2016 has been a remarkable year for REA Homes.
Thank you! 2016 has been a remarkable year for REA Homes. As we approach the holiday season and end of 2016, we are reminded of how thankful we are for all of our [...]
How Builders Price New Homes: Fixed Pricing vs Cost-Plus
After defining your goals and determining a budget for your custom home, it’s important to consider different pricing methods. REA Homes breaks down the difference between FIXED PRICING and COST-PLUS pricing. Fixed Price The [...]
Defining Goals & Determining a Budget for your Custom Built Home
Previously, REA Homes dug into the different types of homes you can build. This time REA Homes explores the pre-build, planning steps necessary for a successful custom build process. Defining Your Goals Most good [...]
What Type of Home Will You Build?
In our last blog post, we focused on the five tips for choosing the right builder. This time REA Homes explores the different types of custom homes. Although there are many different ways you [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Like golf scores, lower means better with home energy ratings.
When you pull a club from your golf bag and endeavor to “put it in the hole,” as galleries of onlookers often shout to the golfers, your goal is to ultimately bring home your [...]
