It’s true - additional bathrooms can increase a home’s sale/resale price - but a four-bedroom home with six separate and unique bathrooms is too much. Old Alt New values a balanced approach to privacy, shared spaces, and resource allocation.

Old Alt New tires very hard to use a small number of unique finishes, both inside and out.

Huge walls of glass and homes dominated by countless windows have been signatures of modern architecture for decades - but over-glazed projects are also the reason homes have become unnecessarily expensive, uncomfortable, and unsustainable. Windows are wonderful and necessary, but Old Alt New locates and sizes windows with great care and for greatest impact.

Old Alt New is done with gas-fueled appliances and mechanical equipment. Why? Improved interior air quality, full-project electrification, and reduced reliance on fossil fuels.

That’s fine - there are many architects and designers who will happily cater to your every whim. Just be prepared to answer some tough questions from your grandchildren in the future.

Old Alt New is thorough, particular, and detailed. A beautiful high-performance project will require more drawings than the status quo project.

Your project budget can be quite modest, but if you’ve already sold off all of your personal relation skills to afford this project, Old Alt New isn’t the right choice for you.

High-performance low embodied carbon exterior walls and roofs include thick layers of cellulose or wood-fiber insulation. These exterior assemblies are much thicker than code-compliant assemblies (the status quo) and highly insulated assemblies that rely on foam (petrochemical products with greenhouse-intensive blowing agents). Let your thick walls be your virtue signal.

Go for it!