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ISA and I have had a few meetings since the discussions on the new floorplans last week. If you look closely you will notice that we have incorporated some reader suggestions such as surrounding the new bathroom layout with closet space rather than having them run the length of the side wall. Special thanks to […]

As we have been getting farther along in the process I have started to be a bit concerned with a lack of storage space. With a small house and no basement, I think we really need to add some more storage. The sketch below shows a modified 2nd story floorplan that addresses the storage issue […]

I went ahead and sketched up what I have in mind for the cabinets in the peninsula this AM since there was mild interest and a bit of confusion as to what I meant.

What we have here is a 10′ wide section of cabinets and countertop with the 6″-12″ deep chase for electrical and plumbing […]

Yesterday afternoon we had our much anticipated budget review with the entire team for the 100K House. Scott from Level 5 Construction had taken the past two weeks to come up with a comprehensive estimate based on the most recent design of both homes in the project.
I knew we were exceeding our $100K budget with […]

When I saw this inspirational house on a Inhabitat Prefab Friday post a few weeks ago, it reminded me of our house. Actually it made me think of what our house might look like if we were forced to cut costs in the design as much as possible.

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I’ve received a couple of questions about the new plans so I thought I would clarify what will be changing in the next week. We had a design meeting last week and finished with a rough sketch of what would be changed in the final iteration. Here’s the list:

The kitchen and core module on the […]

Interface delivered new plans with much greater detail in one of our recent meetings. We have had one design meeting since and will have the final versions available in about another week. A lot of the interior and exterior finishes are called out in this iteration as well. It’s been a lot of fun getting […]

On Friday we had our second design meeting for the 100k house. This time we invited Scott from Level 5 to join us in order to give initial feedback from a cost standpoint on our initial design. Overall the meeting went very well and we all agreed that we got a lot accomplished. We left […]

We had a very successful design meeting at ISA yesterday. We reviewed about five different floorplan and elevation options they had come up with in the past few weeks as well as the direction they would like to head for the exterior and facades. Below is the design that most closely resembles our favorite option […]

We’re thrilled to be getting this effort out of the ground.  Chad and I met each other in March at a Habitat for Humanity conference in Philadelphia and have been looking for a collaborative opportunity ever since.  Our office, ISA, has explored a series of approaches to dealing with the unique opportunities and challenges of […]