Five Tips For Choosing The Right Builder
In our last blog post, we focused on the four reasons not to build a custom home. This time REA Homes shares some advice for selecting the right builder. Choosing the right builder is [...]
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Four reasons NOT to build a custom home
In our last two blogs we’ve discussed the issue of whether to build or buy, identifying three distinct characteristics—vision, patience and teamwork—that help to decide the issue, and we’ve addressed the question of whether [...]
Will your lifestyle support building a new home?
Last time we opened the question of whether to build or buy, identifying three distinct characteristics—vision, patience and teamwork—that help to decide the issue. But many factors contribute to making that ultimate decision, and [...]
Build or buy? Committing to your dream.
It’s on your bucket list of dreams, definitely Top Ten and maybe as high as No. 1: Building a brand new custom home designed just the way you’d like it. You picture it clearly—the [...]
Making A Difference
C.S. Lewis, the eminent British author/scholar, once famously said that integrity is doing the right thing even when nobody is looking. Making a difference in the community and supporting others’ efforts to do the [...]
The ‘common law’ of R.E.A. Homes
Translating High Performance Luxury into your dream home John Ruskin, the 19th century writer, art critic, and thinker best known for making connections between nature, art, and society, also made detailed drawings of architectural [...]
Picking the right location for your home
Location, location, location! How many times have you heard that phrase? Usually it’s in the context of a business location to obtain the optimal site for conducting your trade or occupation. But the same [...]
On the street where you live – Respecting the neighborhoods in which we build
The song “On the Street Where You Live” from the classic musical My Fair Lady painted a euphoric picture where “enchantment pours from every door.” That’s the way we like our clients to feel [...]
HERS score of 19 places Ladue home among elite
His or HERS? If you’re seeking the best energy efficiency for your home, you’d unquestionably pick HERS. The HERS score (Home Energy Rating System)—a nationally recognized system of measurement used to grade a home’s [...]
Low HERS score brings great energy value to Frontenac home
In our last blog we discussed the definition of a HERS score—the measurement of a home’s energy efficiency—and how, like golf, the lower the score the better value it is. Now, let’s show you [...]
