Reputation is Key for House Designs

Pat and Petrina Ryan of the Ryan Designer Homes have been the business for more than 20 years. They have been working together in making home design plans and construction. It was only two years ago when the couple finally gave in to their clients encouragement to join their first industry awards.

That was the initiative that had them cleaning up and going on to beating competition in the whole of Australia in hopes of winning the impressive Housing Industry Association (HIA) National Display Home of the Year Award fro two consecutive years.

Just last week, the couple has won the Sunshine Coast-Wide Bay regional HIA award for the Best Individual Home in the $751,000 to $1 million category.

Their entry that had them winning the competition was the one custom-designed for the Kopff family. The family has just relocated from the Blue Peregian Springs. It was said that the family only visited the construction of the house once and has completely entrusted the project to the Ryan team until its conclusion. They were not disappointed of how the house has turned out.

Pat Ryan attributes the family business’ success to their team’s efforts. He also acknowledges his wife Petrina’s innovative style which complements his attention to details.

He stated that his wife Petrina continuously travels to design-minded places and recognizes the trends that are new to the Australian market. She works on to adapting these designs for the lifestyle and climate of Queensland.

As a result of their recent travel to China and Indonesia, they were able to bring home their ideas of houses which are two years ahead of Australian home building. The couple stated that their constant inspiration comes from their clients.

The couple recognizes the contribution of their talented team’s high-quality work as the reasons for their awards. They now enter these awards for their shared excitement because they are aware that the new owners of each home that they build also get a thrill out of the accolade.

The New House Plans for the New Jobs

The new house plans for Jobs house have been selected and talks of definite construction are already under way.

Posted Gizmodo plans for the new Jobs compound are sure to get the attention of architecture fans. The said plan contains replacing the 14 bedroom and 13 mansions from the 1920s which the Apple CEO has bought in 1984.

The said plans were nit from just about anywhere. Jobs had to have plans for the site submitted as part of the requisite of the permitting process required by the planning and zoning board of the town of Woodside in California. Thankfully, those plans were all public records and through the Internet, they were made accessible to the people.

A lot of drama has revolved around the mansion and it will be remembered that Jobs has lived in it until 1994 then had it rented every now and then. However, it has been reported that it has been empty for almost a decade now. A demolition permit was sent over to Jobs but local preservationists groups contested this order which started a legal battle.

After almost 6 years of court appeals, environmental impact surveys, and cost comparisons, Gizmodo has reported that Jobs is finally getting his wish. With an approval to build a 4, 910 square foot, as stated in the house plans, with the amount of $8.45 million dollars, a single family home will built in the said estate.

Jobs fully intends to have a 6 acres of indigenous flora, a three-car garage, and an unpretentious 5 bedroom home with plenty of windows and decks. There will also be private vegetable garden and lighted walkway with a lot of lights. Gizmodo has referred to the plan as the new image of additional utilitarian modesty even after the billionaire standards are removed.

Construction of Veterans’ Home Plans Projects to Kick off

The Minnesota Department of Veterans has initiated the construction and renovation of the Minnesota Veterans Home’s Minneapolis campus using the $42.2 million allocated for the said project.

The state designer selection board has proceeded on Tuesday in interviewing three finalists in making a design for the project which would include a renovation of a 40-year old building, the demolition of a new building, and the construction of a new one to fit in an estimate of 150 rooms for the residents.

The goal of the project is to provide the best care and facilities that the organization can for the veterans. Anne Lewicki Long, the spokesperson for the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, stated that the residents have been living in an old environment which has been created in the ‘70s and even before that. She added that the current project will provide them with a modern and state-of-the-art environment.

A total of $9.45 million in state money has been secured by the MDVA but the project also hinges on other possible funding commitments from the state and the government. However, these are only possibilities without any certainties. Long said that next week is when they would find out if the federal money will be granted but even if doesn’t, the project will still push through. Later phases of the construction would have to be delayed, though. MDVA has indicated that there will be a delay but they will b renewing their grant application.

The $9.45 million state money will be used to fund the first phase which is the renovation of the two-storey Building 16. It will also pay for the pre-design for the second phase which includes the demolition and replacement of the north wing of Building 17.

The state is looking forward to the granting of the $17.55 million as funds for the completion of phase two, this from the request of proposals from the state’s Department of Administration.

New Homes for Sale in West Malling give 2.99% discount in Mortgage

The best houses are here and not are they just perfect for everyone’s taste but they also come with a discount in mortgage!

Taylor Wimpey’ Birling Grange development, the builders behind the amazing houses in West Malling, are offering a 2.99% discount in mortgage rate as a special offer when you buy a house. A best mortgage deal in a very competitive world of real estate, the house building company aims to offer people peace of mind by fixing their mortgage repayments for a lower rate in the coming two years. This was according to Paula Carter, the Regional Sales and MarketingDirector of Taylor and Wimpey Birling Grange.

The said discount in mortgage, as stated further by Carter, is the company’s way of protecting the buyers from possible increase in interest rate for them to be able to plan for the next two years and for them to have financial savings. Selected properties in West Malling like flats and houses are within the said discount in mortgage.

House owners are foremost in the minds of Birling Grange. The houses display were designed with energy-efficient central heating, a fitted kitchen with the oven, hob, and hood incorporated. Built in the fringes of Leybourne, the houses and apartments, community, and leisure faculties are built on the former Leybourne Grange manor house and hospital.

The houses come in fairly low prices, with two-bedroom apartments being sold for only £174,995, three-bedroom apartments for £239,995, and four-bedroom detached properties for only £349,995.

The “Stanley” home at Plot 57 has a spacious living/dining room with French doors which lead to a private rear garden. There is also a modern kitchen with stylish design and a guest cloakroom which can be found in the entrance hallway. Truly, these houses are perfect for comfortable living and entertaining friends as well.

This is just one of the houses that Birling Grange has for those who wish to buy a house. There are others which are available for viewing.

New Technologies Showcased by Sigma Design Homes

AMSTERDAM & MILPITAS, Calif., Sep 06, 2010– The leading provider of System –on – Chip (SOC) solutions that delivers quality entertainment and control throughout homes will be showcasing another breakthrough in the company’s most innovated bets. Sigma designs will be demonstrating some high-end technologies in media processing, home entertainment networking and home control suite, which will be held at Balcony Suite BM24, on the Mezzanine Level, Hall 1.

Some of the things that will be demonstrated there include:
-- Clear Path – it is Sigma’s impressive home entertainment networking connectivity solution.
-- New thin-client solutions that enable service providers to install set top boxes throughout an entire home for significantly less cost than ever before
-- New optimized solutions for Microsoft Mediaroom based on Sigma's second-generation SMP8652 media processor. Sigma's solution will show the highest CPU performance available along with substantial savings for new set top box designs
-- The industry's lowest cost, lowest power RVU remote user interface for set top boxes, which enables consumers to use DLNA to distribute their content across RVU-enabled devices in the home.

Also the popular Z-Wave solutions for home control will also be introduced by Sigma, and this will be marketed through the widest ecosystem of devices that Is readily available to every consumers.

Z Wave Technology is a unit that helps providers increase Average Revenue per Unit or ARPU. In this event, Sigma will also do the following:

Redefine technical boundaries in home designs entertainment networking
-- Sigma will show how its HomePlug AV and HomePNA solutions help service providers deliver content to more rooms, faster, more reliably, and at a lower cost than ever before
Empower innovation in processing media
-- See Android and Over the Top (OTT) platforms that deliver twice the performance
-- Learn how to offer more compelling interface capabilities and navigation to customers with new 3D graphic technologies
-- Find breakthrough price performance in a cable TV application through a gateway and thin-client design