Comments on: $100K “Green” House Spawns Blog, New Construction Company And Major Architectural Broners http://www.philebrity.com/2008/05/05/100k-green-house-spawns-blog-new-construction-company-and-major-achitectural-broners/ philly's longest-standing cityblog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:04:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Chadhttp://www.philebrity.com/2008/05/05/100k-green-house-spawns-blog-new-construction-company-and-major-achitectural-broners/comment-page-1/#comment-5044 Chad Thu, 08 May 2008 15:27:42 +0000 http://www.philebrity.com/?p=13137#comment-5044 sooz - Thanks for the clarification. This is a common misunderstanding. The $100K figure refers to the construction costs only for the project. It was chosen because it is somewhat of "the magic number" for affordable construction goals in building circles, especially when referring to a modern home. We decided to add the green aspect in there and try to hit the same number to prove green can be done for little to no extra cost...I won't claim that $200-$250K is "affordable" for a huge number of people out there but it is less than half the price of other similar modern and green homes in the area being built. Ours will be the first LEED Platinum townhome in Philly and all of PA. You can pick up LEED Gold townhomes down the street from us for $550K - $750K if you'd like instead... sooz – Thanks for the clarification. This is a common misunderstanding. The $100K figure refers to the construction costs only for the project. It was chosen because it is somewhat of “the magic number” for affordable construction goals in building circles, especially when referring to a modern home. We decided to add the green aspect in there and try to hit the same number to prove green can be done for little to no extra cost…

I won’t claim that $200-$250K is “affordable” for a huge number of people out there but it is less than half the price of other similar modern and green homes in the area being built. Ours will be the first LEED Platinum townhome in Philly and all of PA. You can pick up LEED Gold townhomes down the street from us for $550K – $750K if you’d like instead…

]]> By: soozhttp://www.philebrity.com/2008/05/05/100k-green-house-spawns-blog-new-construction-company-and-major-achitectural-broners/comment-page-1/#comment-5031 sooz Wed, 07 May 2008 03:51:02 +0000 http://www.philebrity.com/?p=13137#comment-5031 Yeah, great for the environment, but not exactly as affordable as their brand name implies. The houses will be auctioned, and the builders are expecting them to go for between 200K and 250K. Yeah, great for the environment, but not exactly as affordable as their brand name implies. The houses will be auctioned, and the builders are expecting them to go for between 200K and 250K.

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