Solar panels,
added insulation and other energy efficient features are some of the tools
builders are employing to attract buyers to Inland Empire communities where many
distressed properties continue to surround new homes.
The "green" features are usually not enough on their own to attract buyers,Find rubberhose companies from India. but the prospect of lower electric, gas and water bills can be an important part of the final sales pitch,We offer you the top quality plasticmoulds design builders said.
"The benefits of energy efficiency are not emotional," said Brian Geis, vice president of Brookfield Homes. "I feel if an economist walked in, it would be an easy sell."
Most buyers,We offer you the top quality plasticmoulds design however, are not professional economists, so Geis and others said more traditional factors like location,I found them to have sharp edges where the injectionmoldes came together while production. lot size and quality of nearby schools are still more important to buyers than whether or not a house has a solar panel or tankless water heater.
"If we try to sell the energy efficiency first, you lose the buyer," Meritage Homes division president Kevin Kimball said. "That's not the reason they walk through the door."
Arizona-based Meritage Homes promotes several energy efficiency features including spray-foam insulation and Energy Star-certified appliances at the firm's 70-home Citrus Grove development in Fontana.
"Our house is built like an Igloo cooler," Kimball said.
KB Home is another builder that has made the prospect of lower energy bills part of a strategy to make new homes more attractive.
"We are competing with resales , and the one difference we came up with at KB is reducing the cost of ownership," said Steve Ruffner, president of KB Home's Southern California division.
"We don't talk about going green for green's sake," he said.Rubiks cubepuzzle.
The builder first made photovoltaic panels a standard feature in March 2011 in 10 California developments, including the "Enclave" community in the Riverside County city of Eastvale.
KB Home has since expanded its solar promotions to include 10 developments in Los Angeles County where solar panels are standard, as well as five in San Bernardino County where solar is an optional feature.
Brookfield has similarly made solar panels a standard feature at its GreenDoor homes, which are part of the company's Edenglen development in Ontario.
Edenglen is thus far the only development to be built in the New Model Colony of Southern Ontario. The Costa Mesa-based Brookfield is the only builder thus far to sell new homes there.
Brookfield has entitlements for 584 homes at Edenglen and has pulled permits for 360 homes, Geis said.
The company adjusted to the post-2007 housing bust and subsequent recession by reducing lot sizes and marketing to cost-conscious buyers, Geis said.
"Our buyer here at GreenDoor is not somebody who wants the traditional big green backyard. They want something that's low maintenance, low cost," he said.
Besides solar panels, the GreenDoor homes also feature tankless water heaters and uses 2x6 studs instead of 2x4 studs to allow for more insulation than most houses.
A buyer purchasing a new or resale home in April committed to a monthly payment of $953, according to DataQuick Informations Systems.
The "green" features are usually not enough on their own to attract buyers,Find rubberhose companies from India. but the prospect of lower electric, gas and water bills can be an important part of the final sales pitch,We offer you the top quality plasticmoulds design builders said.
"The benefits of energy efficiency are not emotional," said Brian Geis, vice president of Brookfield Homes. "I feel if an economist walked in, it would be an easy sell."
Most buyers,We offer you the top quality plasticmoulds design however, are not professional economists, so Geis and others said more traditional factors like location,I found them to have sharp edges where the injectionmoldes came together while production. lot size and quality of nearby schools are still more important to buyers than whether or not a house has a solar panel or tankless water heater.
"If we try to sell the energy efficiency first, you lose the buyer," Meritage Homes division president Kevin Kimball said. "That's not the reason they walk through the door."
Arizona-based Meritage Homes promotes several energy efficiency features including spray-foam insulation and Energy Star-certified appliances at the firm's 70-home Citrus Grove development in Fontana.
"Our house is built like an Igloo cooler," Kimball said.
KB Home is another builder that has made the prospect of lower energy bills part of a strategy to make new homes more attractive.
"We are competing with resales , and the one difference we came up with at KB is reducing the cost of ownership," said Steve Ruffner, president of KB Home's Southern California division.
"We don't talk about going green for green's sake," he said.Rubiks cubepuzzle.
The builder first made photovoltaic panels a standard feature in March 2011 in 10 California developments, including the "Enclave" community in the Riverside County city of Eastvale.
KB Home has since expanded its solar promotions to include 10 developments in Los Angeles County where solar panels are standard, as well as five in San Bernardino County where solar is an optional feature.
Brookfield has similarly made solar panels a standard feature at its GreenDoor homes, which are part of the company's Edenglen development in Ontario.
Edenglen is thus far the only development to be built in the New Model Colony of Southern Ontario. The Costa Mesa-based Brookfield is the only builder thus far to sell new homes there.
Brookfield has entitlements for 584 homes at Edenglen and has pulled permits for 360 homes, Geis said.
The company adjusted to the post-2007 housing bust and subsequent recession by reducing lot sizes and marketing to cost-conscious buyers, Geis said.
"Our buyer here at GreenDoor is not somebody who wants the traditional big green backyard. They want something that's low maintenance, low cost," he said.
Besides solar panels, the GreenDoor homes also feature tankless water heaters and uses 2x6 studs instead of 2x4 studs to allow for more insulation than most houses.
A buyer purchasing a new or resale home in April committed to a monthly payment of $953, according to DataQuick Informations Systems.
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