Archive for the ‘Energy efficient’ Category

The February / March issue of South Sound magazine features a story of the Bouvier/Rogers home which we at Laupen Homes LLC. built last year. The article includes some wonderful photos of the home that really capture the fill of this unique house. Of course there is a great photo of the round, hand carved wood door along with others of both the interior and exterior of the house, however one photo in particular is especially impressive. It’s a photo taken of one of the master bath vanity’s and mirror. At first it looks to be just a good picture of the vanity until you look at whats in the mirror. Thats when you notice that the photographer was able to capture the walk in shower, second vanity, and the other mirror. It’s a wonderful photo and worth a look.

Along with a story that talks about the unique aspects and energy efficient features of this home, you’ll also find in the article, the phone numbers and web site addresses of many of the subs and supplies who’s work is featured. You can find the magazine starting tomorrow in news stands and grocery stores throughout the south sound.

At the Olympia Master Builders November meeting Cory Eckert of Laupen Homes LLC. was presented with seven awards for the two homes he had entered into the 2010 Tour of Homes. Their were two types of awards, Judges choice and Peoples Choice, in six different categories.

The awards he won were
Judges Choice
Best Curb Appeal for Bouvier/Rogers
Best of Show for Cooper

Peoples choice
Best Kitchen for Cooper
Best Green Features for Bouvier/Rogers
Best Curb Appeal for Cooper
Best Floor Plan for Bouvier/Rogers
Best of Show for Bouvier/Rogers

All the winners

We are very excited about having our homes honored with these award. We would like to thank everyone who came to visit these to great homes. We would also like to thank our sub contractors and vendors who hard work and expert skills made this all possible.
In particular we would like to thank
Tessa Smith, designer of both homes.
Diane Gassman, Interior Deminsions
Brenda Fritsch, Interior design and cabinet specialist
Brent Hudson, Vessenza by Hudson
Ferguson Plumbing Supply
Mike Anderson, Quality Solutions
Kyle Contrus, Concretions
Todd and Kari Harris, Stone People LLC
Northwest Fabricators Inc.

Both Homes can be viewed on our projects page on this site

These are city’s, places  and county’s we work in; Olympia, Lacey, Tumwater, Shelton, Steam Boat Island, Oyster Bay, Mason County, Thurston County, Rochester, Tenino,  Yelm, Tacoma, Dupont, Linwood, Nisqually, Delphi, Gate, Littlerock, Rainer, Lake St Clair, Long Lake, Ward Lake, Black Lake, Elma, Patterson Lake, Johnson Point, Fish Trap Loop, Boston Harbor, Cooper Point, Eld Inlet, Budd Inlet, Summit Lake, Hewitt Lake, Hicks lake, Chamber Lake, Henderson Inlet, Tolmie State Park, Nisqually National Wildlife Refuse, American Lake, Fort Lewis, McChord  AFB, Offutt Lake, Ground Mound,

The Judge’s choice awards for the 2010 Olympia Master Builder’s tour of homes was announced and we are proud to announce that we won two of the awards. Our Hobbit House won for best curb appeal and the Cooper House won Best of Show – Custom Home. We are very excited about the awards and humbled that the judges thought so much of our homes. The people’s choice awards will be announced later this month.

The show continues this weekend. All homes are open both Saturday and Sunday from 11 to 5. If you need a guide for all of the homes on the tour, we will have them at each of our houses. The addresses are 123 West Bay Dr. (near downtown Olympia) or 10621 Katieann Lane, (near Offet Lake off of 103rd Street and Steadman Road.

Laupen homes LLC. is proud to showcase two homes in the OMB tour of Homes. First we will feature the Cooper home. This is the same home we had in last spring’s Green Tour. If you didn’t get a chance to see it the first time, come out this weekend and be amazed. This home was a challenge to say the least, but we persisted and the outcome is incredible. You can view photos of it on our project page and read the owners comments on our referral page.

The second home we are featuring is the Bouvier/Rogers house, also known as the hobbit house. Now we could really call it a hobbit house without a round door, so a round door it has. Handcrafted out of mahogany wood, the door has a tree carved into it. Master carpenter Mike Anderson was the inspiration behind the door. It is a must see. This home also features a “Floating Loft” over the main entrance and living room. With lots of curves and whimsical features this home is a must see.

Still being painted

But don’t let the playfulness of the home fool you. It has state of the art energy efficient systems including radiant heat and a Heat Recovery Ventilator. Six operable ski lights make for wonderful natural lighting and at the same time allow the summer heat to escape keeping the interior of the home cool without the need for air conditioning. The outstanding blower door score of 1.23, (most new homes receive a 5 or higher) made it easier to received a Built Green level 5, and Energy star certifications.

Cory in front of Mike's beautiful door

Come out this weekend and see these wonderful homes. I look forward to meeting you
Cory Eckert