Jacob Talbot - Fine Homebuilders has officially partnered with Energy Star and we are proud to be working with our customers toward finding energy efficient solutions for their home.

We are underway with another project by Estes Twombly Architects --this time on Poppasquash Point in Bristol, RI. We look forward to working with Jim Estes and his firm on another exciting project.

On news stands now! RI Monthly Home + Garden features a DPA designed house we built last year. We are so proud to have been a part of this green project. Click the link to go to a digital version of the article.

RI Monthly Home + Garden issue is scheduled to feature a Donald Powers Architects designed house we wrapped up last year in Westport. Due out June/July -- watch for it!

We launch our website! Thanks so much to Winsor Pop for her amazing design work and for making this website happen. Thanks too to Scott Lapham and the folks at Photographic Memory for the gorgeous pictures. More thanks go to the architects and designers we've been fortunate to work with. And last but not least to the homeowners who've given us the opportunity to do what we love to do -- build beautiful homes for wonderful people! Thank you all!!!

Jake + Victoria spent 2 days at the RDC Conference in Boston. We attended many interesting seminars, most of which focused on green building design and techniques. The good news is we've been building pretty green all along -- the better news is that we learned how to be even better at it. We also had the pleasure of hearing some great architects talk about their work and about residential design in New England.

Great design by Gale Goff of Estes/Twombly Architects in Newport. Exciting green project: photovoltaic system,geothermal heating + cooling, reclaimed wood flooring etc.

We've demo-d and are rebuilding a summer vacation house on Atlantic Ave. designed by Brooke Girty. Scheduled for completion mid summer

Thanks to Douglas Kallfelz, senior associate at Donald Powers Architects and board member of the AIA RI Chapter, for the opportunity to be part of this event.

Thicken your skin and open your ears! In this roundtable panel event, local contractors will be offering architects their honest critique of construction drawing practices - the good, the bad, and the ugly. Through anonymous examples, contractors will show what methods work best to accurately and consistently convey information during bidding and construction, as well as practices that can lead to confusion, errors, and change orders. Presentations will be followed by a question and answer session.

Energy Star gave it's highest ratings to 2 out of 3 projects built in 2007 by Jacob Talbot, Inc. - Fine Homebuilders. We continue to enjoy working with clients and architects to find ways to build greener and more energy efficient homes