Gottfried Green
The Florida House Revival
This is where it all started for us- The Florida House in Sarasota. This was my tenth post on Gottfried Green back in June of 2006 when I first read about the learning center online. We were still in Brooklyn and only just closed on the property. I remember that first on my list when we arrived was to visit The Florida House. It was 12 years old but still was packed with a lot of innovation. We tracked down the architect Osborn Sharp Assoc in Sarasota and they created this beautiful design that was passive solar and had a grey water system. My Green Buildings was bidding our project- who at the time were the only green builders doing more custom and remodel vs. a few builders who were doing model green homes (which after visiting a few I found it hard to see what was green about them). Everything would come full circle. Osborn Sharp and My Green Buildings met through the bidding of our project and now they are the dream, green team in Sarasota working together to restore The Florida House at its new location. With all the greenwash out there, I can honestly say that they are the real deal in green in FL. They really care about the design as the fundamental aspect of what makes a building green. Design is also half the fun of this whole transition into a new way of designing and building with all the common sense to back it up.
posted by Mrs Gottfried at 10:28 AM
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That is so exciting to see that homes are becoming "green" I have been looking at Sarasota property through a website called property maps. It has been a great tool but it doesn't tell what homes are green. Do you know of any sites that would have this information?
There is one site I found when i first started the blog in 2006 and it has only grown. There may be more now but this one is called simply http://www.greenhomesforsale.com/. This one listed in Sarasota was a green remodel done by http://mygreenbuildings.com. These were the builders that were going to build our house until they came in too high for our budget. It is tough to find green homes on the market because most houses built green are custom homes. It would be interesting if the market were flooded with green homes, given the housing crunch and higher energy costs that would be a home worth buying.
I love the Sarasota area! And I too LOVE that homes are becoming green it's such a great thing and need to be done alot more. I came across a website called www.propertymaps.com when I was looking for propety there. It was a very cool and helpful site. Check it out, yuo'll love it!!
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