New Green built homes in Seattle with some Craftsman swagger Home builder Martha Rose’s newest collection of hi-performance City Cabin homes, currently under construction, in Seattle’s Columbia City neighborhood are a blending of old school cabin design elements into an extremely energy-efficient building envelope . Rose, once a finish carpenter, has a keen eye for adding a bit [...]
4 Things you need to know about the new City Cabins Seattle’s Columbia City neighborhood is a perfect fit for the high-performance City Cabins, located within a community that has a strong sense of place where residences hold diversity and inclusivity as sustainable values. Currently about 25% of new homes in the Seattle area are built green, [...]
Rose’s high-performance homes in NW GREEN HOME TOUR This year our Seattle Chapter has joined forces with Built Green to host the NW Green Home Tour on Saturday, April 27th! 26 sites in Seattle and around the Sound, an impressive display of green home systems and features, DIY info and resources, plus sustainability stops in between! And it’s [...]
City Cabins- “Build it right and seal it tight” Two of the last remaining defenses used to divert moisture penetration in new construction are the windows, doors and exterior cladding. The siding and windows are being completed this week at the new high-performance City Cabins in Seattle’s Columbia City neighborhood. The windows have been installed last week [...]
“Behind the Walls Tour” Done Last Saturday’s “behind the walls tour” of Martha Rose’s collection of high-performance City Cabin homes in Seattle’s Columbia City was very well attended by wide variety of people eager to learn about the new City Cabins. “The interest in whole-house system of design and building has been overwhelming” mentions Rose, [...]
City Cabins’ Sweet Masters After my latest walk-through of Martha Rose’s newest high-performance City Cabin™ homes currently under construction in Seattle’s Columbia City I couldn’t help but get very excited about the specialness of the top-floor master suites. The sequestered top floor suite has all the amenities that are common at this price point; well appointed master bath, [...]
The terroir of Rainier Vista Seattle’s Rainier Vista community can be described as an edge community, located just 12 minutes from downtown Seattle and 15 from SeaTac Airport by Link Light Rail. The geographical location and connectivity gives Rainier Vista its terroir, its sense of place. Rainier Vista is populated by people who choose to [...]
Next-Gen homes in Columbia City Seattle home builder Martha Rose, President of Martha Rose Construction, has embraced sustainability building standards. Rose voluntary targets various “beyond code” green building programs. Her newest City Cabins in Seattle’s Columbia City is an example of building a high performance that aligns with DOE’s Building America, Built Green and Energy [...]
Builder Martha Rose’s latest collection of high-performance City Cabin homes currently under construction in Seattle’s Columbia City will be a nice fit in the existing neighborhood. Rose purchased the last 4 remaining lots in the first phase of Rainier Vista, many of the existing homes were built between 2006-2007. The new City Cabins™ at Columbia Station are [...]
The new City Cabins have a long lineage of green building behind them The new high-performance homes, City Cabins at Columbia Station, follow a long lineage of green built homes built by Martha Rose of Martha Rose Construction. The new City Cabins in Seattle’s Columbia City neighborhood are destined to be energy efficient, durable and [...]
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