’s team that will […]