Where should we put the house on the lot?
This is a huge issue for us. When we bought the lot, we had every intention of building the house up on top of the ridge to the right, assuming that we had more than enough space to do so. As it turns out from the survey, we own the entire ridge, so it looks [...]
Passive Solar House Design
If you want to build a passive solar home in Nova Scotia, chances are you’ve heard of Don Roscoe. He is a past (or maybe even present, it’s hard to tell from their website) officer of Solar Nova Scotia, and teaches a solar design course, that my wife and I intend to take this fall. [...]
The Official Three Brooks Welcoming Committee
Our friends who suggested we buy the lot joined us on it for champagne to toast our ‘arrival’ in the neighbourhood. These are a few pictures from that occasion. I can already tell that we’ll love it here.
Buying the lot
Few things strike fear into the hearts of people quite like buying real estate. I’d say that it’s probably worse than buying a car, simply because of the huge cost involved, the people who need to be consulted and the running around you have to do.
Once we made our decision to buy the lot, we [...]