Chain of Eco Homes Competition

FreeGreen is a co-sponsor of a home design competition in Greensburg, KS. Greensburg was hit by an EF5, pretty much wiping the town off the map. They are committed to rebuild — and they are going sustainable. 
Check out the competition info at:
(photo from FEMA)

theCAR now available

Our detached garage option, theCAR is now available. If you want to order a JADE or FERN without the attached garage option, this is a good alternative.

new plans at freegreen

Our two latest plans, theSAGE and theJADE, in addition to being available at our website, are now also available at freegreen’s website in their open source area. Check them out at:

Editable dwg files now available!

By popular request, we now have editable dwg CAD files available for any of our plans. Only slightly more expensive (at $750), these files will allow your local architect or designer to make modifications to our plan to better suit your lifestyle.

theSAGE now available!

theSAGE is now available for purchase at our website. Through an exclusive arrangement with the award-winning firm of Arbor South Architecture, PC, we are pleased to offer this 1,447 sq ft, 2 bedroom, 2 bath home.

Also, Arbor South is currently building theSAGE in Eugene, Oregon and it is targeted at LEED Platinum.
Visit the Arbor South Architecture Group on Facebook for pictures and information.

theJADE ready for purchase!

Well, finally, we have theJADE plan ready for purchase via download. It took a little longer because demand for crawl space options is high and we wanted to offer the plan either way. You can also now download sample elevation pages for each plan. This will gve you an idea of what each side of the house looks like as well as an idea of the level of detail in our construction documents.

blog formats

I’m trying different blog formats. I’m not happy with the layout yet. Needs pizzaz, but still needs to be simple…

Be patient with me. 🙂

theJADE ready to preview



Our latest plan, theJADE is ready to preview at our website http://www.thesimplehouse.com
It is 3 bedroom, 2 bath, with an optional den (in lieu of the middle bedroom). Coming in at a lean 1,392 sq ft, it will be the next series of plans in our line-up.
Available for purchase in February.

green dot award!


We received an “honorable mention” award in the 2008 green dot awards! Check it out at:
http://greenDOTawards.com/winners/honorble.php?type=CONCEPT

Dual Flush Toilets

One simple way to save water is with a dual flush toilet. This one, the “Persuade” by Kohler, has a standard flush of 1.6 gallons plus an optional flush of 0.8 gallons — cutting water use in half.
To word this delicately, for most of our flushes, the 0.8 gallon option will be adequate. This will save a large amount of water annually. List price for the white one is about $360. Not too bad.