http://blogs.hgtvpro.com/hgtvpro/building_2008_dream_home/ Follow the construction of the 2008 HGTV Dream Home, from breaking ground to the finishing touches. 2007-11-13T10:41:46-05:00 http://blogs.hgtvpro.com/hgtvpro/building_2008_dream_home/2007/11/controlled_chaos.html Contractors and builders are all familiar with the last moments of a big project. But for the 2008 HGTV Dream Home in Islamorada, Fla., there was a little more chaos, requiring a little more control.

]]> rwall 2007-11-13T10:41:46-05:00 http://blogs.hgtvpro.com/hgtvpro/building_2008_dream_home/2007/10/down_to_the_wire_down_to_the_c.html At first, the builder's crews and subs working on the 2008 HGTV Dream Home in Islamorada, Fla., saw it as just another job. But as it began to sink in that someone was going to win this fine home, they got more psyched about being involved.

]]> rwall 2007-10-30T10:28:27-05:00 http://blogs.hgtvpro.com/hgtvpro/building_2008_dream_home/2007/10/new_skills_save_the_day.html Ever had to move a crew at the last minute to a task they've never done before? It can salvage the schedule -- or sabotage it.

]]> rwall 2007-10-16T11:38:35-05:00 http://blogs.hgtvpro.com/hgtvpro/building_2008_dream_home/2007/10/stuck_on_the_dream_home_stretc.html In the construction business? Then you've got material delivery issues. Consider yourself lucky that you don't have to contend with "The Stretch," as the locals call the 18-mile section of Overseas Highway that spans Dade and Monroe Counties heading down the Florida Keys.

]]> rwall 2007-10-04T17:30:22-05:00 http://blogs.hgtvpro.com/hgtvpro/building_2008_dream_home/2007/09/at_their_mercy.html The last two months of building a home -- particularly one on a fast-track schedule like the 2008 HGTV Dream Home in Islamorada, Fla. -- can bring a certain dread to the builder: Now I'm at the mercy of my subs.

]]> rwall 2007-09-20T17:27:27-05:00 http://blogs.hgtvpro.com/hgtvpro/building_2008_dream_home/2007/09/tower_turned_lighthouse.html Topped with wrap-around windows and housing the staircase for the three floors, the tower of the 2008 HGTV Dream Home in Islamorada, Fla., is its most striking feature.

]]> rwall 2007-09-06T17:22:26-05:00 http://blogs.hgtvpro.com/hgtvpro/building_2008_dream_home/2007/08/dodging_delays.html In home building, agility counts--particularly if the house is the 2008 HGTV Dream Home in Islamorada, Fla.

]]> rwall 2007-08-23T17:01:02-05:00 http://blogs.hgtvpro.com/hgtvpro/building_2008_dream_home/2007/08/certified_stellar.html What's the best way to keep building inspections from slowing down your process? Build a Great House!

]]> rwall 2007-08-09T16:07:56-05:00 http://blogs.hgtvpro.com/hgtvpro/building_2008_dream_home/2007/08/transplanting_the_dream.html How do you approach the environmental decisions faced by builders and contractors every day? Does it only come down to a money/time calculation, or does conscientiousness factor in?

]]> rwall 2007-08-01T17:06:44-05:00 http://blogs.hgtvpro.com/hgtvpro/building_2008_dream_home/2007/07/hot_pace.html It was 102 degrees the other day at the 2008 HGTV Dream Home construction site in the Florida Keys. And you'd think the local construction crew would be working in shorts.

]]> hgtvpro-admin 2007-07-20T13:13:07-05:00 http://blogs.hgtvpro.com/hgtvpro/building_2008_dream_home/2007/07/three_wheels_turning.html It's a crowded construction site at the 2008 HGTV Dream Home in Islamorada, Florida, with a lot going on. Window installation's under way, the interior mechanical work's going in, miscellaneous framing is being done inside, they're working on the standing seam metal roof, and they're getting a jump on the cement-board siding, with enough corner boards in to get the stucco going as well.

]]> rwall 2007-07-16T13:10:25-05:00 http://blogs.hgtvpro.com/hgtvpro/building_2008_dream_home/2007/06/one_of_eight.html Want to see the site of the 2008 Dream Home? Go to Google Maps, or some other service, enter Islamorada, Florida and Founders Park. The home site is on the water (west side of the island facing Florida Bay) and just south of the park. In fact, the site's entrance road required an easement along the side of park property.

]]> rwall 2007-06-18T11:13:22-05:00 http://blogs.hgtvpro.com/hgtvpro/building_2008_dream_home/2007/06/hoop_town.html You think you have regulatory problems, overburdened with inspections and regs that slow you down and defeat your best-laid planning? Builders of the Dream Home in Islamorada, Florida, face the toughest regulatory environment in the country: the Florida Keys.

]]> rwall 2007-06-14T11:08:14-05:00 http://blogs.hgtvpro.com/hgtvpro/building_2008_dream_home/2007/06/a_treasure_of_a_location.html Situating the 2008 Dream Home in sea-level Islamorada, Florida, seems just about the exact opposite location from last year's Winter Park, Colorado, Dream Home, built more than a mile high in the Rockies. But really, the two places are similar.

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