Our phone rings all the time and more often than not the question goes this way, “…..we are on a budget and want to know what is your most affordable home?”

Actually, that isn’t hard to answer at all!  When looking at price there is one major rule that always applies.  “It is always less expensive to build up rather than build out !”

What does that mean”

The Cape Cod Style home is a classic New England home dating back to early colonial times.  From then to now it has consistently grown in popularity and many contend The Cape is the Quintessential Vermont home.

The Maple Farm Cape sits on 40 acres in Southern Vermont overlooking spectacular property that even includes a fully stocked Trout Pond.

Incorporated within The Maple Farm Cape:

Last week we introduced you to The Wyoming Colonial, a four-bedroom two-story Colonial Home.  This week say hi to The Champlain Ranch House.

Let’s first look at this home’s statistics:

Earlier this week we introduced you to our new Colonial Home, The Wyoming Colonial.  If you go back in our blog posts you can see the layout for the first and second floor of this handsome four-bedroom, three full bathroom, colonial home.

Today you can see exactly how the exterior of the home will look.

Yesterday we introduced you to The Wyoming Colonial Home, a four-bedroom, three full bathroom home that is just perfect for a big family.  Yesterday we “walked around” the first floor with its Open Concept.  On Facebook we have a bunch of favorable comments from folks that liked the layout.

This Two-Story Colonial has 2, 323 square feet of living space; it is not a Tiny-House, yet it is not so big as to qualify as a McMansion.  By the way, those huge homes seem to have gone out of style.

The other day we mentioned that we will be introducing a NEW design, a NEW home that will be featured in our Portfolio.  Take a look at today’s Custom Design layout for a nice size Two-Story Colonial Home.

Today’s photograph shows you the layout for the first floor and tomorrow we will offer up the second floor.  Let’s take a look:

Yesterday we started a series that is for everyone but talks about things of concern to our Senior readers.  We mentioned several things of danger in the bathroom; all of which are significant hazards but also fairly easy to fix with proper planning.

Here are a couple other items to think about in your new “Forever Home.” 

This past weekend was Commencement Exercises here at UVM, the local schools are getting ready to close for the summer, families are getting the kids ready for camp, and it seems as though everyone is planning their vacation. 

Most of our readers are busy with all sorts of family obligations so, for the next couple weeks or so we will be talking to our Senior Friends, actually they are my soul-mate.

This bathroom is in one of our most recent homes from Vermont Modular.  This design for a bathroom is often called a “Hall Bath.”  Typically, this is not the master bathroom but rather a full-bath that is primarily for “the kids” to use.  Having a second full bathroom saves the Master Bath as a private bathroom for the owners only.

Earlier today on a beautiful sunny afternoon everyone gathered to celebrate the completion of another modular home project.

Right here in northern Vermont, Chittenden County to be specific, today was a fun afternoon to celebrate with the homeowners, the finish crew, and folks from Vermont Modular.  We had great pizza from a local wood-fired pizza spot along with Vermont Craft beers.