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October 2008

Custom IKEA Credenza to Hide Water Meter

October 31, 2008

On our site visit yesterday with Brian the Builder, we ran into a bit of a design issue that just sprouted its ugly head. The plumber on the job brought to our attention that since we don’t have a basement, we will need to install the water meter and main shutoff on the ground floor. [...]

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How To Build A House in Philadelphia – Zoning

October 30, 2008

This post is just as much a reference post for myself as it is to help anyone else out there interested in building a house in Philly. There can be a lot of hurdles and forms to fill out, but if you know what needs to be done step-by-step, it goes a lot smoother. I [...]

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The Space Usage Experiment

October 29, 2008

Those of you who have been following the conversation recently, particularly the one discussing square feet per person, probably heard my intention to track space usage in my own home. Basically, I said that use justifies space, and I was curious as to how my own lifestyle justified the space in which my wife and [...]

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SIPs and Sips

October 29, 2008

Most of you know about our oft-delayed SIPs Week which will finally be starting on Tuesday, Nov. 4th. This will be a training event for contractors, framers and other building professionals interested in learning about building with SIPs (download SIPs event PDF). It is also a great time for more casual observers to stop by [...]

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Trip to Greenable – Green Building Supply + Design Store

October 27, 2008

About a week and a half ago, Nic and I took a trip to Greenable, our local green supply store, to investigate possible finish options for the homes. Greenable has a nice showroom on Market St inbetween Front and Second St in Olde City, Philadelphia. Unfortunately, I lost my full notes after the meeting so [...]

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SIPs Delayed Another Week & Lessons Learned

October 23, 2008

Another unforeseen delay in construction has caused us to delay our SIPs Week event once again by a week. The new dates for those of you interested in participating or just stopping by will be November 4th – 7th. See the once again updated flyer here. This dissapointing delay has prompted me to jot down [...]

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Why Bigger? – The Changing Role of the Home

October 23, 2008

We know that one of the reasons home sizes have increased is linked simply to the desire to own more. Home buyers, in many cases, simply want larger houses just like car buyers seem to want bigger cars and fast food buyers seem to want bigger meals. However, based on the conversation surrounding my last [...]

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ISA Takes Four Honors at AIA Philadelphia’s Awards Banquette

October 22, 2008

We are very proud of our architects, Interface Studio Architects (ISA), for taking away four awards at last week’s Philadelphia AIA Awards for Design Excellence. The first award is the 2008 Philadelphia Emerging Architecture Prize which they will be accepting tonight at one of the closing events for the Design Philadelphia series. The event is [...]

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Three Blog Milestones – 1 year anniversary, 200 posts & 500 subscribers

October 21, 2008

Well, it has officially been over a year since our very first blog post on October 19th, 2007.  While we had hoped to have a few homes under our belt by this time, we couldn’t be happier with the community that has grown around our ramblings on affordable, green building here at the 100K House [...]

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So Many Square Feet, So Few People

October 20, 2008

Taking part in the comment conversation on a couple of posts I have written led me to consider the way we think about home size. Typically, as one reader complained, homes are merely judged by their square footage and disregard the number of occupants. Meaning, that the owner of a large home with a big [...]

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