Marye Audet:Aquiring Your Dream House

Pretty much every one dreams of owning a home someday. They have an idea of how it will look, the landscape that will surround it, and where they would like it to be.

The hubs including in this group include not only creative ways to aquire your dream house, but also how to decide whether to build new or restore, and an article about identifying Victorian Homes.

If you are still dreaming of your homestead, read these first.

Should you Build or Restore? Read this to help you decide which will work the best for you. Building does utilize valuable resources but this can be diminished by getting reclaimed lumber and buying items for salvage companies. When you build you can add what you want, where you want, and many times, can create a more ecologically friendly home that when you are starting with a home that is all ready built.

But there is a lot of satisfaction in restoring a home. To take an old house, with all of the unique characteristics of an old house, and restore it to former glory...well that is about the most satisfying feeling in the world, for some of us anyway.

Once you decide to buy an older home you are faced with another set of questions. Should you renovate a historic home, or should you restore it? And really, what in the world is the difference? Avoid doing things in ways that you may later regret by reading Renovate or Restore?

If you are interested in Victorian Homes then this hub will help you identify the earlier styles. Everything from Gothic to Greek Revival is here. How can you you tell the difference between Carpenter Gothic and Gothic? It is pretty easy when you know what to look for.

Historic Window Styles is an interesting look at window styles throughout the centuries. What is that whatchamacallit window called anyway? Being able to identify window styles will more easily help you to figure out when a house was built.

Options for Financing a Green Restoration has some information on programs and possibilities to help you finance your dream home.