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28 Dec 2017 04:39 AM


Hello! I am a real estate agent near St. Louis, MO. I'm in a primarily rural area that's growing rapidly.

I help first time and low income buyers,  currently we have a lack of housing. New construction for a traditional 1,250 SF ranch 3 bed 2 bath on a .20 lot is about $165,000.

My long term goal is to find a plan that will be comparable in size, yet be much more energy efficient, and ideally safe from tornadoes. I came across S.A.F.E  Homes by Civic,
they designed 2 story, economical homes that use ICF. Sent them an email have not heard back yet. I'm curious if there is another group that has designed a modest ranch home, leaning toward ICF.  Any suggestions on where to find plans would be appreciated. A story and a half might also work, but master bedroom and laundry must be on main floor.  Needs front porch.

Basements are typical here because of the tornado risk. I'm wondering if this could be built on a slab instead, to save on costs.

My dream is to plan about 8 homes on a 15 acre plot. Community well and septic. 1+ acre lots.

I'm not there yet, got to get a prototype built and sold first.




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07 Jan 2018 04:09 PM
Before you jump too far, I had a similar idea many years ago - using community well and septic - and there lays the problem, community well and septic, who's maintaining and responsible for it? I get the initial cost savings 1 of each shared amounts 8 homes, makes sense, but when there is a failure or maintenance. Setting up an association with monthly fees is not the answer, essentially it becomes a public system, so your under the same scrutiny as a city providing water and sewage disposal to everyone - becomes cost prohibitive and you will end up back to individual well and septic adding 10's of thousands of dollars to the cost of the houses
Chris Johnson - Pro ICF<br>North of 49
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