Crafting the Considerate House chronicles the design and construction of a home that is remarkably energy efficient, affordable, and a pleasure to live in. The narrative, as Fine Homebuilding author and blogger Fernando Pages Ruiz has written, puts you "on the front lines of building your dream green home, providing an in-the-flesh tour from foundation to finish with a kind guide at your side." You learn of the house's successes such as its $80 a year heating bills, sunlit interior, and lovely yet economical interior finishes. You share the author's reflections about how he might do better the next time out. Even as you are drawn in by the lively narrative, you find out just what it takes to build an appealing house that meets the financial and environmental challenges of the 21st century.

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David Gerstel has been a builder for over 40 years. As reviews at his website, demonstrate, he is widely admired for his expertise and the quality of his books about house building and construction company management. His interests date back to his childhood and undergraduate days. An avid builder of tree houses during his elementary school years in North Carolina, he served as editor-in-chief of the school newspapers during both high school and college. After graduation, he set out to learn a trade, becoming a lead carpenter and founding a construction company that earned respect for its upfront business practices and the integrity of its work. Along with building and writing, he enjoys tennis and reading about building design and construction, history, and financial and environmental issues,

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