From the monthly archives:

March 2009

100k Ribbon Cutting Reminder

March 30, 2009

This is just a quick friendly reminder about Tuesday’s ribbon cutting ceremony. We have been scrambling to get everything ready, and it would be really disappointing to not see a bunch of you out there in real life (or IRL as the kids say . . . do they say that?). There will be a [...]

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Where Oh Where Has the Starter Home Gone?

March 26, 2009

Sometimes I just want to ask a question like the one in the title and resist the temptation to immediately bury the query with my own ideas. I want to simply let the question hang out here in the magical interweb and gather the varied thoughts and opinions for which our readers are known. But, [...]

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LG Art Cool Provides Attractive Ductless Units on a Budget

March 20, 2009

We have been planning on using a supplemental split-ductless or heat-pump HVAC system in the 120K House from day one. These units are very efficient, supply both heating and cooling, and eliminate ductwork that can further reduce efficiency and air quality in standard HVAC systems. The main complaint I have with these units is that [...]

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100k Construction Update: Drywall, Siding and More

March 19, 2009

It has been a busy couple weeks and to cover all the progress we will have to give you an update in a couple forms. First, check out the video walk through to see our current state of construction. It doesn’t provide much in the way of details, but at least you can see what’s [...]

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100k House Ribbon Cutting

March 13, 2009

Polish up your over-sized scissors and iron your best t-shirt/sports jacket combo because on March 31st at 10:30 a.m. we will be cutting the ribbon on the 100k House. After months of hard work and many, many more months of hard talking about it, our first two homes are nearing completion. To celebrate we are [...]

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The Reblogification of 100khouse.com

March 6, 2009

This post is mainly for those of you following along via RSS (almost 800 of you, woohoo!). Anyone who still sticks with the archaic method of actually visiting websites will already know about our new look and its attendant problems. As you read in my last post (you did read it right?), we are doing [...]

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Site Overhaul

March 2, 2009

If you stop by the site today you might see things in a sort of disarray. Please do not be alarmed. This is not a result of malicious hacking, nor are we foolish enough to have taken up drunken WordPress theme customization. We are merely in a midst of a site overhaul that we hope will freshen things up around here.

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