3609 Gradyville Road
Newtown Square, PA, 19073
Net Zero Energy Homes For Sale, see also 3607 Gradyville Road
Features
Elevator
Wheelchair accessible from garage to home.
NET ZERO ENERGY
In-laws suite option
Home office(s) 1 or 2
Geothermal heating, cooling, and hot water
State-of-the-art kitchen
huge walk-in pantry
4 or 5 bedrooms, with ensuite bathrooms
10’ High first floor ceilings
Smart Home controls
Two Decks. Optionsal covered, screened or three-season enclosed deck options
Pool option approved
1/2 Acre Lot
Starting at $1,599,000
Benefits of Net Zero Energy Homes
$189,000 more house for the same payments as comparable non-NZE homes.
$75,530 Tax benefits.
$10,500 annual energy savings, comfort, convenience, healthful full-time filtered fresh air
peace of mind.
How do we deliver on those promises? It’s as simple as E = M C ²
Energy
NZE homes combine advanced design and superior building systems with energy efficiency, solar panels & battery storage, and smart-home controls to produce a better home. These homes are engineered, designed, and indolently tested to DELIVER on the energy promises.
NZE homes are ultra-comfortable, healthy, quiet, sustainable homes that are affordable to live in. They are simple to live in with no special considerations.
These are “forever homes”, with accessibility, elevators, energy security, and lifestyle features, comfort, convenience in a home with a conscience.
Click to enlarge. Certified energy analysis.
Money
Price & Benefits
A house that pays you back, day one and every day
“GREEN ENERGY PLUS” OPTION
Base Price: $1,561,000
Net Effective Price: $1,410,000. $189,000 more house than comp existing home with the same principal + interest + energy payments (PIE)
Future Value of energy savings over 20 years = $473,800
Energy Tax Credits: $11,727 with add of $35.000 optional 8kW solar panels and 8 kWh battery storage.
“NET ZERO” OPTION
Price: $1,698,500
Net Effective Price: $1,500,000 comp standard home, same PIE payments
$188,500 more house, same PIE payments
Future Value of $10.500 energy savings = $480,500
Energy Tax Credits = $75,530
Price: $99,500 with geothermal HVAC and hot water.
Tax benefits: for that price, tax benefits go up from $11,727 to $76,520!
Net Effective Price to upgrade to “Net Zero Energy” option is $17,530
Comfort
SUPER SEALED AND INSULATED:
The comfort and quiet of additional insulation
WALLS New homes at R=19 Our NZE home R=31 162% + better seal →
ROOF New homes at R=49 Our NZE home R=75 167% better
BASEMENT WALLS New homes at R=15 Our NZE home R=21 140% better
DUCT INSULATION AT ATTIC New Homes R=8. Our NZE home R=75, within building envelope, 900% better
BASEMENT FLOOR New homes R=1 concrete only, no insulation requirement . Our NZE home: R=7, 700% better
AIR INFILTRATION: New homes 3 ACH (air changes per hour in volume). Our NZE home: 1.5 ACH 100% better
HEALTHFUL FILTERED FRESH AIR
Since an NZE home is so well sealed, it brings filtered fresh air in and exhaust stale air out. It recaptures the energy in the exhaust air using an Energy Recovery Heat Exchangers (ERV). The ERV also filters the fresh air down to one micron in size, the size of bacteria.
SMART HOME
Living in a Net Zero House is even simpler than a conventional house. Smart-home lighting, HVAC, media, and access controls make life more convenient and efficient.
ELEVATOR
Accessibility for friends and family, or aging in place. It’s such an enhancement to have access to all levels of the house and a wheel chair accessible level transition from the garage into the house.
Conscience
A home with a conscience about our energy and environment’s future.
These two wonderful homes are the only two NET ZERO ENERGY single family detached homes for sale within 50 miles of Philadelphia.
The benefits and savings will only get better, as energy costs continue to rise to increase 50% each of the next two decades. While our national and local building codes are inching their way towards NZE standards, the time frame for seeing NZE in the marketplace is fifteen to twenty years.
A buyer can own a forward thinking forever-home today. It is ready for:
an aging energy grid which is being overloaded by new uses such as electric cars, growth, and A.I. A.I. uses so much energy that Microsoft just purchased the Three Mile Island nuclear plant to power their private A.I. use.
Energy Cost inflation
the cost of energy grid improvements rolled energy bills
weather related outages
uncertain public policies
Projected Energy Costs. Click to enlarge
FAQs
Smart buyers have questions
For more details about next-generation Net Zero Energy homes,
please visit or FAQ PAGE LINKED HERE
Realtor’s Listing
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Terms
Net Effective Price compares the payments (Principal + Interest + Energy) to a standard home of comparable payments of an NZE home. Payments are calculated based on a 6.1% APR jumbo loan with 25% down.
Tax credits are based on IRS Form 5695 federal income tax credits of 30% of qualifying energy systems. Consult your tax professional.
Future value of energy savings is based on the homes’ projected energy savings at 7% interest APR plus 1% per year inflation of energy prices.
Base price of “Green Energy Option” is the base home ready to receive all high-performance energy features. Pre-wired, super insulated, fresh air This is the spec of the US Department of Energy “NET ZERO READY” program.