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Small, High-Performance House
A small house returns big dividends in comfort and energy savings.
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Designed to Save Energy
Here's the first rule of building green: The smaller a house the better. A small house requires fewer materials to build and less energy for heating, cooling, lighting, and such. At only 990 square feet total on the main and upper levels (there's also a 590-square-foot basement), this home fits the bill. It was constructed by builder Bob Allen (catskillwoodworking.com) for his family in High Falls, New York. Solar power, solar water heating, high-performance insulation, and other features minimize energy costs year-round.
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oh, Wendy hi. Sorry, I hadn't meant to offend by assuming you were totally unpaid. It looks way below the going hourly rate for a highly skilled craftwswomen like yourself, even for a childrens TV character....
8/23/2010 01:42:35 AM Report AbuseHe can afford to put his money where his mouth is cos he saved more than fifty grand on labour and freebies
8/20/2010 12:07:47 PM Report AbuseChristopher fabricated the sink based on my prototype
8/20/2010 12:05:52 PM Report AbuseBob didn't build the cabinets
8/20/2010 12:04:29 PM Report AbuseAaaawww AVA's sandbox that I made
8/20/2010 12:02:35 PM Report AbuseThis was fun ! I was driving the crane to put these panels up
8/20/2010 11:59:12 AM Report AbuseHey yanni b, wendy here!!! Don't feel too bad I did actually receive a payment of seventy five hundred dollars for my labour, which as smaraglio points out was actually better than it could have been! Wierd that that was my name, what are the chances??
8/20/2010 11:57:55 AM Report Abuse.
8/20/2010 09:27:05 AM Report AbuseYes you also failed to mention how rather than pay a plumber a fair wage for doing the thirty thousand dollar (estimate) plumbing job at this house you had a guy who worked for you at your woodshop cleaning floors do it for his cleaning pay, on Saturdays. So rather than paying him for his skill you allowed him to take a day off in leui! "Bob the builder! Can he fix it? Yes he can!
8/20/2010 09:19:44 AM Report AbuseI read in Uk based magazine/publication "the hustle" that all you need to do is find yourself a highly skilled craftswomen, convince her that you are "the one" she has been waiting for, then get them to build the house for you. I also heard that if you make your selection carefully you can also get them to complete the fit out including bespoke hand crafted cabinets throughout. Bob the builder, can he fix it? Yes he can!
8/20/2010 03:24:35 AM Report AbuseIm sure that it was simply an oversight but you forgot to mention that when you built this house you saved your self tens of thousands of dollers and months worth of effort by using freely available,high profile skills rather than paying top end money for them. Im staggered that you failed to make this superb energy saving recommendation in this article"
8/20/2010 03:24:23 AM Report AbuseGood Job Bob the builder. Your famous in the UK for more reasons than you know. Didn't you get a lot of help from Wendy with this project? This article makes no reference to her? It's really unfortunate that an article all about the use of energy efficient materials fails to mention your greatest energy saving of all...
8/20/2010 03:23:52 AM Report Abuse