Building Better Homes
Okay, we may be stretching the truth just a little bit, but when a couple of clients came to us with plans to put an addition on their house, Pheasant Hill Homes jumped on board. To document the project (and others to come!), we installed a weatherproof time lapse camera on site that took ...
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Crossan Heritage House Renovation and Deep Energy Retrofit: Video Series, Part One- Assessment and Design
In our work, some projects pose more challenges than others. It is also true that some offer more opportunities than others. Opportunities to be creative, to introduce beauty, functionality and efficiency beyond every day norms. Along these lines, we are excited to now begin a major renovation of the Crossan Heritage House ...
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We’re gonna’ be in the paper!
This February 9th, Nanaimo Daily News is launching a new quarterly feature focusing on interior design and homebuilding, called "Island Homes by Design." To our delight, they have chosen Pheasant Hill Homes as their featured builder for the launch. Having noticed a recent new build of ours that really stands out from the ...
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Art Moderne Heritage House Transforms into Energy Efficient, Creative Office
For most people employed in an office setting, their workspace needs to be comfortable and productive. When you're an architectural firm, however, your office space has to be not only an effective workspace, but it also has to embody everything that your firm is capable of achieving for any number of clients that might ...
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Building Better Homes Seminars
Building and renovating homes is challenging and complex. There. We said it. Even we recognize this, and we're experts at it for goodness sake! Each new home, renovation, addition, wall detail, window type, kitchen cabinet run and client is unique, and they all have their own complicated set of "instructions" to work properly. Fortunately we ...
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Passive House Course Training
We (Ken and Burke) just got back from Vancouver for the week having our minds stretched unmercifully as we absorbed the Canadian Passive House Institute (CanPHI) course. This course is an educational tool to help North American building professionals learn to design and construct houses according to the extremely energy efficient Passiv ...
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Gabriola Getaway: Renovation Rebuilt with Rustic Charm
Gabriola Getaway: Renovation Rebuilt with Rustic Charm Some projects which builders face are comfortable and familiar. Some have a few challenges that cause some head scratching. And every so often a project comes along that throws you so many curve balls and unique challenges that you almost have to reinvent your standard techniques and processes. ...
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Hillside House- Custom Design and Build
Every so often, a project comes along that completely defines what one's company is capable of achieving. ...
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Protection Island Design and Build: Magazine Featured!
The west coast of Canada has no shortage of competition for well- designed homes. The architecture of this region is noted worldwide for being unique and contemporary. However, at Pheasant Hill Homes, we believe there is still room for improvement. Homes can be just as stylish and beautiful, while at the same time seeing ...
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New Must-Have iPhone App
Have you jumped on the iPhone bandwagon? If so, read on! Because we're always on the lookout for ways to use resources responsibly, this one caught our attention recently. It's an app from the good people at Treehugger.com, a website with a veritable wealth of articles, podcasts, news and much more related to conserving our ...
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BC Building Envelope Council Seminar- Sept. 2011
Here at Pheasant Hill Homes, we know that the world of construction changes fast. What is now considered best practice above and beyond the code requirements will soon become common practice. And we think that's terrific. One of our main goals as a company is to stay ahead of the curve, and always keep ourselves ...
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