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Strike a Balance with Indoor and Outdoor Living

Building your high-performance home in Silicon Valley means you get the best of both worlds – healthy and sustainable indoor living paired with warm and inviting outdoor spaces. If you’re in the early...

Posted by Clarum Homes on May 12, 2022 | Categories: custom homes | No comment

Designing a Main Bedroom to Match Your Lifestyle

The concept of a main bedroom has expanded broadly since its early beginnings in eastern Europe in the 1600s. At the time, primary bedrooms (sometimes referred to as ‘primary bedrooms’ or ‘master...

Posted by Clarum Homes on April 27, 2022 | Categories: comfort, custom homes, luxury homes, Modern Homes | No comment

Spruce Up Your Landscaping for Spring

Spring is officially upon us, making it the perfect time to refresh your landscaping for the coming months. If you’re sustainability-minded, implementing high performance landscaping will be a top priority...

Posted by Clarum Homes on March 22, 2022 | Categories: custom homes | No comment

10 Questions to Ask Your Home Architect

One of the first steps you’ll take towards building your high-performance home is deciding on a design. This means hiring an architect to draw up plans for your new home or enlisting a firm that provides...

Posted by Clarum Homes on February 25, 2022 | Categories: custom homes | No comment

Prioritizing Sustainability in Your New Home

What does it mean to have a sustainable home? For some homeowners, it means increasing energy efficiency by incorporating low impact, earth-friendly materials into the home’s construction. Others may prioritize...

Posted by Clarum Homes on January 24, 2022 | Categories: custom homes | No comment

A Look at Custom Home Trends for 2022

As we close the door on this year and look forward to 2022, we’re keeping an eye on several exciting new custom home trends. Creating a living environment that’s functional, comfortable, and sustainable...

Posted by Clarum Homes on December 15, 2021 | Categories: custom homes | No comment

Designing Multi-Use Spaces in Your Custom Home

One of the hallmarks of modern home design is the open floor plan. Open concept homes feature large, interconnected space minus structural details like hallways, doors, and walls. These floor plans have...

Posted by Clarum Homes on November 29, 2021 | Categories: custom homes | No comment

Budget Matters When Building Your High-Performance Home

Creating a budget is one of the most important aspects of any high-performance home build. It’s where all custom homebuilding projects start to take shape, informing everything from property costs,...

Posted by Clarum Homes on October 26, 2021 | Categories: custom homes | No comment

Acquiring Land to Build Your Dream Home

There are plenty of decisions to make when planning your dream home - chief among those is where to start. As the old adage goes, there are three things that matter in property: location, location, location....

Posted by Clarum Homes on September 24, 2021 | Categories: custom homes | No comment

Your Custom Home Building Questions – Answered.

At Clarum Homes, we get a lot of questions from clients about custom home building. And it makes sense – building a custom home is a nuanced process that not only requires a phenomenal team, but also...

Posted by Clarum Homes on August 3, 2021 | Categories: California home builder, custom homes, energy efficiency, high performance homes, Palo Alto | No comment