The reason this blog is called the "(Semi) Eco House" blog is that we're definitely not able to go eco/green in all aspects of the build.

Simply building a new house uses a whole lot of resources that would otherwise not have been used. Sure, we could have renovated a house or brought an old house onto the site or even bought a pre-fab house (there are some eco-friendly ones now too). But while those options were investigated, none suited our needs, and we do plan to be in this house for a long time. This is our "forever house".

We also can't afford to go green all the way. The budget for this build is around $250 000, which I think is pretty reasonable for a 4 bed, 2 bath house. I'll do a breakdown of costs in a later post.

Another reason for the "semi" part of the title is that it's really hard convincing builders and other tradespeople that eco friendly options are good. We sometimes manage to convince them, but other times they get their own way.

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