Green Building Goes on a Budget Wall Street Journal “Casa Feliz is one of a growing number of affordable-housing projects nationwide that have been built “green”—that is, with nontoxic materials, highly energy-efficient appliances, and features such as green roofs and solar panels. Thanks to tax credits designed to attract private capital and aggressive cost-cutting on [...]

Remodeling Magazine asks this provocative question: Are you a professional? Here’s a snippet of their argument: “These remodelers may earn a wage for what they do, but is there any profit earned to compensate them for the risks they take in owning and running a company? If the business is not earning a profit the [...]

According to Professional Builder, there’s another reason that houses are becoming smaller and cheaper: first time home buyers. Professional Builder points out that 8.4 million households bought a home between 2007 and 2009. And how many of them were doing it for the first time? 41 percent. That’s a very significant minority. It stands to [...]

Here’s some Monday morning fun for you homebuilders out there! Wood, stucco, brick…just some of the regular materials that regular houses are made of. Of course, shelter and home can come in any number of forms. MSN Real Estate recently listed a few. Here are our favorites. Converted churches: Soaring ceilings and gorgeous light. Airplanes: [...]

Replacement Housing Services specializes in full replacement and renovation of homes for move-up buyers who value urban living. Each project is supported by extensive research and analysis covering everything from the selection of the building site to the architectural fit within the neighborhood and community, as well as the current and future lifestyle needs of [...]

The people at W.A. Bernard Inc. pride themselves on maintaining their tradition of quality and old-world craftsmanship within the home building industry. It is for this reason that they were contacted in 2005 regarding renovations to a home in Sherborn, MA. The project was to be a challenging one, seeing as much of the structural integrity [...]

Teenagers: all they care about is…living green? According to Qualified Remodeler, more and more teenagers are taking a leading role in making their homes greener. As an example, they offer a story of an adult who didn’t get rid of her working dishwasher that didn’t match her other kitchen appliances, despite clearly wanting to. Her [...]

The kitchen is the heart and hearth of the home, and when it comes time to remodel, people want to make sure they get it right. It’s not just a matter of choosing granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. It’s about having a usable room with a workable flow. It’s deciding whether the kitchen is [...]

In the past year or so, we’ve seen remodeling rise up to take a greater prominence in the building world. With the economic challenges and the building industry reeling, more and more homeowners are remodeling. Why? A combination of factors: With houses not selling, people are staying put and upgrading what they have. But this [...]

MSN Real Estate, via House Beautiful, has three very amusing slide shows on state-of-the-art kitchens from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 00s. The really funny thing, however, is that most of these kitchens look pretty palatable to the modern eye. Function-wise, they may need to be updated, but they still look beautiful. See if you [...]