by homesthatfistg | Oct 11, 2019 | Blogs & Articles
This was written in 2012 to introduce Passive House as a new way of building I know something new. I know how to design and build homes that are dramatically better than any I’ve ever built. What I know is radically simple. It is systematically measurable and...
by Jamie Wolf | Sep 18, 2019 | Blogs & Articles
A few years back I heard this poem read by Manchester native Steven Straight at that great summer event at the Hillstead Museum in Farmington, the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival. It continues to stick with me as I think about what we should expect from a home. I grew...
by Jamie Wolf | Sep 15, 2019 | Blogs & Articles
It’s an exciting journey to design and build a home of lasting beauty that produces all the energy it uses. A home with exceptional comfort, health, durability, and energy security baked in. But where to begin? By asking these six questions and being led by the...
by homesthatfistg | Jun 13, 2019 | Blogs & Articles
This post was written in 2012 as I saw an opportunity to build differently. My career started in the 70’s as a house painter. A painter touches the surfaces of each project three times: Prep. Prime. Paint. Over dozens of projects I saw and touched every finished part...
by Jamie Wolf | May 21, 2018 | Blogs & Articles
Here is a pretty great story of a house on a river and the folks who have chosen to live there and the changes we have been employed to make. Every house has a story. And each of these stories has chapters. And each of those chapters adds the story of each of the...
by Jamie Wolf | Nov 5, 2017 | Blogs & Articles
What is a home that fits? Attention to the impressive energy performance of a home often focuses on the materials and technologies that make it possible. We’ve written our fair share about all that. Yet every project we design begins with the need to answer a simple...
