Cool Green Homes for Sale

Sometimes it’s fun to browse the available green homes for sale and one of the coolest places to do this is at Green Homes for Sale. The downside is that Green Homes for Sale homes tend to be on the more expensive side. On the positive side, it’s nice to get ideas about what’s out there, and even if you’re not looking to buy this site is great inspiration for your own green home – i.e. if you’re building or remodeling green. I browse around Green Homes for Sale often, and I’m always seeing homes I adore. Below are a few of my current obsessions.

I usually look in Oregon first, being that I live there, and today I found an awesome custom built timber-framed green home and guesthouse right near Portland! This home features all natural wood for the timber frame, framing, decks, siding, hardwood Oregon white oak floors cabinets and trim is FSC certified or salvaged. Natural products were used for wood sealing and there’s low/zero VOC paints on the walls. The house also has a passive solar design, wool carpets, marmoleum kitchen floor and all the appliances are Energy Star. Plus landscaping contains all native vegetation and there is a rainwater catchment system. Nice. Personally I love all the tree views. It pretty much screams PDX.

Next up a New Mexico beauty!

After living in New Mexico for years I’ve had enough of the desert for sure (I miss the Oregon rain) however, if I had to pick a house there, this Artist Built Adobe Home is super cute and off grid! Not too big, adobe walls that act as thermal mass for heating and cooling, natural clay paints and Bioshield, zero voc paints are just some of this green home’s many cool features. Solar panels, south facing orientation with earthen floor, woodstove, a Takagi on demand water heater, firewood on property and a 2300 gallon water harvesting system for gardens round out the features. Add to this that the home is located in Santa Fe County in the foothills of the Ortiz mountains – which is a seriously gorgeous area and it all adds up to a winning green home.

Next week we’ll look at some more green homes for sale!