You can always find a larger square foot home more cheaply from a developer, but as soon as you move into one of these spaces and notice the poor air quality, cheap finishes, and expensive utility bills, it is easy to become quickly dissatisfied with the space. Why compromise?
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Calculating the Cost of Your New Home
Something we find ourselves doing almost daily is clarifying the best way to calculate total project costs for new home builds. We have some simple rules to follow that will help!
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Warranty and Your EkoBuilt Home
We’re often asked about Tarion warranty and the homes we build. As a builder of custom homes for individuals, our homes don’t qualify for Tarion. Read on to learn more about why this is so, and how we protect your new home.
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Waterfront cottages for sale
EkoBuilt is delighted to partner with Nordlaw Cottages to offer a perfect waterfront cottage getaway for anyone craving a quiet lakefront cottage in Eastern Ontario. The newly built cottages will be three-season in nature and will draw on some of EkoBuilt’s passive house principles, including a focus on what we call an “airtight fresh-air experience” for healthy, comfortable living.
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Coach House Options from Ottawa to Toronto
From offering rental opportunities to comfortable options for hosting extended family, coach homes and garden suites have been an amazing development.
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Renovate or build from scratch?
If you live in an older home that’s seen better days, is not very energy efficient, and perhaps just not working for how you live, the question is demolition or remodel?
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Online course: Understanding building codes
Passive House Canada is offering a great sounding 2-hour online webinar in Understanding Building Codes on August 27th (9-11am PDT).
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EkoModel Home Fully Booked
We have been so excited by the tremendous interest in visiting the EkoModel Home this month. We have a fully booked day and are excited to be able to meet with folks so enthusiastic about building passive, building smart.
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Save the date: EkoModel Open House
Great news! We’re able to offer a modified Open House on Saturday, July 25th! Stay tuned for details about how to book your time slot to visit our passive model home.
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Another house plan, three different ways
The Fiddlehead in its original form is quite a departure from the Sunflower, which we recently profiled. Coming in at a modest 1,330 square feet, it includes 2 + 1 bedrooms and 3 baths over two floors.
The ground floor has a nice open plan, while the bedrooms have their own space on the upper floor. This appeals to anyone attached to two-storey living or concerned about the home’s footprint and its size. A two-storey home is typically less costly to build.
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