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Historical November–December 2011 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Many in the neighborhood think of the 6100 block of Pershing as mostly apartment buildings, virtually a student enclave.
But there are actually many single-family and twofamily homes on this lovely, treelined street. It’s also convenient, close to Washington University and the Skinker MetroLink Station, adjacent to Kayak’s Coffee Shop.
All these features drew Anders and Christiane Carlsson to their unexpected new home, a brandnew house, built of components from a manufactured housing company called Homeway Homes in Peoria, Illinois.
The Carlssons have called St. Louis home for many years, moving from the DeMun area to the Central West End, then to a large home in Parkview Neighborhood. Anders is a Physics Professor at Washington University, and Christiane is professor of German at Webster University.
She came to St. Louis from Germany to attend Wash U; Anders’ family emigrated from Sweden to the US in 1962, and he grew up mostly in California. Accepting the position in the Physics Department at Wash U meant a return to St. Louis, where he had actually spent a few childhood years.
In finding a lot for a new home, their main criterion was proximity to MetroLink. Pershing proved to be the perfect location, not only adjacent to MetroLink, but with the mix of students and other residents, having a real “sense of life,” as Anders puts it. Their other goals were to have a home with a smaller footprint, both in terms of size and energy consumption.
They found a new way to achieve that goal when they connected with Jay Swoboda, of EcoUrban Homes, who has built several of the manufactured homes in the City of St. Louis over the past few years.
They then chose Paul Hohmann as the architect, to help design the facade and fit the house to the historic district specifications and setting.
They decided on Homeway Homes, which delivered the components and did the tough work of fitting them into a site between two existing buildings. Among the highquality features are the solidly built walls, which are actually put together at the Homeway Homes factory, complete with wiring and all the typical features of so-called stick-built homes.
To enhance the energyefficiency of the home, the Carlssons also chose geothermal heating system, which utilizes the more consistent temperatures of the earth below to heat and cool the home. Moreover, solar panels will generate energy to fulfill many of the home’s needs. Homeway Homes recently achieved gold status in the National Association of Home Builders National Green Building Program, by incorporating environmental considerations and resource efficiency into every step of the building and development process to minimize environmental impact.
The design, construction, and operation of a home must focus on energy and water efficiency, resource efficient building design and materials, indoor environmental quality, and must take the home’s overall impact on the environment into account. Appliances, windows, and water heating systems have ENERGY STAR ratings.
The home includes efficient lighting fixtures and bulbs. Renewable energy sources, such as photovoltaic electricity and water heating systems, further decrease the overall energy consumption within the home. Going green was important to Anders and Christiane, who love to ride their bikes throughout the neighborhood and the city.
They also love sailing on Lake Carlisle, but mostly they love the wonderful and diverse mix of people in the historic old neighborhood they are now enhancing with a great new house. For more information on EcoUrban and Homeway Homes, go to: www.ecourbanhomes.com and www.homewayhomes.com. And make their block a new biking or walking destination for yourself and check out the new home being completed there.
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Anders and Christiane Carlsson at their new Pershing home site. Descriptive caption supplied.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, November–December 2011.
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