Keep That Water Out! Keeping the water out of your home can be a challenge in Michigan! As a custom home builder in a relatively wet climate with large temperature swings, water management affects most aspects of building from the roof right down to the foundation. Water from the sky is best dealt with via
At Greystone Homes’ inception, a primary motivator was a desire to incorporate modern building science along with energy efficiency into our homes. Pre-cast concrete foundation walls were an early discovery and quickly incorporated as a standard for our homes. Modern building science is built right in with higher strength values (5000psi concrete versus 3500psi
The slow winter months of Michigan often prompt us to consider our home situation--how we might change it or even consider building a new home? People ask us all of the time, where should we start if we want to build a new home in the next few years? Here are a few things to
Greystone Homes is proud to present Greystone Woods, 31 large woodland lots located in Midland County. Enjoy peaceful privacy and blissful comfort, just minutes away from all that Midland has to offer! These woods offer not only security and shelter, but the convenience of city water, and the power of natural gas, as well as
This home was featured in the Summer 2021 Issue of Michigan Home & Lifestyle Magazine. ---- The dreams of a six-person family are exciting and many. Greystone built this home from that same excitement and joy, welcoming you between white columns pointing upward to the gorgeous glass design in the peak, and ushering you through
2020 has been quite a year! As we look back over these last 12 months, we recognize the hardships but also the accomplishments we’ve made. This year’s blog posts have covered topics from the offerings of Greystone Homes to flood preparation and ways we’ve helped our community in 2020. Our blog posts early in the
It’s that time of year again! Join in Dine on the Door, benefiting Midland’s Open Door. Mark your calendar for November 10, 2020. We are proud to be involved in this great cause for the 8th year in a row. In 2012, Dine on the Door was created to benefit Midland’s Open Door mission
On May 19, 2020, much of our mid-Michigan community experienced devastation from flooding and several dam failures on lakes around the Midland County area. In 2017, our area experienced flooding thought to be labeled a 100yr flood. May 2020 brought a 500yr flood. A statistician might tell us that we're relatively safe from flooding for
An inviting neighborhood, beautiful wooded setting, and a welcoming home design; that's our Forestridge Luxury Twin Homes. With homes recently completed in Midland, Michigan, these offer exceptional quality and thoughtful details, just as all of our homes do. Forestridge also offers the caring feature of an aging-in-place design to perfectly help with the transitional periods
When the Lapham family decided to move back to Clare County to settle down and build the home of their dreams, we were honored to be contacted to help them. Living in New Hampshire, the Lapham family wanted to bring back the style of a classic East Coast house to their home in Mid-Michigan. The
