Our Green Home

DaylilliesMy husband and I are planning to build a new home, which of course will be green – as much as we can afford. It is my dream to have a green home, especially since my whole life is green – work, school and family.

It would be sad to give a tour of the landfill and point out, “Hey kids, see that part of the hill, that is about 12 tons of trash just from building my home!”

It is our determination to build a home that is energy-efficient, water-efficient, reduced waste and more. Not only do we see ourselves saving money in the future, but creating a sustainable lifestyle. We own almost 2 acres in Loris – surrounded by close friends, who might as well be considered family. Our investment in our land gets us closer to building and everyone is telling us that NOW is the time to build, if you are going to do it.

Our home will be built according to the Environments for Living program that will make it a Certified Green Home.I will be blogging our experiences as we build our green home. Just go back to the Home page to read the blogs.

Our Green Home Timeline

February 5, 2010 – Received the house plans!

January 28, 2010 – Met with Bruce at Sterling Homes to get back on track with the house plan. Made some changes and will be getting another plan soon.

January 11-18, 2010 – Sterling Homes is building the house for Extreme Makeover Home Edition. Ty Pennington, Paige Hemmis, Ed Sanders and John Littlefield are this week’s designers. Everything about the build can be found online at Extreme Horry.

December 2009 – Learned that our potential builder, Sterling Homes, will be building the Extreme Makeover house in January. All our plans will be on hold.

November 2009 – Moved into our rental house. Met with potential builders. House Hunting (just in case). Waiting for a design from a potential builder.

October 2009 – Sold our house in Quail Creek, second time on the market.

September 2008 – Purchased almost 2 acres of land in Loris.