A Terrace Garden


Architects & Custom Designers of Homes Embraced by Livable Gardens

Living in a
"GardenHome"
is like living
a dream come true!

Welcome to Our Home Page Who we are & What we do Only Architects can make affordable 'Dream Homes' come true! A Home embraced by a practical yet beautiful Garden is a 'GardenHome'  - Short Overview We'll help you Create a Home that is Better not just Bigger Our partially glass-roofed GardenRooms are meant for everyday living, dining, and entertaining, and perfect for growing indoor plants Our Gardens are places in which to live and enjoy yourself In your private 'RoofGarden' you'll always feel on Top of the World A GeoThermal Heat Pump more than pays for itself by drastically reducing your HVAC and Water Heating bills Let us help you create a Home you won't have to abandon should you ever become disabled in any way A Garden is a series of 'Outdoor Rooms without Ceilings' designed to be lived in and enjoyed. At its most beautiful, 'Landscaping' is still just a picture frame. A beautiful Garden adds to your Quality of Life! Here are the reasons why you should have a Garden rather than just Landscaping Excerpts of Bill Hoppe's upcoming book by the same title. Stay tuned for more chapters! An Example of a GardenHome Concept Design Drawing How we Manage our Projects We want a Close and Viable Relationship capable of Producing the Results you seek! How we will Handle Your Project - Overview What our Hourly Rates are based on Here we'll give you a 'Ball Park' idea of our Costs BEFORE you buy that Property, let us take a good look at it FIRST! Tell us what you think of our site and our 'GardenHome' concept ENJOY Our Biographies and Faces How to get a hold of us


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How we do Business

    We will undertake your entire GardenHome project from A to Z – from its initial design all the way through its final construction.  However, in keeping with the time-honored (and proven) tradition of architectural firms, we will NOT physically build it.  In our capacity as your "Agent", we will leave that job to an independent building contractor (selected by YOU on a competitive basis) who’ll do the work under our overall project supervision and oversight.

     In this context, we would also like to note that we are not connected with, or in any way whatsoever related to, any building/garden contractor or supplier and that we shall never accept any commissions or gratuities from any such firms in connection with their having been awarded a contract as a result of our efforts on your behalf.

     This "old-fashioned" approach guarantees that we shall never have to face any of the "conflicts of interest" that would inevitably arise if we were, like a "Design – Build" firm (for example), cast in the dual role as architect/planner, on the one hand, and builder/contractor, on the other.  Since all of this will leave us free to address YOUR  needs and desires on a completely objective basis, you can rest assured that the only axe we'll ever have to grind and the only agenda we will ever pursue will be YOURS!

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