Tips on Green Design for Your Home: An Interview with Sean Sullivan of Living Stone Construction, Inc

Published July 14th in NorthCarolinaHome
Living Stone is a Green builder of fine custom, and semi-custom, homes. We offer turn-key services to bring complete value to the client and make the building process enjoyable. Much like sustainability in building, our “Living Stone Difference” process is sustainable. When you work with us, we can help you find land, design your home, build your home (or renovation), prescribe finishes, provide financing, and deliver a home warranty.

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Energy Rating our Homes

All of our homes are certified Energy Star vs 3.  We hire a 3rd party, independent energy rater to help us at the very beginning of design to ensure we are building our clients a healthy, energy star, green home.  Our Energy Rater continues to work with us throughout the building process.  She is at this job today for a blower door test, along with the building inspector and the heating and cooling contractor.  For more information about our standard of building green and the why please click here.

 

Energy Rating Our Home

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The Jones’ Story – The Japalachian

The Jones’ Story – The Japalachian

Living Stone Construction homeowners Jim and Susan Jones fell in love with Asheville years ago while visiting their daughter, a student at UNC Asheville. The Joneses were living in Greensboro at the time, where Jim had a Chevrolet dealership. He was developing a luxury apartment community there when he and Susan decided to move to the mountains in 2010.
They found a steep lot in The Settlings of Black Mountain, and then found Living Stone Construction. The Joneses asked company president Sean Sullivan to advise them about building on the slope, “and we got to know him and we became friends,” Jim said. “We saw everything Sean built, and that gave us confidence. This is the second custom home we’ve built, so we know how hard it is to find a good builder.”

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