The New Southern Home, which will be a main highlight of the 2004 Southeast Building Conference which features innovative and creative architectural building and interior design that will showcase the latest trends in home design, luxury, technology and energy efficiency, is now under construction in Orlando.
The 10,000 square-foot, seven bedroom, seven and a half bathroom home includes a pool, boat house, game room, gallery and parlor, office space, his and her garages and many lake view porches.
“We are calling the home the “Ritz Cracker,” signifying an upscale Florida Cracker style home,” said The
Dye Companies President/
CEO Rick Dye. “The
home will feature the latest and most innovative “must have” products available
today.”
The New Southern Home is being constructed by a team of companies including construction by The Dye Companies, an established home builder in Central Florida for 40 years, design by The Evans Group, an award-winning architecture firm, and interior design by Godfrey Design Consultants, Inc.
The New Southern Home will be on display during the 2004 Southeast Building Conference. SEBC, the largest construction-related trade show in the South, is slated for August 5-7 at the Orange County Convention Center. The New Southern Home will be open to the public from August 12-29.
The New Southern Home is being constructed to meet and exceed the American Lung Association’s Healthy Home Standards and is certified by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Building American Program and the EPA’s Energy Star as a durable, resource efficient home
that promotes healthy indoor air quality. Also, the Florida Green Building Coalition (FGBC) has certified the home as economically and environmentally
efficient, known as “green
building.”
All proceeds from public tours of the home will go to the House of Hope, which is a residential treatment facility that helps teenagers ages 12 to 17 who have been abused, on drugs, are run-aways or have committed crimes. The House of Hope teaches teenagers how to overcome negative influences and offers hope for their futures.