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Custom Building a House
Red House is an award-winning custom design-build remodeling and construction firm specializing in custom-built home additions and full-house renovations. Our services include residential design, new construction, historic restoration, and kitchen, bathroom, and master suite remodels. We also provide design, construction, and installation of custom cabinets and…
Building a House cost per square Foot
In our last post we discussed how products with similar features (e.g. a roof, a foundation, a bathroom, a kitchen, etc) can have widely different costs per square foot when building a house. If you didn’t read Part #1, I highly recommend you read that post first as it will give you the general basis for our discussion going forward. In my way of thinking the…
House Building for Dummies
Green building websites can be confusing. One site might tell you that a green home should include spray foam insulation, a tankless water heater, and a geothermal heating system. After you’ve absorbed this advice, you visit another website, where you learn that spray foam is a dangerous petrochemical, tankless water heaters are overpriced gadgets, and “geothermal”…
Whats the cost to Build a House
If you want to build a house in Japan you will be faced with a lot of decisions. For most people, the most time-consuming issue is finding and acquiring the rights to a suitable parcel of land in the area of town they want to live in. However, even if you nail down the right location, there are a plethora of other issues that have to be resolved, for instance…
Guide to Building your own House
It is said that for every person who self builds there are 15 that add extensions to their homes. The reasons for all this are easy to see. It often makes more economic sense to stay put and avoids the need to find a plot. It means we can stay in the same neighbourhood if we like it and that the children can remain at the same school. This article covers common…
Cost Effective Ways to Build a House
How much will your building or remodeling project cost? Maybe less than you think! Here are some ideas for how to cut costs without compromising comfort and beauty. Estimate Costs. Image by Dieter Spannknebel/Stockbyte/ Getty Images (cropped) Before you get far in the planning process, start collecting estimates. These early estimates will be approximate, but…