When Darnell Brewer traveled down Miller Avenue more than three years ago and saw what would ultimately become the first home he would ever own, he knew there would be a lot of work ahead. Brewer said ...

Dear Jim: I am planning to build a house on a sloping lot. I thought about using an all-weather wood foundation instead of concrete blocks or poured concrete. Will this be an energy-efficient ...

Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the experience ...

Really? A foundation system made of wood? It will never stand the test of time. That’s what the industry response was decades ago to the concept of using treated wood to construct a permanent basement ...

The house your grandparents lived in was built to outlast everyone in it.

ANN ARBOR, MI — West of Ann Arbor, 143 acres of land were set to be developed into 300 homes. Instead, the property is home to 140 acres of conserved land and one carbon-negative house. The ...