Green Trends in Home Building

Zillow – April 2016 Planning a new construction home gives you a bonus benefit: You can build in eco-friendly features to use now or in the future. No matter your level of sustainable home knowledge (or lack thereof), with the right resources, anyone can work...

Healthy Living Community Gets Surprising Response

Tech Home Builder – Mar 2016 This green community started with the goal of building 15 net-zero homes, but based on homebuyer interest and demand, it tripled that. The New Rainier Vista Community has been created to be not only net-zero but also Built Green...

Dwell Development’s Columbia City Live+Work Unit Hits Market

Curbed Seattle –  March 2016 Dwell Development has completed work on two live/work units at 4531Rainier Avenue S in Columbia City and the first of the two just hit the market. The 3-BR, 3-bath Unit A is asking $739K. Living interiors have the simple, modern...

Northwest Real Estate Find: Ultra-Modern Kirkland Home

Seattle PI – February 2016 This week’s Northwest real estate find focuses on the new, modern and green. This house at 329 Sixth Ave. in Kirkland was built this year. And it has a modern style with open spaces, reclaimed materials and loads of natural light...

This Ballard Home is Greener Than Green

Seattle Times – February 2016 MATTEO BALZANI and Antonella Cadeddu really were not asking for that much in a new home — just two (two!) straightforward, reasonable essentials: 1. A rooftop deck. 2. A garage. OK. Maybe “essentials” is too strong a word,...

Dwell Development’s Eco-Friendly Urban Dwelling

Green Home Building – February 2016 Some may believe that building an energy-efficient home is a common practice these days. However, sustainable residential builder Dwell Development LLC has taken green building practices to the next level with Seattle, Wash.’s...