And So It Begins . . .
A new chapter in our lives. The one where we move into a too-tiny rental house so we could be a few blocks away from the lot where we’re building our dream home.
We’ve nearly finalized the plans — or they’re finalized enough for the builder to start digging. There is a fence around the lot now — my husband calls it a “silt fence” — for erosion control. The utility companies have marked where stuff is. (Don’t you like my technical terms?) The builder is getting the dig machine over there (another technical term). So possibly, just maybe, we’ll start excavation today!
I thought about starting another blog to track the progress, but gosh, I don’t feel like setting up another one and since this one is already RANDOM, I hope you’ll indulge me if I blog about the build here. I’ll mark all these posts “green home” so you’ll know which ones to ignore if you’re not interested!
And if you are interested, or know people who are curious about what’s involved with building an energy-efficient, somewhat sustainable (hence “green”) home, spread the word. I’ll do my best to explain things!
The pic is of my munchkin the other day. We walked over to the lot and grabbed a shot of him with the signs. For those of you not from around here, the Earth Craft sign is a regional (Southeast) certification that the house meets certain rigorous energy-efficiency standards. There really isn’t a standard that says a house is “green.” You could go with LEEDS certification which is a national ratings system for green building. It seems to be used more in commercial than residential construction. Not sure if we’ll go for LEEDS (although from our specs and process, I believe we’d qualify easily) because the certification is so much more expensive than Earth Craft certification and not as well known down here.
So here we are, at the starting gate. Are you ready? On your marks, get set, BUILD!
–Sherean