How do you find certified Green Builder?
It's not uncommon to find a reliable "green home list" or "green page" in specific areas, so choosing a high-quality general contractor with experience building efficient homes can be challenging. Here are some...
Top 5 Sophisticated Home Designs
Steel framed windows
Perhaps the most famous example of steel-framed windows is Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece Fallingwater in Mill Run, PA, designed in 1935. Not surprisingly, this style is back in vogue. Wright's concept of organic...
Prefab houses
A modular home or mobile home is an affordable, factory-built housing option with all parts pre-assembled on site at your new location. Modular homes are usually built by manufacturers who specialize in building these types of homes for...
What are the standard home foundations?
Learn about foundation types that are options for modular housing.
Having a strong modular home foundation is key to keeping the home solid for life. There are different types of modular home foundations on which...
What is a Site Built Homes?
A site built homes is exactly what it sounds like: a house built on your site. Houses built on the site are being built entirely on your property board one by one.
First, the foundation...
Octagon Homes
An octagonal house is a style of house with eight symmetrical exterior walls, giving the house an octagonal floor plan rather than the typical square or rectangular one. This design was a popular style of the American architecture...
Building a mobile home from scratch
For those who are especially handy, the challenge of building a mobile home from scratch is particularly appealing. Many people have accepted this challenge with mixed results.
There are many written guides and videos you...
How to Take a Mobile Home off the Grid
Although mobile homes offer a fairly straightforward route out of the grid (compared to other options), they still require a fair amount of attention and build upon a successful move.
Install the...