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Top Five Money Savings Tips for New Home Construction
May 15, 2008 – 7:55 pm | 3 Comments
Top Five Money Savings Tips for New Home Construction

Considering how fragile the economy is right now and how timid banks are to loan money for new homes I thought I’d share my experience with saving money on new home construction. It wasn’t that …

Construction Costs Are Dropping
April 30, 2008 – 1:08 pm | 7 Comments
Construction Costs Are Dropping

The current state of the construction industry and slow real estate sales has finally slowed the demand of building materials to the point where prices are dropping. Between January 2007 and January 2008, framing lumber …

New Construction Square Foot Costs
December 10, 2007 – 7:51 pm | 3 Comments
New Construction Square Foot Costs

Every day someone asks me what is the average square foot cost for new home construction. Or they ask can you build me a house for $150 a square foot. The answer is, it depends! …

Save Heating Costs – Use Window Treatments
December 5, 2007 – 4:33 pm | One Comment
Save Heating Costs – Use Window Treatments

Window Treatments Save Heating Costs
The weather here in NH this week is COLD! It feels like January right now and the cold temperatures have me thinking about ways to save money on my energy bills. …

Cost Savings For Heating & Cooling
January 15, 2007 – 7:43 pm | One Comment

With the aweful weather outside today I thought this was a good topic for today.5 Strategies for Reducing Your Heating and Cooling Bills by Andrew Seltz
One of the single biggest monthly expenses you will face …

Another Way To Save Money On New House
January 7, 2007 – 7:19 pm | No Comment

Many of the people we build homes for often ask about ways to save money and get more house for the budget they have. This article talks about some of the ways you can save …

Ways To Save Money When Building A New Home
January 5, 2007 – 7:13 am | One Comment

This is a topic that many people ask questions about and poses many questions in itself. Being a contractor myself I know that saving money by being your own GC is possible, but this approach …