Gottfried Green

The 3 reasons to consider this building system at all are the h-proof factors, the kit style building aspect and the cost. Although no cost per sq ft is offered by the owner they do break costs that will be part of our project as well (although no specific green systems were apparently used here). This does gives a rough estimate of what some of our costs may be. "Our lot is 400ft deep and we ran underground utilities the entire length (won't have to be repeated for future additions). We used high-end windows and doors with the seacoast upgrade on door hardware & exterior finish..... $17,000. We hung Dade County approved 'hurricane proof' shutters on all the windows-they look like wood but have aluminum interior frames and an interior sheet of Lexan....over $8000. In addition to the city water, we installed a well & pump for outside use water. Because the elevation is so low here, the local utility co. requires us to have a sewage grinder pump ($1000). We used no sheetrock. Our ceilings are 13 1/2 ft--(and we love that)." Shipping costs were minimal because they live close to the source. He estimates that this house cost about 130k but they did some interior design extras that wouldn't interest us. So it's a good example of a house addressing similiar issues to ours.