New Green built homes in Seattle with some Craftsman swagger

Built Green City Cabins

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 [...]

City Cabins: Blacksmithing and energy-efficiency a perfect combination

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. Borrowing from the Arts and Crafts movement Rose is strategically integrating bits and pieces of the pre-industrial faction into City Cabins, carefully blending [...]

Columbia City Soul + Green Homes, a perfect fit

City Cabin loft

Columbia City Soul + Green Homes, a perfect fit                                                                                             [...]

City Cabins’ Sweet Masters

city cabins Haiku

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, [...]

Green Home Building – Eye Candy for the Pocketbook

City Cabins at Columbia Station streetscape

Green Home Building – Eye Candy for the Pocketbook Seattle home-builder Martha Rose, president of Martha Rose Construction, Inc., embraces the concept of durability, functionality and the virtues of relaxing at home while spending less to maintain your new home.  Currently about 25% of new homes are built green projected to reach 50% in the upcoming years, [...]

Next-Gen homes in Columbia City

City Cabins in Seattle

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 [...]

Framing begins in next-gen City Cabins in Seattle

High-performance homes in Columbia City

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 [...]

Stay cooler in the summer with a Built Green house

Built Green home by Martha Rose

Built Green homes are designed to provide homeowners with comfortable, durable, environmentally friendly homes that are cost-effective to own and operate. These resource-efficient homes are crafted to exceed building codes and provide homeowners with years of healthy, quality living, while protecting the precious Northwest environment. Built Green homes are known for their energy efficiency that [...]

The Eve of Construction

City Cabins in Seattle

  Building high-performance homes for Martha Rose has been an evolutionary process since the 1970s. In 1979 Martha was part of a group that was responsible for creating one of the first Alternative Energy Fairs in Washington State. The fair featured over 50 exhibitors showcasing, solar, wind, wood recycling, conservation techniques that were more popular [...]

Back to the future Green Built Homes

Green Built Homes in Seattle

Back to the future Green Built Homes The homes in Rainier Vista are all built using green building practices in what is being modeled as Green Living is Good Living. Looking for cutting edge home building technology? Two of the most innovative homebuilders are in construction or in planning stages of their new collection of [...]

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