asheville green buyers broker: 10 + "Re-GREENs" Breathe New Value Into Old Homes
- 01/08/09 04:54 AM
When it comes to being an Eco-Starevery home can shine, even an "Oldie but Goodie" like this one in an historic and sustainable community in Asheville, NC.
Simple changes at home can add up to real benefits for your family, neighborhood and contribute to a sustainable community.
Here, for example, are at least 10 "re-greens' ( things you can do) to retrofit an older home that I collected as part of an on-going series I am doing to highlight Active Rain bloggers who have caught my attention with their wit and wisdom(Look for my reBLOGS)
Here, from your AR colleagues at … (15 comments)
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asheville green buyers broker: Can a "Luxury" Home also be "Green"?
- 01/07/09 01:24 AM
Can a "Luxury" Home also be "Green"? If you think that it is possible for a home to be both a "luxury home" and eco-savvyyou are one person who has given some thought to how the building is to be used.
Flexible design a key feature in green-built homes. Size and function matter when you are talking about environmental impact. In fact, size can be quite a lively, if not controversial subject with our green buyer clients and eco-friendly builders and developers.
Can a "Luxury" home also be "Green"?
As you consider your answer, you may want to take into account the relationship … (5 comments)
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asheville green buyers broker: Green Energy NEWS HEADLINES Across the USA
- 01/06/09 12:46 AM
Sustainable (GREEN) Energy News: I am always "keeping a good-eye-out" for news about sustainable energy. .. and not only local news from Asheville, but across the USA.
This week, for example, I've been out exploring around the WWW for green energy news that could be valuable to you.
I am focused on North Carolina Sustainable Energy News. Headlines in the news such as: "Deals in Alternative Energy" and "Green Initiatives Could Bring JOBS" are so promising!
I've compiled the following list of promising sources for information (see just below) that could be of interest and use to you as they were to me, and I'd like to ask you … (5 comments)
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asheville green buyers broker: CSA's across the USA! (Locally Grown in GOOD!)
- 01/05/09 10:48 AM
Farm stewards across the USA and CSA Farms here in the Greater Asheville area contributed so much to our holiday season. All across the nation farmer's markets offered sustainable, useful gifts such as honey, molasses, jams, jellies, pickles, salad dressings, and herb vinegars and oils directly from the person who made them.
Did your family, friends and wonderful real estate clients enjoy the small tokens of affection found for them as much as mine did?
I found "non-edible" gifts such as soaps, salves, lotions, pottery, baskets, quilts, pot holders, bee's wax candles, brooms, and more local wood and fiber crafts.
The excellent thing … (2 comments)
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asheville green buyers broker: GREEN Statistics- The "Proof in the Pudding"- Asheville Style
- 01/04/09 04:21 PM
UPDATE- September, 2011NC Healthy Built Certified : 539NC Healthy Built Certified in Progress: 244
UPDATE -June 2011
GREEN BUILT-HEALTHY BUILT TREND/STATS
39 in 2006230 in 2009511 in 2011
Resources GREEN HOMES
This information could well change how we look at where we stand and the direction in which will be moving in 2009 and beyond.,and maybe it will make a few people feel better knowing that this direction is not "simply intuitive"... but is based on a hard, objective look at the stats.
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Curious about sustainable Green real estate possibilities ? Simply pedal on over to Convivial Blogger Greenolina's "Green Wheels" … (38 comments)
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asheville green buyers broker: Asheville's Charm: Weaving the Threads of "Smart Growth" and Cultural Creativity
- 01/03/09 02:50 AM
Asheville's Charm: Weaving the Threads of "Smart Growth" and Cultural Creativity: Various and charmingly interwoven cultural threads make up the historic and eco-friendly communities in Asheville, NC.
As Green Buyers' Brokershere in Asheville, we feel lucky to be a part of "the design team for the future". Our small city, Asheville, N.C. can only grow so much until it becomes a large city. As we grow, and judging from the influx of folks (especially Baby Boomers) relocating to Asheville indicate, we will continue grow, how we grow requires consideration.
If a community likes its "small town feeling" then the community needs … (7 comments)
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asheville green buyers broker: We are Double (maybe triple) Lucky to be "GREEN" Buyers' Brokers here in Asheville, NC.
- 01/01/09 10:31 AM
We are Double (maybe triple) Lucky to be "GREEN" Buyers' Brokers here in Asheville, NC. I say this for two (or three) reasons.
First-we are lucky because not only are we located in one of the most beautiful places in the world, but, to our great advantage,
Second-our eco-friendly clients recognize this.
Third- (and we are VERY lucky in this regard) it seems that our clients already appreciate how much green features and environmental solutions benefit them.
Most of the folks we get to work with place a very high value their environment (both personal and in general) and on wellness. … (5 comments)
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asheville green buyers broker: conservation real estate stories from asheville's Land Brokers
- 01/01/09 10:03 AM
We were out looking at land for a client today. The family plans to build three homes on the property they select. The homes will be placed in a portion of the land. The majority of the land will be conserved.
We have been lucky over the past years to be a part of such conservation real estate stories.
(photo taken on 35+ AC parcel near Asheville, NC. January 1, 2009)
I got to wondering today just how much LAND we have brokered. I am going to back into my records and will let you know. But my guestimate is around … (5 comments)
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asheville green buyers broker: WHAT Did You Say a "CSA" Is?? And WHAT is "S L O W Food" ??
- 12/31/08 01:47 AM
We are GREEN Buyers' Brokers. We expect to respond to interesting eco-friendly questions. For example, just last weeka "greenie" couple who are looking to establish a conservation development here in the Asheville area, or become a part of an already established eco community asked, "
"WHAT is a CSA??"
We explained that according to Local Harvest, a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) is a way for the those of us who do not spend our lives on the land farming to create a relationship with a farm , even if we so choose, to receive a weekly basket of produce.
"Great idea! … (3 comments)
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asheville green buyers broker: Locally Grown is GOOD! CSA Farms Where You Live & Here in Asheville , Too
- 12/31/08 12:57 AM
We are lucky to have a number of amazing farm stewards and CSA farms here in the Greater Asheville area.
This holiday season, farmer's markets allowed us to buy sustainable, useful gifts such as honey, molasses, jams, jellies, pickles, salad dressings, and herb vinegars and oils directly from the person who made them.
My real estate clients enjoyed thesmall tokens of affection we found for them: "non-edible" gifts such as soaps, salves, lotions, pottery, baskets, quilts, pot holders, bee's wax candles, brooms, and more local wood and fiber crafts.
There follows a list of links and connections that may be of … (2 comments)
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asheville green buyers broker: " ...the next big thing in small [GREEN & Eco-Friendly] living..."
- 12/30/08 04:33 AM
Early this week, Charlie Arthur, CCIM out in Port Townsend, WA, a member at the Eco-All-Stars Group clued us all in to " ...the next big thing in small [GREEN & Eco-Friendly] living..." He revealed that this "next big thing" comes from IdeaBox, a company out of Salem, Oregon. It seems that IdeaBox offers "a lifestyle prefab housing solution."
As a land specialist, I can see some good potential for my conservation real estate buyers who may wish to have green, incredibly energy efficient temporary quarters as they build their family compound on the land they are preserving here in the mountains outside … (2 comments)
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asheville green buyers broker: Asheville's Eco Communities: Hickory Nut Forest and RELOCATING to Asheville NC
- 12/30/08 12:42 AM
Asheville's Eco Communities: Hickory Nut Forest (series).
Hickory Nut Forest Eco Community IN CONTEXT...
It's all about "H E ART'
Just a few posts back, Jeff asked me to expand on what intrigues me about HickoryNut Forest, and Asheville eco-community with excellent opportunities for people relocating to the mountains who also cherish the idea of sustainability.
I thought about his question last night. One of the answers has to do with context.
CONTEXT The Eco-Community & Conservation Land : - Hickory Nut Forest is one of the first ECO developments in the USA to combine wide-ranging land conservation with … (2 comments)
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asheville green buyers broker: Asheville NC Relocation `Asheville's Eco Communities (series) : Hickory Nut Forest
- 12/30/08 12:15 AM
Asheville's Eco Communities: Hickory Nut Forest. Now, I said that there are a number of very worthy eco-communities in and around Asheville. So you may wonder why I'm taking you to Hickory Nut Forestfirst...Here are 7 red-hot and GREEN reasons:
•1. Hickory Nut Forest Eco-developers protect the land. Covenants on the lots ensure that homes will blend naturally into the forest. The most special places are for all to enjoy: the cascading streams, tumbling waterfalls, sheer cliffs, and distant vistas.
•2. Nature Connections.With over six miles of hiking trails, people can enjoy the adjoining 800 acres in Little Bearwallow Mountain Preserve and Florence … (1 comments)
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asheville green buyers broker: Asheville NC Relocation - Area Eco Communities
- 12/29/08 03:44 AM
One of the most exciting factors to consider if Asheville NC Relocation is on your agenda is our Area Eco Communities!
A "hub' of green and sustainable development, Ashevilleis an attractive place to relocate. And whether it is in an urban environment, or in the rolling regions beyond Asheville's city limits, buyers and investors and sellers of real property will tell you-
"GREEN" is the word here in Western North Carolina's mountains.
(map of the Asheville area)
"We are in a sustainable framework, and we're lovin' it!"
Numerous eco-communities are popping up in and around Asheville. Take for … (5 comments)
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asheville green buyers broker: Relocating to Asheville's ECO-Friendly Neighborhoods with a Nod to Nature (Series)
- 12/29/08 01:36 AM
Relocating to Western North Carolina? (see map courtesy of Asheville.com)
Asheville, North Carolina is a favorite choice!
From baby boomers to first-time home buyers and young families, from artists to organic growers, Asheville is the spot for relocation. Happily, our real estate practice is well-prepared for the "newly arrived."
We love the idea of introducing our clients to Asheville area ECO-friendly properties-green-built homes in eco-friendly, sustainable communities, and in particular land for horse farms, organic growing and conservation.
Here in the mountains, we serve clients who demand healthy-built homes thoughtfully sited below the ridgeline. Careful planning is a must … (2 comments)
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asheville green buyers broker: ASHEVILLE : "Sweet Spot" for Artists & Eco-Friendly Builders
- 12/28/08 05:02 AM
A gentle soul once told me,".....there's a pathway to contentment here in Asheville.
It is like the rainbows over the ridges. The surging flow of a waterfall. It's an uncommon force. When you see it you can measure it by your heartbeat ... an all-at-once coming together and letting go... ." ... Yes...Artists and Poets and Creative People love it here. Inspiration. . . and Pure Potential really are in the air!
Something exciting ...on so many levels ...arranges itself like a waterfall over boulders.
Somewhere between the coves and rising ridges, the artists and the eco-friendly buildersfind a meeting place in … (1 comments)
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asheville green buyers broker: Luxury Real Estate in Asheville this Winter
- 12/28/08 04:43 AM
Luxury Real Estate . This phrase brings to the fore a question on the minds of many a "green" buyers' broker here in Asheville of late.
That question is: "Can a luxury home also be GREEN?"
It's a good question and one bound to elicit opposing viewpoints. But here in Asheville we are taking some time tonight just to consider the beauty of a winter's eve.
It is one of those perfect nights. The sky is a canvas of pale blue decorated from east to west with clouds of pink and silver and deepest rose. From the ridge, facing north, it … (1 comments)
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asheville green buyers broker: Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) from the Pet-Friendly Perspective
- 12/28/08 04:02 AM
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) from the Pet-Friendly Perspective. Interesting! Could indoor air quality be of concern for your Pet?
Here in Asheville, we have been looking into that. Both as pet-friendly REALTORS® and pet-lovers, we realized that this could be an important issue since our own wee dog showed serious symptoms of distress.
At first we couldn't believe that IAQ could be the problem. We hopped on over to Wikipedia to see if there was any pet-friendly information there. Here is what we found on indoor air quality. According to Wikipedia, indoor air quality (IAQ) " deals with the content of interior air … (3 comments)
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asheville green buyers broker: Comparative Market Analyses OK for Asheville's GREEN Residential Properties?
- 12/28/08 02:25 AM
The Eco Certified ® Real Estate Consultants at our Buyers' Brokerage here in Asheville often get requests to perform comparative market analyses for our clients (and prospective clients).
It seems our Buyers understand that GREEN factors can increase the value of a property. And they are correct! Features (see list below) such as those in the green-built home shown in my photo here do enhance the value of a residential property.
GREEN FEATURES
Lower operating costs - Lower utility bills for heating and cooling Increased comfort - Improved indoor air quality Creating lasting value - Third party review Building with … (3 comments)
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asheville green buyers broker: Bodie-the-Mule and 10 Dogs Proclaim Asheville's Pet-Friendly Buyers' Broker
- 12/26/08 02:14 PM
I am an avid admirer of furry creatures, the four-legged kind. They seem to like me, too. Mules appear to be especially fond of me. Bodie-the Mule greets me with a huge noise that starts with a whinny, and ends in a hee-haw whenever I round the bend to visit the Jones' at their place, a 30+ acre eco-friendly spread we brokered for them a few years ago. It is now set aside for organic farming and not to be developed.
For some reason, I also am one Buyers' Broker who also keeps attracting dog lovers. Maybe that's because I … (1 comments)
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