Sonoma County is facing a shortage of readily buildable lots. There’s plenty of raw land, but there is a big difference between undeveloped land and a buildable parcel. If you plan to build, you have to determine whether the parcel you are interested in meets the minimum requirements for building. A simple checklist of the …
How to Overcome the Challenges of Saving for a Down Payment for Your Home One of the biggest challenges to buying a home of your own is saving enough for a down payment. Though in some instances it is possible to buy a house with little or zero down payment, nowadays it’s not as common …
Full price isn’t high enough. It’s strange to write those words after six months of free-falling home values in 2008 and four years of bumping along a fitful bottom since then. What we are seeing both nationally and locally is that owner occupants and investors have returned to the market in large numbers. We are …
Blu Homes is a pioneer of sustainable, high quality prefab homes. From their manufacturing facility in Vallejo they truck home modules to building sites where a crane loads the sections onto site-built foundations. Contractors then finish the homes in a much shortened time compared to traditional construction. It’s a process that combines the speed and …
Blu Homes in Healdsburg. It’s a match made in heaven. Blu Homes are a great example of smart, green construction and Healdsburg in the heart of Sonoma County’s wine country is a fantastic place to live…and eat. Sunset’s 2012 Idea House has been attracting large numbers of visitors every weekend during August. Sunset is keeping …