Makeover yields modern $1.5M house on Old Mission Peninsula

TRAVERSE CITY, MI – What was once an ordinary ranch house on Old Mission Peninsula has been transformed into an energy-efficient showplace that can be controlled from a smartphone or tablet.

The 3-acre homestead also celebrates its rural setting with a chicken coop that mimics the ultra-modern architecture of the home...

...The original pitched roof was replaced with a flat membrane "green" roof whose plantings lower heating and cooling costs. The original siding was replaced by northern white cedar planking that was sourced from northern Wisconsin....