July 30, 2012 draft Submission the Fine Home Building for the 2013 Houses Issue Description of the design and construction challenges of the project. What were the top priorities and how did you meet them? Raven Beach – Contemporary Camp in the Woods This...
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July 30, 2012 draft Submission the Fine Home Building for the 2013 Houses Issue Description of the design and construction challenges of the project. What were the top priorities and how did you meet them? Raven Beach – Contemporary Camp in the Woods This story is about choices made over a 27 year time frame to build our home and homestead and then in 2011 to un-build and complete a remarkable DER of the house. This story is about commitment, team work, education and transformation. In 1985, Terri and I built, mostly with our own hands, what would become the first phase of our home on 8.5 acres in Hyde Park VT. We named the place Raven Beach for the fact that at one time, a million or so years ago, the land we were calling home was a salty beach and that we were visited, rarely, by Ravens. This 900 SF home had 1 bedroom, one bathroom, a mudroom, an open floor plan living/dining and kitchen and was primarily heated with an Elm wood stove. We installed a basic FHA LP furnace to cover the
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