IreneSpiegel's blog

Self-contracting, a good idea?

Dear Kevin,
My husband and I have purchased a one acre lot in Shadow Hills, California. We have done extensive planning to build a house on this lot. We plan to use only green materials, have solar panels, solar water heating, have a gray water system, use permaculture gardening methods, as well as other environmentally conscience systems. Our hope was to document the process as you did, in order to share and inspire others to build in the same fashion. We plan to as well, be our own contractor/owner builder. Do you have any suggestions?