Our blog has moved to: Modern Dallas Home Builder

We've made a few changes and moved our blog to Modern Dallas Home Builder.

Hope you all will follow us over there!

USA Today: Houses of 2020 will be all about energy (and Classic Urban Homes agrees)

I think the USA today ("Houses of 2020 will be all about energy") stole the description of one of our (award winning (more on that later)) house plans.... They say

The American house of 2020 will likely be smaller, smarter, more urban and efficient.

Hmm... When I look at the description of our plans for 8427 Lakemont it reads this way:

Smaller. Efficient. Functional. Open. This new, exciting, fully customizable plan from Classic Urban Homes meets all the requirements for the discerning buyer-including high quality amenities and finishes. Home has all of what you need and none of what you don't want. Clean lines, efficient design, multi-functional spaces, and the latest in Energy Star and "green" building techniques.

Ok, so they probably didn't steal it. But we like it when we see positive affirmation of our efforts! We also don't think it's going to take until 2020 for it to happen. Well, it might for mainstream America, but for those progressive thinking folks, we think it's happening right now.

Classic Urban Homes new LEED project

Classic Urban Homes is excited about our latest custom build project in the Shorecrest area of Dallas. We're working with a couple who have an exciting vision - they want to build a great modern home that qualifies for LEED! LEED for Homes is a rating system that promotes the design and construction of high-performance green homes.

While Classic Urban Homes has done several Green Built Texas homes, this will be our first LEED project. At each step along the way in building "greener", we've made a few discoveries. We first looked into building to ENERGY STAR standards and quickly realized that our homes already qualifed - we just needed to get the official rating! Soon thereafter, we explored Green Built Texas. Again, to our surprise, the building protocol that we already used also met most of the Green Built Texas requirements. We have now built several Green Built Texas homes and are excited to tackle our first LEED project. Like the two steps before, there aren't many extra requirements to get to LEED, but it does come with a whole new level of documentation. Because of our friends at Tex Energy Solutions, we are all set for this exciting project.

One fun side note - a friend of ours, Stephanie Ebbesen of Green Home Residential, will be following this house from groundbreaking to completion. She's a broker who specializes in "green" homes. She will be blogging about the construction process on her green advocate site here: Miss Green Homes. You can find the home under "Start-to-finish LEED home." We're excited about the project and excited for Stephanie as we think it will give her a unique insight that few realtors will ever get. Most realtors only see the house after it's done. Stephanie will be able to see, touch, and understand the whole process! We're excited to have her on board.

For those of you on Facebook, please connect with us here: Classic Urban Homes and Stephanie here: Green Home Residential

More than 15,000 Expected at Saturday's Live Green in Plano Expo: Green Built Texas to Participate

More than 15,000 Expected at Saturday's Live Green in Plano Expo: Green Built Texas to Participate

Classic Urban Homes hopes to see you there!

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Classic Urban Homes is sponsoring the 2010 White Rock Home Tour

Classic Urban Homes is proud to be a sponsor of the 2010 White Rock Home Tour!

The area’s only all-modern home tour embarks on its fifth year of benefiting Blue Ribbon School Hexter Elementary with a wonderful display of mid-century modern homes and a sustainable home. The tour is April 24 - 25 from noon to 5pm. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 the day of the tour.

We enjoy this tour each year and hope you have the opportunity to do so this year.

Details here: White Rock Home Tour