Grand opening for 1st Surf City green home

November 3rd, 2009, 1:30 pm · 7 Comments · posted by Marilyn Kalfus, real estate reporter

A 3-story house on track to be officially rated as the first green home in Huntington Beach and one of the first in Orange County will have its grand opening on Wednesday, and there’ll be plenty of fanfare, with pols including Mayor Keith Bohr and a rep for the U.S. Green Building Council.

The home is 3 blocks from the ocean at 319 21st St. It’s 3,213 square feet with 3 bedrooms and 5 baths. The house was built by Living Green Homes Construction & Development based in Huntington Beach according to guidelines from Build it Green, a statewide non-profit organization in Berkeley.

Build it Green uses a rating system that scores homes in such categories as indoor air quality and health, resource and water conservation and energy efficiency.

“A lot of people just (put in) the finished materials that the consumer actually sees,” Jason Scheurer, vice president and COO of Living Green, told me in May. “I tackle things inside the walls that makes the house more energy efficient.”

The house isn’t listed on the MLS yet.

“It’s very difficult to price these homes,” says Evan Little with Surterre Properties, the Realtor who will list it. “It’s mainly because the MLS doesn’t have a lot of the features these green homes have. It’s almost impossible for an appraiser to find a like property to use as a comparable.”

The price probably will be worked out in a month or so, he says.

Before it’s sold, the home will be used as a showcase for green products and systems, with tours offered to the general public and trade groups.

The grand opening event, open to the public, is Wednesday, Nov. 4, 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.

More on the project and the company HERE.

Some other green homes around Orange County:

Building ‘green’ in Laguna Beach to the tune of $15 million

Golf course home could win race to become O.C.’s first super green house

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aneone says:

November 3, 2009 at 3:09 pm

5 bath? a bit of wasting water there isnt?

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Evan Little says:

November 3, 2009 at 5:48 pm

It’s 3 and 1/2 bathrooms. One 1/2 bath on the first floor, two full bathrooms on the second and one more on the third floor.

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popcorn says:

November 3, 2009 at 6:36 pm

Another zero lot line shot gun.

I wonder if the folks know that the green movement was started in Europe by the Marxists.

Marilyn Kalfus, real estate reporter says:

November 3, 2009 at 6:38 pm

Evan, thanks for that info. The news release I received says 3 full and 2 half bathrooms. But to the first commenter, here’s what the Green Building Council says on the water issue:

Water efficiency: A green home has a water-conserving irrigation system and water-efficient kitchen and bathroom fixtures. Look for a rainwater collection and storage system, particularly in drier regions where water is increasingly scarce and expensive.

For more from their home guide, you can see this post: http://huntingtonhomes.freedomblogging.com/2009/05/03/surf-city-home-tour-showcases-eco-friendly-digs/32461/

trojan949 says:

November 3, 2009 at 8:21 pm

This is very ugly. The flyer on the company’s website shows a computer rendering that depicts much nicer finishes. Exterior stone on the first floor, metal roof, architectural wall scones…all gone.

Being green doesn’t have to go back to the 80’s stucco boxes, specially this one is pretty ugly.

lwps says:

November 4, 2009 at 10:52 am

Just another gimmick. Other than that, it is a sad state of affairs when the first so-called “green” home is built in 2009 — what took so long?

Evan Little says:

November 5, 2009 at 10:53 am

Fossil fuel energy subsidies, lack of leadership by our cities and states, powerful utility companies, stubborn builders, and consumer ignorance are some of the reasons why this has taken so long. Go to pheonix next week for GreenBuild and you’ll see how massive the energy efficient building movement is. The “green” industry is bursting at the seems! Not a gimmick.

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