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Schematic Design Phase, Part I: Site Visit & Neighboring Homes

Schematic Design Phase, Part I: Site Visit & Neighboring Homes

After making the decision to purchase the land, we immediately went to work with  Ryall Sheridan Architects to complete the schematic desig...

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Flipping the Floor Plan

Flipping the Floor Plan

We knew from the start that we wanted to invert the traditional home configuration by moving the common areas on to the upper level and bed...

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Our Building Program

Our Building Program

In architecture speak, the program defines the scope of the project by outlining the building's goals, conditions, and objectives. The p...

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Property Research & Due Diligence, Part III: A Modern Home that Fits

Property Research & Due Diligence, Part III: A Modern Home that Fits

There's clearly some risk in purchasing the property base on the answers to the first two questions; however, the final question is equ...

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Property Research & Due Diligence, Part II: Zoning Approval

Property Research & Due Diligence, Part II: Zoning Approval

Now that we've address the physical aspects of the property, time to tackle our biggest question and concern prior to closing on the pro...

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Property Research & Due Diligence, Part I: Area Flooding

Property Research & Due Diligence, Part I: Area Flooding

Signing the sales agreement for the property was exciting. It was the first time I thought, "This is really happening, we're really...

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Purchasing Our Tiny Lot

Purchasing Our Tiny Lot

One of our favorite pastimes is looking at properties. On a lazy Sunday afternoon or in evenings after dinner, we could be found combing thr...

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What is a Passive House? A Simple Analogy

What is a Passive House? A Simple Analogy

This is a S'well bottle. If you're not familiar with S'well bottles, they are highly designed, fairly well constructed vaccum ...

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Planting the Seeds of Our Dream Home

Planting the Seeds of Our Dream Home

"Dreams are the seeds of change. Nothing ever grows without a seed, and nothing ever changes without a dream." - Debby Boone ...

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