We continue to pick away at the beautiful fir reclaimed from our old house. And by we, I mean that I periodically check in on the "things to finish" list and Matt does the actual picking away. What can I say, we manage to our strengths. There would be about as much sense in me constructing things out of wood as there would be in Matt doing our taxes. This installment has … [Read More...]
Ongoing Preparations for the Apocalypse
Tis the season when we are reminded that climate change is real. The Gonzales weather station near our house recorded 39.8 C on June 28, more than 9 C hotter than … [Read More...]
The Project
Our goal is to transform the current large single family lot (7633 sqft/709 sm) into housing for 2.5 families that uses less energy than a typical single family home … [Read More...]
Things We’ve Noticed – Energy Edition
Over the past couple of months, I've been tying up loose ends on our project. In addition to upping my accounting skills by sorting out the GST and capital gains tax owing for the sale of the other half, I (finally) finished up our Passive House certification … [Read More...]
Passive House Suite for Rent
We added a suite as part of our half of the duplex with the idea of supporting multi-generational living. The first of those generations - aka my mom - is currently quite happy to keep living where she is for the moment, so we've set it up as a shorter term … [Read More...]
Things We’ve Noticed – Comfort Edition
We've now been living in our Passive House for about 16 months, although we were still installing and commissioning things early on. We've now had a full summer and most of a winter to experience the space and play around with how we run it. Here are a few … [Read More...]
