Jane Bindley is watching her brainchild come to fruition and hopes she’s setting a template for the way houses will be torn down in the future. The Weston property owner decided to sell her 12.8-acre parcel of land, but the idea that her 1970s Core house would most likely be knocked down and carted off to a recycling center didn’t seem right to her. The founder of The Weston Climate Group, a four-year-old group of Weston residents concerned about global warming, Bindley said she decided to recycle the house instead.
“I had a similar experience with a house I own in New Hampshire. I planned a complete renovation there and gave away most of what I removed or replaced,” Bindley said.
Her completely renovated New Hampshire house was the first Net Zero structure in New Hampshire. The ultra “green” house has been featured in Fine Home Building Magazine and New Hampshire Homes Magazine. Parts taken from the original structure were claimed by her neighbors who took everything from the water heater to kitchen cabinets to use in their own homes.
A month or so ago Bindley hired Jeff Haddon, a New Hampshire contractor, to start the intricate task of disassembling her Weston house piece by piece. READ MORE ...
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