The answer to a lackluster housing market in Seattle is to invigorate it with some extreme green homes. This has been the mantra for Seattle award winning green builder Martha Rose for the last three years during which time the Seattle new home building market has been a mere image of its former self.
New energy-efficient homes
Rose, believes that the recent downshifting in the housing market is an excellent time to introduce an even more energy efficient product to their home building lineup. Sensing part of the home buying population has become increasingly frustrated with maintaining an older home and are looking to re-establish themselves within an amenity rich urban neighborhood, wanting to be close to libraries, markets, churches, parks and free from week-end home repair projects while having a home that is energy-efficient, healthy and sustainable.
High-performance homes in the city
Rose’s newest spec-built-high performance homes, City Cabins, located in Seattle’s Queen Anne Hill neighborhood could easily be the new “lifestyle house” for a targeted group of buyers looking for a well designed, environmentally responsible house in a neighborhood centric area.
Rose’s Built-Green City Cabins will be a perfect example of adding value to the community by building less, smaller homes that are more environmentally friendly that blend seamlessly into the existing neighborhood.
The City Cabins will be about 2000 sq.ft. 3 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms and will be equipped with mini-splits and Fantech’s heat-recovery-ventilator system that runs continuously at low speeds and acts as the lungs of the home providing fresh air 24/7. Both homes will be wired and plumbed for an electric vehicle, solar panels and solar hot water tubes. The northern house is being equipped with a 2kw solar panel system being designed and installed by local solar company A & R Solar.
City Cabins are scheduled for a November 2011 completion, for more information contact Adrian Willanger 206 909-7536.
Recent blogs about City Cabins:
Seattle Green Builder Strives for Net Zero Homes
Queen Anne Hill New Home Project Chooses A & R Solar
Homes of the Future Being Built Today on Seattle’s Queen Anne Hill
A Mosaic of Eco-Efficiency on Queen Anne Hill
City Cabins in Seattle are Designed for both Passive and Active Solar Heating


