We are excited and honored to have our Pacifica 30-686 (aka The Summit) design featured on this year’s Portland Oregon Street of Dreams. Built by Westlake Development on Mt. Scott in Portland Oregon, this house plan captured the amazing views that the hillside building lot had to offer.
Westlake’s Gerald Rowlett said the feedback from visitors of this years’ tour was very positive. Comments heard from visitors were ”I could see myself living in this house”, “A home I could kick my feet up in”, and “comfortable, livable home”. People really appreciated the way the home captured the view also saying how much they loved tub in the owners’ suite, “I’d never leave that bathtub”, said one person.
The front entrance was serene and inviting, featuring 3 waterfalls that flowed beneath the walkway to a pond nestled between the garage and porch area. Pro Landscaping of Oregon won the Realtors choice “Best Landscaping” for this years tour!
Those of you who have been following the progress of the Bailey 30-262 and the Adkins 30-197 can now view photos of the finished house. Both of these house plans were constructed by Steven W Johnson Construction of Eugene, Oregon.
To view the blogroll on the Bailey 30-262 click here.
To view the blogroll on the Adkins 30-197 click here.
From now until August 15th, all Garage Plan packages are 15% off AND free ground shipping to anywhere in the Continental United States!! Just use promotional code FSGP08 when placing your order. To view all of our garage plans click here.
The Home Builders Association of Lane County has constructed the Tazewell 30-477 house plan to showcase on the Tour of Homes held July 26th through August 3rd. Associated Designs has donated design services for the HBA PAC house for 9 years. This year’s HBA PAC house will highlight the use of green building techniques.
To view an article on construction of this years PAC house from On the Level, the June 2008 Newsletter of the Home Builders Association of Lane County click: hba-home-article.pdf
To view plan details of the Tazewell 30-477 click here. To view photos of this house’s progress, view comments.
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In reflective or visionary moments, maybe you’ve considered the possibility of designing and building a home perfectly suited to your lives.
That’s exactly what the staff at Associated Designs invited readers to do several months ago when we published the 2008 Home from the Heart survey. Readers like you, from all over the United States and Canada, accepted our invitation. Now we’d like to share the tallied results of that survey along with some comparisons to ten years ago.
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We are happy to announce that Rick McAlexander, President of Associated Designs is now a Certified Green Building Professional!
The certification is provided from the National Association of Home Builders that developed the green building guidelines in 2005. The NAHB states, “Green homes incorporate environmental considerations and resource efficiency into every step of the building and development process to minimize environmental impact. The design, construction, and operation of a home must focus on energy and water efficiency, resource efficient building design and materials, indoor environmental quality, and must take the home’s overall impact on the environment into account. However, many of the processes and technologies that go into a green home happen behind the scenes and behind the walls.”
“I want to make sure we stay on top of current design trends, and have the knowledge to provide clients with green living options when designing their new home,” says Rick. The next step for Rick is to become one of the first verifier of green building practices in the state of Oregon. He’ll complete the necessary requirements in June! For more information on green building, or to see how your home scores go to www.nahbgreen.org.
We are excited to announce our new partnership with TheSipStore.com and IB Panels! SIP or Structural Insulated Panel construction is becoming more and more popular. We have the ability now to refer your purchased home plans for SIP details and additional resource information. To inquire about SIP construction on a plan, please call us at (800) 634-0123 M-F, 8-5 pacific time to speak with one of our customer service representatives.
Associated Designs is pleased to announce the launch of our new blog! We hear from people all the time who like to share their experience, show pictures of their homes under construction, and of course the finished product. Equally, we hear from those who would “love to see a picture of this home completed”! Our blog now offers the forum for just that. To start a blog on your home under construction or already built, send your photo(s) and story to blog@associateddesigns.com and we’ll get it posted. After that, you can upload additional photos and comments of the progress.
We just returned from the International Home Builders Convention in Orlando, Florida excited, charged, and full of new ideas for expanding our website and partnerships! It should be an exciting few months ahead as we able to implement them and create new offerings for visitors of our site.
