Home Technology
Friday, November 16th, 2012
Sales for custom homes in Richmond, Virginia are on the rise. Boone Homes in Westcott at Grey Oaks has seen the greatest increase year over year since the great recession started. One simply has to drive down the streets of Westcott at Grey Oaks to see the activity which was silent or absent in years past.
Each new home being built in Westcott at Grey Oaks is equipped with the latest technology and construction practices. Take the latest custom home sold at 11944 Westcott Landing Court, which was designed to be built with a basement. While basements are one of the most requested features of a new home, there are several types of construction methods which can be used. The most common methods include cinder block on a concrete footing, engineered walls directly on a crushed stone base directly on the ground or solid concrete poured walls poured on top of a concrete footing. (more…)
Tags: boone homes, Custom Homes in Richmond Virginia, new home builder in Richmond, Westcott at Grey Oaks
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Tuesday, September 11th, 2012
This summer’s air conditioning bills are in and the evidence shows energy costs are going up. One of the most significant costs in owning a home is the heating and cooling costs. What if we told you about a new home that could be cooled in the summer by using a single ice cube? What would your reaction be? You’d be looking for the catch, which there certainly would be one unless you lived in an igloo. We may not offer homes that can be cooled by a single ice cube, but when you purchase a new custom home in Richmond built by Boone Homes, you could save 38% or more in heating and cooling costs alone! The 38% in savings is compared to other new homes. When you compare the same home to an older home, the savings increase even further.
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Tags: boone homes, energy star homes, new custom home in richmond, Richmond no maintenance homes
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Friday, June 8th, 2012
Recently, I met up with a guy at the local gas station who drove a taxi. I cannot imagine driving 8 to 10 hours a day for a living, yet he does drive 52 weeks a year to support his family. Amazing. Whether you drive 8 hours a day for 52 weeks out of the year, you commute to work from your Richmond new homes or you recreationally enjoy a road trip, we all expend fuel. Emissions. Vehicles have come a long way in technology. Their consumption has exponentially decreased over the last several years, but not enough to remediate smog. Emissions alter the environment.
Richmond new home builder Boone Homes is building homes with Energy Star features. These technological advances in new home construction are all about sustainability and ecology. Last year alone we were able to save the equivalent of 24.3 acres of trees – a small forest capable of sustaining a wild life habitat. Each home is designed to be energy-forest-saving efficient. How much? Well, each home is designed to conserve between 38 and 45 percent of what a similar new home would expend without the same features. Sounds expensive. However, the new home is similarly priced to the home without the Energy Star features. Interesting. There are other benefits, I see many, though I will share only three: (more…)
Tags: Energy Star, luxury new homes, no maintenance homes, real estate, Richmond Home builder, richmond new home builder, richmond new homes
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Thursday, May 31st, 2012
Strawberry shortcake is one of my favorite deserts. Second favorite is strawberries on vanilla ice cream, though strawberry pie comes within a hair of second. Strawberries make my world go around. I’m sure you have just as many favorite deserts with your favorite fruit. Strawberries are the picture of freshness. Thankfully, Boone Homes has used the newest construction technology on all our Richmond new homes and in doing so, we have ensured your favorite fruits are even fresher. How? Boone Homes has taken the high ground by recognizing the need for change. By altering a few methodologies and a few materials, Boone Homes has reduced the consumption of 88,920 pounds of coal.
Does the reduction in use of all this coal sound trivial? If it does sound trivial, then I need to share more information. Boone Homes increased energy saving in each new home to approximately 38 to 45 percent on heating and cooling bill along with the reduction in coal. This reduction sounds so much better now that the entire experience has been framed. Not bad. (more…)
Tags: boone homes, no maintenance homes, Richmond maintenance free homes, richmond new home builder, richmond new homes
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Monday, May 21st, 2012
Richmond new homes wih tENERGY STAR® features reduce smog.
We all need transportation. Traveling from point A to point B is a necessary function of life. Soccer games, groceries, places of worship and work consume the fuel in our vehicles tanks as we commute from one location to the next. The 15 minute commute to the game, followed by the quick trip to the store and the visit to grandma’s house are a part of our every day.
Our convenience, and trip to grandma’s, has a side effect that carries more weight than an extra helping of grandma’s apple pie. Every cause has an effect, and in this case the cause of commuting is smog. Cities and prime Richmond real estate are covered with blankets of smog, reducing visibility and increasing health related conditions.
There is a common sense solution. This solution removes the effects of vehicles from the road on a daily basis. This solution is one that Richmond home builder, Boone Homes, used last year to remove the equivalent of 1,470 vehicles from the road. This common sense solution is in merely replacing some old technology with some new technology. This change improves efficiency significantly to the tune of 38-45 percent while keeping the cost of a new home stable and low. Not bad. (more…)
Tags: boone homes, energy star features, New homes Richmond, no maintenance homes, Richmond Home builder, richmond real estate
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Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
Energy efficient Richmond new homes saves you more than money.
Crisp, juicy apple. Fuji apples are my favorite, though Gala is a close second. Every year I look forward to taking my family on a day trip into the Blue Ridge Mountains to enjoy a day at the orchard, picking apples. Air is fresh, landscape is breath taking, acres of apple trees ready to pick – everything is picture perfect, even the picnic. If life is measured in moments, then these moments are at the top of life’s experiences.
Preserving this experience needs to be for all generations, for this reason Boone Homes, is now building Richmond new homes with ENERGY STAR features. Boone builds new homes on prime Richmond real estate with ENERGY STAR features and, last year alone, saved more than 24 acres of trees because of the new home technology built into every home during the construction phase. How did we save over 24 acres of trees? Easy. We changed a few small details in how we build a home to make it very energy efficient: Efficient enough to be able to say we save 38 and 45 percent of your annual energy bill. This saved energy allows us to avoid having to harvest 24 acres of trees. Not bad! (more…)
Tags: boone homes, energy efficient homes, Energy Star, Richmond Home builder, richmond new homes, richmond real estate
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Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
New Homes in Richmond
Just like any other investment, new homes in Richmond have a rate of return. What is your home’s rate of return? You know, kind of like an investment returning more than just expenses. Does your home have a rate of return? What does that return look like? Does the return look like a mortgage payment, utility payment or memories? What if I told you that we have increased the rate of return on a new home?
Let me explain. We’ve been working to improve the energy efficiency of our new homes. In a recent new home built with Energy Star features, we found that the cooling bill for the month of June was only $91 for 3,100 square feet. This proved to be a 40% plus difference from what a used home would be paying. The rate of return was significantly increased. (more…)
Tags: boone homes, Energy Star, New Homes in Richmond, richmond custom home builder
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Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
When it comes to new homes in Richmond, there can be a sense of mystery surrounding the unknown. The mystery of the unknown is, “do I live with the devil of the house I’m in with all the shortcomings that are so apparent, or take a chance with the unknown quantity of what a new home would provide.” After all, many of us have heard reports of homes not performing to expectations. Though this may be the case with some builders, Boone Homes has raised the bar on performance as well as what can be expected.
Since it is summer in the Mid-Atlantic we can begin talking about the energy consumption one can expect from a home. To level the playing field a little, we will do this comparison on energy price per square foot. The homes surveyed are approximately 3,100 square feet in size with similar amounts of rooms, bathrooms and unfinished space.
Here is the grid.
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Tags: new homes, New homes Richmond, richmond custom homes, Richmond Home builder, richmond real estate
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Thursday, June 30th, 2011
What would be the value be in having each room in the house wired with a data jack that could be used for phone or computer? What values would there be in Richmond new homes that had surround sound wiring already built into their rooms? What would be the value of a first floor study with data, cable and phone jacks for all the possible technology a home office could need? What would the value be of a digital home? Would having the home prewired with digital technology prevent you from patching walls torn by technology needs?
Every home built by Boone Homes includes pre-wiring for technology and digital needs while the home is under constructed. Each custom new home built by Boone Homes includes many of these digital needs during construction to minimize the need for future wall repairs. (more…)
Tags: Custom Homes, custom homes in Richmond Va, luxury homes, luxury homes in richmond va, New homes Richmond va, richmond new homes
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Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
Recently I was driving home and I passed a genuine Studebaker car. The experience was nostalgic. My childhood was revisited as I beheld the beauty passing by. Without thinking, I quickly pulled out my camera and shot the picture in the mirror. With the temperatures in the upper 90s and their windows down, all I could think is they must be really hot. The car passed into memory, but the thoughts on the car took me into research mode consulting Wikipedia for more information. As I flipped through Wikipedia the thought came to me that I was looking into yesterday’s technology. The nostalgia of yesterday is quaint, but difficult to maintain; and, from watching the passengers, hard to cool.
Richmond real estate is loaded up with used homes. As nostalgic as those homes are, they suffer from a malady of yesterday’s technology. Like the Studebaker, the energy efficiency in a nostalgic home is derelict from the wear and tear that it experienced throughout the years. This old house may be a labor of love, but unlike new luxury homes in Richmond, it will consume more energy than you know. (more…)
Tags: construction technology, Energy Star, energy star home, new energy star home, New homes Richmond va, Richmond Home builder, richmond real estate
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Sales for custom homes in Richmond, Virginia are on the rise. Boone Homes in Westcott at Grey Oaks has seen the greatest increase year over year since the great recession started. One simply has to drive down the streets of Westcott at Grey Oaks to see the activity which was silent or absent in years past.
