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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Last Chance for Free Shipping Across North America
We’re extending our offer of FREE SHIPPING until January 31st! This has been a popular and helpful special during the pandemic and with renewed interest coming in late December, we wanted to give others the chance to benefit.
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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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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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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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One house plan, three different ways
The Sunflower in its original form is a pretty sweet houseplan. Running at 1,852 square feet, it encompasses 4 + 1 bedrooms in a really neat layout that places the bedrooms/bonus rooms off to the sides of the central living area, like wings or petals. It’s a houseplan that creates some really interesting corners and sightlines for indoor/outdoor living.
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New website, expanded offerings
We are very excited to share our newly revamped website. It’s not just a new look — at its core, the site now showcases houseplans in four size ranges and updated pricing for all of our energy efficient house plan material kits.
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New custom home in Wakefield, Quebec
Located on a wooded property near a ski hill in Wakefield, Quebec is a custom home that we finished recently. The cost effective house design for this home began with a plan to fit three bedrooms into a modest but comfortable 1,200 ft.² bungalow with no basement (the home is on bedrock).
Typically, a three-bedroom bungalow would run closer to 1,500 ft.² or more, but we utilized some space saving techniques and landed with a great design that totals 1,216 ft.²
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New passive home in Stittsville
The community of Stittsville in the far west of Ottawa has been a bit of a hot spot for families and new builds. We were delighted to help one family create a fully passive home there recently by constructing the weathertight shell for the project.
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Toronto Laneway Suites
EkoBuilt focuses on energy efficiency and healthy living spaces, making it an ideal partner on urban intensification projects.
If adding a laneway suite to your Toronto property is on your list, give us a shout. We can help you take a sustainable approach that will keep your new suite inexpensive to run now and into the future as energy prices continue to rise.
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