How do you design and build a green home on a very small budget?

有很多“软成本”，第一次建造的人可能不会立即考虑——设计和获得建筑计划、化粪池计划、许可等等，所以在最初设计时，你需要真正关注，以将成本保持在最低限度。These pages would be the best place to start -

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And for general design ideas, I’d say you are better off starting with aslab on grade and not a basement, and to build the slab yourself if you can. It will likely be cheaper than a (properly built*) full basement foundation, and apolished concrete floor是你能得到的最便宜的成品地板表面，而且非常耐用。

And very importantly, keep it as small as possible at first, but design it in a way that you can easily add onto it if you need more space in the future (see the flexible housing page below). Typically builders will say a home costs about $200-$225 per square foot (though that varies by region), sometimes it will be a lot more, and if you’re careful and do a lot yourself then sometimes quite a bit less. It’s a matter of how complicated the design is, how expensive the materials you choose are, and labour.

I would also try to use salvaged materials as much as possible, that will help save a lot of money. Start looking now on used material websites (linked below) to see what sort of stuff shows up regularly. This may help you a bit with design and to keep you motivated as well. So, to answer your question, save as much as you can but it is possible to do it with 100K if you don’t have to purchase land (and ideally not have to install a septic system or dig a well) so start saving. Below are a few links that I think will help you achieve your goals, good luck Paul!

• What to look for when buying a building lot
• How to build a home on shoestring budget
• Slab on grade construction step-by-step
• Flexible house design
• Where to buy used building materials

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