Archive for the 'Home construction' Category

The 1538 Plan - 3 bed/ 3 bath - Spec house for sale in SOL

Construction is underway on our first spec house in SOL! This 3 bed / 3 bath, 1538 sq ft home will be the 3rd two-story in the community, and the first home to be built to sell. The home is listed at $292,500 and will be ready for occupancy early 2012. Solar [...]

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The 1140 Plan - 2 bed/2 bath

One of the latest homes to be completed in SOL - and one of our most popular floor plans. We can only build one more of these in the community, so don’t wait! The 1140 SF plan has 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms on either end of the house providing excellent privacy. There [...]

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New Home Plan - Modern Green in East Austin

We have recently added a compact 1111sf, 2 bedroom, 2 bath “sideyard” or bar building to the Sol plan mix.  this 16′x65′ plan with an entry vestibule and front loaded carport has CMU block on three sides to an 8′ datum with a linear butterfly roof and clerestory windows throughout.  The building is justified to [...]

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Renovation House Progress - Featuring Modern Green Design

The one-of-a-kind “Sammie” renovation house is under construction at Sol.  Utilizing an existing 800sf bungalow that was on the property when purchased, we are renovating and expanding this highly functional 50 year old home.  Utimately it will be a 1238 sf, 3 bedroom, 2 bath home.  The existing house will contain two bedrooms as well [...]

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Green Building Progress on Net Zero Home at SOL Austin

Our first 1505 plan is well under way.  Featuring SIP panel construction, insulated CMU, geothermal heating and cooling as well as all of the other fabulous features of our Sol homes.  This 3 bedroom, 2 bath plan is a courtard plan with the living space articulated in CMU and the private spaces forming the remaining [...]

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5 Star Green Builder Rating on Sol homes

The first three homes were completed and granted Certificate of Occupancy this past week.  Also, we finalized our Green Builder Program ratings and received Five Stars on all three homes! The first residents will be moving in within the next couple weeks. This week we will be starting construction on a 1538 and the renovation [...]

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Sol Austin Open House - Modern Sustainable and Affordable

Our July 23rd open house was a huge success, with over three hundred people attending, and coverage on three local television stations.  Special thanks to the Good Life Team crew for organizing, all of our vendors for coming out and providing helpful info, Farmhouse Delivery for providing fantastic food (www.farmhousedelivery.com), and all of our sponsors [...]

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Color at Sol

More progress this past week with all of the rough mechanicals finishing up, exterior siding complete and paint.  Color is difficult, but we are pretty happy with the way these turned out. We are gearing up for an open house event Thursday, July 23rd.  We should have the first five homes complete by then, and [...]

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Sol in Austin American Statesman

Sol received a great write up in the Austin American Statesman Business section in today’s Sunday paper written by Shonda Novak:
www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/realestate/2009/06/14/cdz-residential-projectA_1.html
Lots of progress this last week with windows going in, metal roofs going on and siding install beginning.  We are also gearing up to start phase two, which will be another 6 or 7 houses.  [...]

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Good things come, patience is a virtue, etc…

After a good long period of leaning on our shovels, we are underway with construction of the first five homes at Sol.  Working in our favor is the availability of subcontractors, which is going to significantly expedite our construction schedule (first homes to be done in July/August). Illustrated in red below are the homes currently [...]

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