Archive for Green Renovations

5 Easy Money Saving Green Renovations

Posted by Jonathan Blackwell on January 1, 2011 with 0 Comments

Times are tight, saving money is in. One of the easiest ways to shave dollars off the costs of home ownership is to make your home as energy efficient as possible. There are hundreds of ways to green up your home, here are 5 simple and easy ways to increase your efficiency and save you money on your next green renovation.

Filed Under: Financing Green Improvements, General, Green Renovations

How to Green Renovate a 80 Year Old Craftsman

Posted by Jonathan Blackwell on December 16, 2010 with 0 Comments

Renovating a home is not a one man job, you need a TEAM. How do you build a winning team? Unless you have lots of cash you’ll need to start with financing. Financing green renovation projects requires special loan products, like FHA 203K and Fannie Mae Homestyle used in conjunction with an Energy Efficient Mortgages (EEM). Not all lenders offer these products and even fewer have the knowledge, expertise and connections to pull it off. When it comes to choosing a lender you need to do your due diligence. There are questions that you need to ask and that they need to be able to answer without hesitation.