Concrete homes are often healthier, quieter, more affordable, and more comfortable. They can also require less maintenance than conventionally-built homes.
Concrete homes are often healthier, quieter, more affordable, and more comfortable. They can also require less maintenance than conventionally-built homes.
A “green” home is based on four overarching categories:
There are many benefits of a “green” home which include, energy efficiency, increased comfort, long term savings, greater home value, and lower insurance rates.
Today, home buyers expect to get more from their new home. They want beauty that's more than skin deep. A home that fits their lifestyle - of course but also a home with solid, high quality constructions, greater comfort and security.
Lower energy bills. Lower maintenance. A home that's healthier to live in, and easier on the environment.
It's becoming harder and harder to meet their new expectations with the same old building technology - wood framing. So more and more builders and home buyers are turning to something new. A modern adaptation of a centuries-old technology using the most proven building material on earth... concrete.
Concrete homes are often healthier, quieter, more affordable, and more comfortable. They can also require less maintenance than conventionally-built homes.
"Newcastle Home Builders built our energy efficient dream home on our family farm using the latest concrete wall construction, radiant floor heat and Geo-thermal earth efficient ground source exchange for heating and cooling. Thanks to Dan's experience he is always ready to resolve construction concerns and on-site to keep the home construction process completion on schedule. Dan Bush and his crew are hard workers, honest, and customized our home to exceed our dream home expectations. Dan is great to work with."
-- Alan Petre
My husband, Bryan and I spent several years looking for the perfect acreage and the perfect house plan. When we couldn't find a plan that met all of our needs, Bryan drew up plans for the house of our dreams.
This was a huge undertaking for my husband and myself. We had never had a home built before and chosing a builder that would make our dream a reality was a bit unnerving.
We had to find "the person" that we could trust to create our home from our homemade plans. We needed someone who would respect our wishes and desires, include us daily in the building process, and someone who had the skills and the knowlege necessary to bring our plans to life.
Chosing Dan Bush to build our home was just the beginning. He coordinated the construction effortlessly, it seemed. He answered our questions and made suggestions when necessary. He was always forthright and honest with us. He kept our best interest in mind at all times and was our advocate thoughout the entire building process, and still is today.
Our home is beautiful It's everything we dreamed of and hoped for. The thick concrete walls provide us with a constant, comfortable, quiet environment with considerable energy savings.
I realize I must have taken my previous homes for granted. There's something special, and hard to express, about living in a home that you've had custom built to your specifications. You see it differently. I sometimes sit in wonder as I think how wood and concrete, paint and drywall has all come together to be our home. The skill and workmanship involved is something I will never take for granted again.
We'd been warned over and over that the homebuilding process was one of the most stressful periods a couple could go through. I can honestly say Dan took the stress out of this experience for my husband and I. He orchestrated the birth of our home without the heartache and sleepless nights I was told to expect.
I can't say enough lovely things about our experience with Dan Bush as our builder. We came to him as strangers, but we now consider he and his family our dear friends. I will be forever greatful to him for making our dream home a reality.
With heartfelt thanks,
Sally and Bryan Knox
We wouldn't build with any another builder! Dan and his crew are the best! My wife and I looked 15 years for land to build on, spent at least ten years looking at house plan magazines, attended countless home shows and open houses getting ideas to design our own house, drew at least a hundred different floor plan versions before we settled on our own unique plan, and we met with countless builders of custom homes.
We knew what we wanted and that left one last important question. Who would we trust with all our work, our savings, and future happiness? There were some great custom home builders out there, but few with experience building custom concrete homes. We watched several other concrete homes being built at various stages by other builders, and we weren't impressed with their final product. Our plan would be a challenge to any builder with the 36 exterior angles on a walk-out ranch house with virtually only three rooms on the main floor to bear the weight of a massive roof.
Dan was recommended by a friend of a friend. We were impressed with Dan from the very first moment he invited us to his home to meet his wife and family. I remember waiting to see his response as we rolled out our plan the first time. Instead of shaking his head in disbelief that anyone would even want to build our plan, you could tell he wanted the challenge of building our unique dream. He was as excited as we were for a chance to build this house – our home. We knew Dan was going to be our builder before we left his house that night.
As time went on it became very apparent that Dan just plain loves to build. Dan is very hands-on, pays great attention to detail, and he knows exactly what he is doing from the beginning to end. His work ethic, integrity, and honesty are unsurpassed. Today, Val and I are proud to call Dan and Shari our close friends, not just because he built our house, but because how he helped us build our dream home! You can trust that Dan's patience, understanding, ideas, knowledge, and quality work can help transform what potentially can be a very costly and trying time for most people into a great experience that will last a life time and beyond.
Vince and Val Schweiger
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