Selecting a building site is one of the most important decisions you’ll make in your home building journey.
If you have a vision of how you want your home’s functions organized, you need to find a site that will support that vision. If you have a “not to exceed” budget, the cost of preparing the site for a house – any house- could require an investment so large that the balance of your budget after the site preparation cost could be inadequate. If you are planning to add a pool and an ADU in the future, how can you know if the site you are considering will accommodate those additional buildings?
Read moreSince 2019, based on stats in the annual National Construction Estimator on-site construction costs have risen between 52% and 63%, depending on the market.
Today’s turn-key building costs in Seattle range from $500 to $600 per square foot not including site prep (which can run from $50,000 to $150.000 per lot. On Long Island (NY) the range is $625to $750 per square foot.
Let me answer a few more questions that I am sure are swirling around in your head…
Read moreRecalling my early days in the system-built industry, I designed custom houses that were built for $34 per square foot. Lindals were similarly priced. And I remember the uproar when the price point hit $38 per square foot. Would the increases never end? Would the prices ever come down?
Forty something years later, I can definitively answer “no” and “no”.
Read moreFor nearly eighty years, modernism has focused on refining the communal experience of family living. Improving the experience of cooking, dining, and relaxing. Great rooms have become larger and larger, consuming a progressively larger share of the modern American home.
Read moreLindal Cedar Homes will soon unveil the first system- built collection of homes that respond to the most significant changes in residential lifestyles in nearly eighty years. I am proud to share with you the fact that I proposed this opportunity to and was engaged by Lindal on the advent of the company’s eightieth anniversary to lead the in-housedesign effort on this new collection.
This evolution of Lindal’s modern design ethos has been triggered by Lindal clients who expressed the desire for their homes to support certain new activities and then collaborated with Warmmodern Living and the Lindal design team to give them form.
The designs are practical extensions of the mid-century modern concept of flexibility, with spaces that are multifunctional and features that accommodate every family member’s need for privacy. Houses thatstrengthen the connection to the natural environment in every season. Healthy and energy-wise homes that accommodate the increased functional demands on our homes efficiently, without increasing their overall size.
EVOLVE is the name of this first-of-its-kind modern series, offered for your consideration by a company that has championed innovation for eighty years. A company named Lindal.
Stay tuned!
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