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What Drives a Home’s Price?

9/27/21

Builders need a lot of information to arrive at an accurate number.Every now and then a homeowner will call to ask how much our new homes cost per square foot. The answer, of course, depends on a rang...

Managing the Great Supply Crunch

9/14/21

If you're contemplating building a new home, you're no doubt aware of rising costs for lumber and other building materials. That problem has gotten plenty of media coverage. But price isn't the only c...

Simplifying Home Automation

6/22/21

The trick is to choose the technologies you need, while ignoring those you don'tFor some people, a new home is a chance to get the latest digital bells and whistles. The problem is that home automatio...

How to Fight Escalating Lumber Prices

5/19/21

The essential skill of value engineering.Lumber continues to be THE big issue in home building. As we write this in May 2021, costs for framing lumber and plywood are three times what they were a year...

Wisconsin's 2021 RESNET HERS® Index Builder of the Month

5/6/21

From RESNET: "Tim O'Brien was recently recognized by RESNET for achieving a low average HERS score of 49 for a builder completing more than 50 homes, compared to the national average HERS score of 58....

Building Sustainably - Episode 12 (Featuring Kohler)

4/18/21

In this episode, Tim O'Brien is joined by Senior Environmental Project Engineer at Kohler, Olivia Fritz, to discuss ways in which Kohler's focus on water conservation and environmental design can cont...

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