One of things that is so cool about Blu homes is that our frames are built with an innovative wood/steel hybrid, which allows us construct the entire home in our factory, fold the structure, affordably transport it to the site, and then quickly unfold it on site as a complete house, unlike most factory-built homes that ship separate modules that need to be pieced together.
Yesterday we unfolded a beautiful new Blu home in Rhode Island. Two feet of snow was no deterrent! It was an amazing day and the owners are happy to be ringing in 2010 with their dream home!
One of the most confusing parts of building a home right now is understanding the way construction loans work. There are differences between the mortgages for purchasing an existing home and mortgages for construction loans. Having a mortgage for an …
We LOVE the new cabinetry collection by EcoUrban, out of Chicago, and are using their product in many of our homes. What makes them special?
I recently read a good steel vs. wood column posted by Michelle Kauffman on January 14th (http://blog.michellekaufmann.com/?p=1793), and thought I’d put forward a bit of the research we did when thinking about the wood vs. steel question. One of the …
We asked Andrew Stone, a realtor and EcoBroker at Windermere Utah we’ve been working with, to write something for us about a research event we ran with him recently in his area: Andrew StoneWorking as a Realtor and EcoBroker Certified …
I heard this story on public radio on my commute this morning… it’s a story about how hard it is for us all to quantify our home energy savings and understand the balance between the up-front investment for energy efficiency …
The Museum of Modern Art in New York City is doing a very cool exhibit called ” Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling” starting this month that surveys the past and present of prefabricated home building (see http://momahomedelivery.org/). Blu’s VP …
