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The 2010 Greensburg Christmas Home Tour, entitled “Christmas on Olive Street”, is scheduled for December 12 from 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. The charge for the tour is $7.00 per person and $5.00 for senior citizens (65 and older).
Buttons are on sale at most Kiowa County merchants and at the homes on the day of the tour. The net proceeds of the tour will be donated to the Twilight Theater Rebuilding Fund.
Featured this year will be homes owned by: John Adolph and Marsha Klein, Rick and Rhonda Egelken, Stan and Jackie Robertson and Greg and Lisa Waters.
Previews and a brief history of additional homes will be featured in The Kiowa County Signal next week.
The second home to be previewed belongs to Stan and Jackie Robertson. Their original home was destroyed by the 2007 tornado that hit Greensburg.
The original home was a brick 3-bedroom, 2-bath ranch style home set on a slab, which was built in 1991, according to Jackie.
The couple said that when they decided to build back they were on-board with the green concept. However, those decisions had to be based on three personal criteria: 1. It had to be functional, 2. It had to be feasible, and 3. It had to fit with our lifestyle - or be visually appealing to us.
Their new home has 5-bedrooms and three baths, according to Jackie.
“The lower level fireplace is made from reclaimed stone which came from Main Street Greensburg,” said Stan. “There is a small kitchen in the basement and we incorporated reclaimed brick from our prior house into the décor.”
“The home is situated on the lot so as to take direct sun in the summer and take advantage of the sun’s position in the winter months,” said Stan. “We used 2x6 construction, Low E, argon windows, blown-in insulation, low flow faucets, dual flush toilets, energy efficient appliances and heating and air conditioning, tank less hot water heater, radiant heat in garage floor, storm shelter in basement built under front porch.”
“The exterior Christmas lights on the home are LED lights,” said Jackie. “We also have a whole-house backup generator.”
The home is decorated in a traditional/contemporary style year-round, as well as for Christmas.
The third and next to last home to be previewed belongs to Greg and Lisa Waters.
“Our home was started Labor Day weekend 2007 with Greg digging the basement,” said Lisa. “We built on acreage we bought after the tornado.
The 2010 Greensburg Christmas Home Tour, entitled “Christmas on Olive Street”, is scheduled for December 12 from 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. The charge for the tour is $7.00 per person and $5.00 for senior citizens (65 and older).
Buttons are on sale at most Kiowa County merchants and at the homes on the day of the tour. The net proceeds of the tour will be donated to the Twilight Theater Rebuilding Fund.
Featured this year will be homes owned by: John Adolph and Marsha Klein, Rick and Rhonda Egelken, Stan and Jackie Robertson and Greg and Lisa Waters.
Previews and a brief history of additional homes will be featured in The Kiowa County Signal next week.
The second home to be previewed belongs to Stan and Jackie Robertson. Their original home was destroyed by the 2007 tornado that hit Greensburg.
The original home was a brick 3-bedroom, 2-bath ranch style home set on a slab, which was built in 1991, according to Jackie.
The couple said that when they decided to build back they were on-board with the green concept. However, those decisions had to be based on three personal criteria: 1. It had to be functional, 2. It had to be feasible, and 3. It had to fit with our lifestyle - or be visually appealing to us.
Their new home has 5-bedrooms and three baths, according to Jackie.
“The lower level fireplace is made from reclaimed stone which came from Main Street Greensburg,” said Stan. “There is a small kitchen in the basement and we incorporated reclaimed brick from our prior house into the décor.”
“The home is situated on the lot so as to take direct sun in the summer and take advantage of the sun’s position in the winter months,” said Stan. “We used 2x6 construction, Low E, argon windows, blown-in insulation, low flow faucets, dual flush toilets, energy efficient appliances and heating and air conditioning, tank less hot water heater, radiant heat in garage floor, storm shelter in basement built under front porch.”
“The exterior Christmas lights on the home are LED lights,” said Jackie. “We also have a whole-house backup generator.”
The home is decorated in a traditional/contemporary style year-round, as well as for Christmas.
The third and next to last home to be previewed belongs to Greg and Lisa Waters.
“Our home was started Labor Day weekend 2007 with Greg digging the basement,” said Lisa. “We built on acreage we bought after the tornado.
“It was completed in time to host our son Logan’s graduation party on May 4, 2008,” continued Lisa. “We didn’t actually move in until Memorial Day weekend 2008.”
The old and new homes are pretty comparable in size, as the old one was 1,700 square-feet and the new one is 1,620 square-feet, leaving only a difference of 80 square-feet.
“The original design of the home was for 1620 square-feet, but with ICF blocks being 12-inch walls, the square footage was taken down a bit,” said Greg. “We lost six-inches all around the perimeter of the floor plan.”
“Our old house was 1,400 square feet and we turned the garage into a family room in 2003, adding an additional 400 square-feet,” said Lisa.
The couple has three wells, which are 250-feet deep, to support the 2.5 ton geo-thermal heating/cooling system.
“Our thermostat is usually set around 75 in the summer and 70 in the winter,” said Lisa. “For most of May and October the system is turned off and the temperature remains constant.”
The home is all-electric with the exception of the fireplace, which runs on propane. The attic is insulated with cellulose and the house uses low E windows throughout, according to Greg.
“We save better than a third of the energy costs we were spending at our old home,” said Greg. “Our electric bill runs about $215 a month during the coldest weather now compared to $330-$350 in our old house… the recapture of the additional expense in converting to the new system has been figured to be between 48-54 months.”
Greg said that he wishes he had orientated the structure a little better on the lot, possibly by turning it more to the south.
“We did put in an emergency generator which runs on propane,” said Lisa. “We do have low flow toilets in the bathrooms and use a mix of energy-saving light bulbs, while all appliances are energy star rated.”
Come see “Christmas on Olive Street” and support the Twilight Theater Rebuilding Fund.
