Energy Efficiency Series: Add Energy Savings to Your Summer Vacation
In our energy efficiency series of articles featured each Thursday, we provide strategies or information on how to make your new home energy efficient and comfortable. Energy efficiency is not only…
Summer Hours, 2011 for Drummond House Plans Head Office
To our Valued Customers: In our many years of experience, late July is a quiet time of year for house plan purchases. For this reason, our head office closes for two weeks in to allow our staff to…
Plan of the Week – “Modern Contemporary Triplex”
www.DrummondHousePlans.com - Plan # 3045 Stylish and contemporary, this triplex includes three dwelling units with each occupying a single level. With the trend toward densification, this unit allows…
Energy Efficiency Series: Slash Your Energy Bill With DIY Energy Audit
In our energy efficiency series of articles featured each Thursday, we provide strategies or information on how to make your new home energy efficient and comfortable. So you've swapped your…
Plan of the Week – “4-Bedroom Home with Bonus Bachelor Suite”
www.DrummondHousePlans.com - Plan # 3956B Inspired by the popular plan 3945 and requests for developed basement space, this plan incorporates a walkout basement with ample doors and windows. A large…
Energy Efficiency Series: Energy Star Qualified Homes
In our energy efficiency series of articles featured each Thursday, we provide strategies or information on how to make your new home energy efficient and comfortable. ENERGY STAR® for New Homes,…
Plan of the Week – “Chalet Adjusted to Meet Requests”
www.DrummondHousePlans.com - Plan # 3923 Following considerable requests concerning the addition of a garage to popular chalet model 2957 (see below) as well as enlarging certain interior spaces, we…
Reverse Mortgages – What’s the Catch?
As our population ages, a question arises in the senior years - Downsize (rightsize) or look at options to age in place, staying in your home and finding a way to unlock the equity in your home to…
Screen the Porch for a Living Room (Almost) all Year
traditional porch design by san francisco architect Gast Architects If you are looking to expand your home and create a wonderful space you'll get great use of for three seasons, consider adding a…
Plan of the Week – “Craftsman Approach to Traditional Bungalow”
www.DrummondHousePlans.com - Plan # 3117 Similar to the popular Drummond model 2192, this plan takes a more traditional or "craftsman" approach to design. This is achieved with a simplified exterior…
8 Reasons Why New Homes Beat Used Homes Every Time
With great pricing and availability today in new home communities, why would you ever buy a used home? While short sales and foreclosures may sound like a great deal, there are so many more reasons…
Plan of the Week – “Sleek Semi-detached”
www.DrummondHousePlans.com - Plan #2085-V2 Designed from the very popular plan 2085, this version includes a modified “modern contemporary” style exterior. The low-slung roofline and geometric lines…
Entrance Canopies – The New Porch (13 images)
Creative Overhangs Offer Sheltered Passage to the Front Door modern entry design by austin architect Furman + Keil Architects In traditional residential architecture in the United States, the…
Energy Efficiency Series: How a Heat Recovery Ventilator Works
In our energy efficiency series of articles featured each Thursday, we provide strategies or information on how to make your new home energy efficient and comfortable. Heat recovery ventilation…
Plan of the Week – “Modern Comforts and Extraordinary Style”
New DrummondHousePlans Release! At only 34 feet wide, this striking modern contemporary lives large. A wide covered porch greets guest and the enclosed vestibule opens to jaw-dropping staircase open…
Energy Efficiency Series: Energy-Efficient Retrofit — The Building Envelope
In our energy efficiency series of articles that we feature each Thursday we have been focusing on strategies for making your new home energy efficient. Of course plans for your new home may be on…
Plan of the Week – “Stunning 5-Bedroom Getaway”
www.DrummondHousePlans.com plan # 3912-V1 Derived from the popular recreation model 3912, this model is designed without an attached garage and relocated entrance and rear-facing panoramic views.…
Energy Efficiency Series: Going Green Inside and Out
Two Builders Discuss the Future of Eco-Friendly Construction We have, in part, the energy crisis of the 1970s to thank for many of the green building practices currently in our collective toolboxes.…
