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It’s Announcement Time!
Hey HGTV Green Home fans, the big day is finally here! Without further ado, here’s Jack Thomasson to announce the location of HGTV Green Home 2009! (Is it just me, or is he looking particularly handsome on horseback?)
And if you love following the construction of HGTV’s Green Homes as much as I do, check out HGTVPro.com’s Building the 2009 HGTV Green Home. In addition to today’s location announcement, you’ll be able to see videos and slide shows of the home being built from the ground up. Plus, get field reports from blogger Marilyn Bauer, who’s got all the behind-the-scenes scoop from the construction site.
Looks like it’s going to be a Great Green Home!
Looking forward to seeing the finished product.
Boo! I can’t believe you guys are planning another home in Florida!
Hey Jack…you looked amazing on horseback & boy am I glad I changed my guess at the last minute to Tradition, Florida!!
The film is exciting & the area is situated amidst more than 400 acres of lakes and waterways!! WOW!! Tradition’s neighborhoods are dotted with cozy parks and playgrounds, and linked by miles of paved pathways for jogging, riding a bike or just taking a lazy, evening stroll. The Town of Tradition offers a lifestyle that’s unmatched anywhere in America…and, I love the idea that you are so close to a Mets’ game!! Tradition Field, located on Peacock Boulevard in Port St. Lucie, is the home field for the New York Mets spring training and the Florida League St. Lucie Mets in baseball season!! Yes, I am a baseball fan!!
Florida’s Treasure Coast, with seven residential neighborhoods surrounding a town square, neighborhood parks, lakes and a retail shopping center….I am stoked!!!! It is the PERFECT area for the next Green Home!! Thank you HGTV for the ongoing dreams!! Marie Miller
Awesome!!!!! I love Port St.Lucie is close to everything, and the beaches I must say Jack you did do it justice, I love how you showed how great the aerea is. I’m from South Florida and that’s where I go to get away and just relax and ride bike. So I can not wait to see how the Green Home is going to develop. I think I wand this more than the Dream Home.
I can’t wait to enter this sweepstakes. I can’t wait to win this house!!!!!!!!
Sandra, New York
I knew it!!! Clue #8 sealed it.
Why aren’t the eco-friendly elements of the Green Home incorporated into HGTV’s Dream Home as well?
Since it’s on the Florida coast, how hurricane “proof” will it be?
Right coast wrong city,thanks for letting go on the hunt.
I’m soooo excited about this home.It looks like it will be concrete stucco and have a spiral stair case off the balcony.I see a tower and I love the windows,Oh I’m sooo excited about this home I know I already said that.It looks like it will been Spanish,tuscan european style.Just what I’ve been asking for.I can’t wait to see the floor plans.
I hope Linda and Jack use better furniture than last time.I would like to see them use Ethan Allen tuscan collection or Thomasvill furniture Hills of Tuscany Collection.It does not have to be green to please me.I just hope the inside to have that same look as the out side.I think I also see a fountain.Oh so cool.This will be the best of all HGTV dream homes.They all have been beautiful but this one is gonna be it for me.
Wow! looks like a great place for the new Green home. I am a little disappointed that it is in Florida, just because it seems HGTV has built so many homes there. However, from what I could tell it looks like the house might be universal design? That would be great. Finally a home everyone could use easily. I look forward to seeing the floor plans. Way to go HGTV!
FABULOUS! Boating from Port St. Lucie on the ICW is great with access to the Atlantic, too!
Wow I love that area, I’m usually mountain and lake girl but hey that is a very beautiful area. Just bring a neighborhood like that to Ky one day Jack Pretty Please!!! Yes you live an exciting life Jack!!! Lucky you!!!
I finally nailed a location!!! Yay!!!! I look forward to seeing the house and layouts. Good Luck!!!
I’m a Jacksonville native and know that it doesn’t get any better than Florida. I can’t wait to see the completed home!
Beautiful location and the plans look very intriguing. I love the Atlantic coast.
I love Florida, two of my sisters were born there. This is going to be my first time enterning the sweepstakes. Good luck to myself. and I do love the location also.
Maria, Illinois
what ‘cha wanna bet that a certain beachlady has passed out? we haven’t heard from her yet or her THUD! her jack knows how to make her smile
Looks like a wonderful location, with the Tradition, FL neighborhood already established. That should definitely help the winner with potential resale, should the need arise…
omg I love this place i cant wAIT TO WIN THIS HOME(i hope)!
You guys rock! You always choose the most amazing spots for the homes. This looks like an amazing location. The perfect location to retire to. Thanks for always being so thoughtful and creating a wonderland for one of us!!!!!
Fabulous Choice! When can you start entering?
Wow! I’ve never been to Florida. It looks great.
I would love to live there. My husband has a friend who lives there, he told my husband he has a job waiting for him if we ever wanted to move there. I hope I win. I am so ready to move there. I’m from PA. I am sooo sick of winter. GO GREEN!!
Tradition is a fantastic town. I only live 15 minutes away in Fort Pierce. I was just there last weekend for a breast cancer walk.
When the town was brand new (it’s only 5 years old), it kinda creeped me out at first. It’s almost TOO perfect! But it sure has grown on me, and my husband and I want to buy a house there. What a treat that would be to win this house!
Florida again
Someone at HG must have a real land sale connection there.
You have picked a magnificent place for this new Green Home. I am sure the home will be just as magnificent and cannot wait to live in it.
florida keys is where its at. why cant you build homes in other states like hawaii.
Florida is getting pretty LAME for a choice of locations. I do not care for hurricanes for one thing. What is it with Florida that keeps you from interjecting a little variety?
WOW… This home looks like it will be incredible!!! It is 36 degrees where I am now, Florida looks more and more appealing.
I live half an hour from Tradition, FL. So it would be wonderful to be the next winner of the Green house sweepstakes. All my family would be close to visit.
Retirement is just over the horizon for my husband and myself and this would be the perfect home for just that…. everything is there and we wouldn’t even have to drive since as we age it might not be safe! Fantastic location and I can’t wait to see the finished product.
I enter the sweeptakes all the time and never have luck, I love the location,beautiful place and it will be a beutiful house. I wish I will win it, I never win anything in my life, other people is always more lucky then me.The person who is going to win it they will be the luckiest people on earth.
anyone heard from beachlady? i can’t understand why she hasn’t been here unless she is off somewhere with her jack thomasson. beachlady are you passed out from the announcement, jack do u know where she is?
I have family at Penney Farms, FL and Mineola, FL. This would be a great location to be close to them.
Please keep handicap access in mind while building this. Also doors and hallways wide enough for wheelchairs and grab bars in the bathrooms. No matter what your age, grab bars are welcome!
This morning feels good…a new president, a new era, hope for the future generations, we have history to write about this morning!! “YES WE CAN!!!” And, WE WILL!! Our love and prayers go out to the Obama Family & we look forward to four years of adjustment & progress in this new leadership!! HGTV is certainly doing their part by showing the way with the HGTV Green Home…what wonderful exposure for future building & ideas for saving our beautiful planet!! With much gratitude, Marie Miller
The location for your new Green Home looks fantastic. Building a Green Home is wonderful for our planet and creating a sustainable earth. HGTV Green Home does a great job at promoting Green Living. For more Green Living ideas, check out http://www.greenearthfriend.com and become a Green Earth Friend.
Amazing, yet again a beautiful eco-friendly dream home, along with the fact that it will be given to someone who will appreciate it for it’s beauty. I will enjoy watching the progress of the home being built along with the excitement of the contest.
Gosh, I love the beach & this place looks awesome. I hope the winner will be me this time!!
Wow, what a beautiful home and what a beautiful place to build it. I am going to enter this sweepstakes and hopefully win this magnificent home. We live in a mobile home now and it isn’t very hurricane proof, plus my husband is on dialysis and awaiting a kidney transplant. We would so love to have this home. Keep up the good work. Every home that HGTV has built is magnificent and every location better than the last.
This looks like an amazing place. The snow white beaches remind me a little of Destin. I am excited to watch the transformtion of a green home!!! Good luck to you and the crew!!
It looks like it’s going to be a nice home,,,,,One of the first things I noticed about the neighbor hood is the closeness of the church. It also looked like a nice place for someone in their 50’s to go to and fit right it.I’ll continue to watch it’s progress.
Another home in Flordia?
Can hardly wait to see the house when it is completed. Am interested in greens homes. Would be a great place to retire to. I’m already retired and my husband can’t wait. We live in the Houston area now but love Florida.
Florida is a beautiful place, I have only been there one time thought i was in heaven.
Can’t wait to see the home after it is built. I have looked at homes for the last 3 years so i have found alot of good and different things that i would like different.
Linda in Layton Utah
Great Looking Location, Jack! I need a place to entertain my 5 brothers in Florida. I’m not lucky but someone will be when they win this house. Go HGTV - you keep our hopes and dreams alive (and IN COLOR.)
I’ve never owned a home and to be blessed and win a home so beautiful as this one would be a dream come true!!
I’d like to see you do the next Green Home in a TN or KY setting, MT or ID setting. There are just as many nice areas there as is in Florida. Not everyone likes the beach! What about those of us who like to mountain climb or walk trails? I’m sure everyone who wins a HGTV home still needs to work too. Keep in mind that we would like a great location as well as somewhere we can work too. Are you listening Jack????
I am dreaming {and drooling-not too much} of the “Grand Slam” green home in Port St. Lucie. That spot is perfect for my family and I. Especially since my son now works and lives in nearby in Jupiter/Juno. It has always been my dream to own a “getaway home” large enough for my folks and I to go to during the hard winter months in Maine. It would be so wonderful to have that opportunity to share with my family and friends. We all can dream.
Looking forward to seeing the progression, Traci
This would be a great place to take my parents for the winter. They don’t like the winter anymore. I love the details and the care you put into each home you build. Thank you for giving all of us the chance to win such a beautiful home. Good luck to us all. It’s in God’s hands now!
Wow! I love Florida - the sand, sun, and lots of fun! The design for this home is fantastic. I like seeing other materials being used for the framing of the house besides wood. I hope this will inspire other builders to take notice. I know this home will be the best ever!
I was SO disappointed when I didn’t win the Tradition HHI home…..but now I know why! THIS is the home for me. We are from Ohio and have been talking about moving to Florida. This homesite looks absolutely amazing and I know my family will thoroughly enjoy it when we move in!! HGTV, you can just skip the contest if you want and just send me the keys!!
I’VE ALWAYS LOVED THE WATERSIDE AND WHAT MAKES IT EVEN GREATER …IT’S GREEN. I PRAY AND HOPE
I’LL WIN THIS TIME, ON TIME FOR OUR RETIREMENT
IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, GOD WILLING.
My son and daughter-in-law live in Port Saint Lucie, Florida and I would love to have a vacation home in the same town.
Jack, I’m so excited that I can’t wait to move in. I missed the last dreamhome giveaway. I don’t want to miss this one. It would be nice to live closer to my family in Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana. I love the east coast. It’s time for me to come home. My siblings and I have always wanted a home central to each other. That would work! If you’re available when I win the home, I’ll even invite you to dinner. Leah
I want to win this house, how awesome. I’ve never been to Florida, it looks beautiful. Thanks for giving everyone the opportunity to win a beautiful dream house. Cindy
Not another Florida home! How about California wine country?!!!!
How do you keep outdoing yourself ? This house looks amazing and I can’t wait to watch the progress of it being built while I watch another dreary winter in Ohio go by. My daughters though for sure we had won the previous home but now I know why we didn’t, this is the one for us. Thanks for helping me and my daughters survive another winter (hopefully our last in Ohio) and keep us warm with dreams of a beautiful FL home!
I claim this house in the name of Jesus! Great location and the keep up the good work!
You people do realize there IS LIFE west of the Mississippi River, RIGHT?
My father died when I was 11, what I remember most is the times at the beach with him, whether it was the Outerbanks, with the Lighthouses, or Myrtle Beach, or Miami Beach, it was the best times, I need the beach to “heal my soul”, perfect choice!!!!
Jack, as I am a sailor, I thought you looked particularly handsome on the boat, it suits you.
Talk about “change” for the U.S….This is just what and where my family needs to start fresh!
I will definanetly be entering and watching daily.
Thanks HGTV!-T
I loved the Dream Home but I think I will love this year’s green home even better. I hope I win!!!!
The green homes are just amazing and wonderful how do you win one?
When can I enter to win? I live in a 900 sq. ft house with my other half and my son , his wife and two kids. I lost my fatherinlaw stepmother and dad in 3mths and my brother had a stoke. I am tired from caring for everyone one and darn it I could use more space and a new view. Cant wait!
I love the idea of going green! The state of Florida is awesome too! I would love to live on the beach! I cannot imagine what that would be like! I really enjoy HGTV & always get excited upon the beginning of a new home being built! I hope all goes well on the project & God Bless all the hands that go into this project because I know there are many!
Thank you HGTV for all your hard work!
I love all the homes you have designed and would love to live anywhere in Florida. I especially love the homes that you have designed for artists. The only complaint I would have would be if I ever won one of these I’d have to sell due to how expensive they are. That’s the worst part…to have to sell the perfect home.
i can’t wait to join this sweepstakes and hoping to win this green home this time. i love florida though i live now in texas and love it here also. i am willing to relocate, live and work in this exciting port st lucie.
Well, I’m not sure I like the idea of Florida again but I would still like to win one of these houses, they are amazing.
Wow! WE ARE picturing OUR SELVES retired and living with my mom and sister in our DREAM HOME!
thank you for choosing port st lucie i’ve only
been there once but two of my favorite floridians
who settled there from new jersey want me to
come and live near them. this would certainly
make it a lot easier
I am so looking forward to seeing another green dream home:) I will be entering as often as I can:)
I want to be the next dream home winner:) Wish me luck:)
I LOVE HGTV!!!!!
Hugs, Patty G
All i can say is WOW!! Best of luck to all who enter. It is truly a “Green Dream House” Good job HGTV
Take me right from Space Coast on down to Treasure Coast for a Green Home by HGTV anyday! GREAT choice!
While FLA wouldn’t be my first choice I would LOVE to live in an area like this one. It looks like it would be totally wheelchair friendly. Sign me up…
Great choice on another Florida home! When does the contest start?? My husband and I are in Alaska…we’d love to come warm up!
Have you ever heard of the west coast? Florida is to humid in the summer and they have hurricanes. Get a life
ok, how can i win this home?
This sounds so exciting and I can’t wait to enter.
OMG!!!! I was so surprised to see where the new Green Home is. I live in Port St Lucie and remember when Tradition was just getting started. In fact that is my grand daughter (the blond on the right) peaking into the shopping bag in the video. Will keep an eye on it’s progress.
Wow, Port St. Lucie! It is beautiful there! It would be a dream come true to live there. Way to go HGTV.
Woo-hoo! I would love a green home in that area. I stopped by the Tradition neighborhood in SC a couple of weeks ago and I love the idea of that type of neighborhood. I will keep my fingers crossed that the next one is mine. Great job to all of you in the work you do to make this possible.
Beautiful area. I love Florida. I love what Jack does with these houses and Linda also. THe furniture everything is magnificient. Can’t wait to enter. Thanks
It is awesome! Makes me want to say, “it’s mine, it’s mine, it’s mine.”
Can’t wait to enter and win!
What a beautiful place for this wonderful dream home. I can dream, can’t I
Georgia is the best place for the dream home,2004 was the most beautiful house I see and the weather is perfect also more than florida
How great and just in time. We live a little more than an hour south of this place and would love to relocate to that home next year after the girls graduate high school and go to college in Tallahassee!
What a great location!!! Looking forward to more on the home and going green.
Thanks, HGTV
Sal p.
I am nearing retirement. Have been looking in SC several times. My brother and family live in Bocca, so this would put me near family.
I am 65, live in Greenlawn, NY and would love to be considered for the HGTV greenhome.
Hope the taxes won’t be too high and have room for visitors.
This is the 3rd time I have entered to win one of your homes. It is always exciting.
Fla is wonderful, the area sounds super, house beautiful
I think port lucie will be an awesome site for the 2009 green home. I’ll be watching as you build.
Ah! I can see me there now! The location is perfect! I love Florida. Can’t wait to enter.
This is really a dream home, because a house like this can only be mine in a dream. Nice!
Keep up the great job HGTV….
WOW, this is a beautiful place. This would be a wonderful spot for my husband and I to enjoy life. We will enter to win!!!!!
Hello everyone I cant seem to find for me to enter to win ? any idea ? I cant wait to see the floor plan for next green home 2009 in Port St. Lucie
What are the construction materials? They look like Legos!
I realize the draw of warm weather but I would like to see you take on the challenge of being green where there is more of a climate change from season to season. Let’s face it, populations are high in states with four seasons and we could use some green ideas.
I’ve entered all the sweepstakes and hope this time I’m the winner. I’ll be watching. Thanks.
Once again you have totally outdone yourselves! I am looking forward to entering again this year. Good luck to all who enter!
I’m originally from Boston. I’ve lived in Oklahoma for 30 plus years and it is a dream of mine to live by the beach. I claim this home too!
I love the view, the calming sound of the ocean.
I lived in Florida, never ventured into Port St.Lucie. Unfortunately, now i live in Illinois, were winters are brutal! PLEASE,tell us more on entering!!!!
The first Green Home was just outstanding!
I’m waiting to win the second one. Does
Jack and the horse come with it???!
I am soooooo excited that you are building this home. That is my dream retirement location. I will be going down in February for a week.I Can not wait to go to see first hand the progress you are making.YEA!!!!
yeah, what’s with florida, again? We want to see green homes for colder climates too - that’s a real challenge!
For some reason I couldn’t get the vidio. We are retired and would love to have a home in Florida. When do we start entering? I am so excited.
Yea!!!!!! This is my dream location. My husband came out of retirement two years ago to help our daughter and her two small boys. We would love to live there. We bring the boys to Disney World once a year and stay in that area at the beach.We will be retiring again 2009. This is a wonderful place. I will be going there in February I can not wait to go see the progress you have made. This is wonderful. Your show has blessed my life.
I don’t care where it is as long as Carter is there to meet me at the door!
Will he be involved with it again this year?
Awesome! We lived in Port Saint Lucie for many years and decided to move to Atlanta, GA about 3 years ago. Recently, we decided we wanted to move back
I guess we have to win the house! Tradition is a beautiful location! I can’t wait to see the final project!
Very beautiful location. A place I could only dream of being. I will be looking forward to entering the sweepstakes. Thanks for giving us a chance to dream about having something this awesome in our lives.
Bada Bing! Wow what an amazing town, I’ve never been there but would like to visit soon.
The art gallery looks interesting. Thanks for sharing this with us. Jennifer C.
Looks like it will be a beautiful home. I lived in Fort Pierce until 1968. At that time Port Saint Lucie was much smaller, but it has become a large, thriving town on its own. It would be great for us to live in Port St. Lucie where we retirees wouldn’t be bothered by cold weather as here in upstate South Carolina. Sounds like the good life for someone. Just maybe us?
Amazing, I was just on craigslist.org looking for a place to rent along the Treasure Coast to be near my son. At the same time I opened the HGTV email and watched the announcement video. When I heard ‘Treasure Coast’, I cried (I’m in Miami and tried for the Keys home). I had planned on driving by Port St. Lucie tomorrow to get to my son. I may check out the progress on the way. Green! wow! a dream!
This would definitely be my dream come true. I have always loved Port St. Lucie. It is one of the most wonderful places to live in in Florida.
I know, it will be just perfect. I can’t wait!
I,for one, am so pleased that you picked Tradition.
Can’t wait to win the house.
Why don’t you pick the hill country of Texas great climate. disappointed that Florida was picked again. I love the east coast, but Florida!
Yahooooooooooo! We are just starting winter here in Wisconsin and it looks so inviting there! I love the design.
What a great location to build your next beautiful home! Year round sunshine and warmth! This is a beautifull area of the United States with so much to do for so many different people and different ages to enjoy living and playing in!
You might try Arizona next time somewhere around Greer.
I live in Florida and want to win!!!!
You’ve done it again. Such a beautiful location for a Green Dream Home. I’m going to enjoy watching the transformation.
HGTV you do a wonderful job with all of your homes. Love to check out the latest accessories you put in them. The designers are great as well as the decorators. Hopefully my luck will change as I go through the daily sweepstakes entries again. My parents and sister would be thrilled as they have relocated to Florida.
Wow!!! What a great location. I’ve been trying to win the dream home for years now, but this is truly one of my favorites. Hope I win it for the whole family. We’ve never owned a vacation home and we can’t afford to buy one. It would be a great vacation home for everyone in my family including grandparents, uncles, aunts, and of course friends are always welcome.
I’ll be entering everyday to try and win it. Hopefully I can make everyone’s wish come true.
From NJ to Florida, not so bad of a ride.
Ellie
I love Florida! 100 homes there for future contests would not be too much!
Florida, Florida, Florida. Do you pay for the perpetual hurricane/tornado/flood/termite insurance as well? It looks like it will be a lovely home, and Port St. Lucie would be great for this Mets fan, but how about building a green house in the North instead of the sunny South. Might be a more interesting challenge, and it would stand less chance of getting blown away in the Fall.
wow, that is really close to where i live now (: the house location is really pretty and the house looked beautiful (the drawing of course)… cant wait 2 see more, thx…
I am so glad you are building the home in Florida. I will be so Happy to vote to win it.
God Bless all of You. Bivian
It looks to me that the new Green Home will be built somewhere in Florida; don’t know the city yet.
I love it and what a really great place, what i wouldnt give for a home in an area like that, you guys have built some beautiful homes and this one will be the most perfect one, you guys are great and I have gotten so many ideas off you and from your site, I love it thank you guys for so much Carol
my son lives in orlando..what a hoot for me to be close to him and my daughter-in-law.. i am a piecies..so i do love to water.can’t wait to see the house
Lovely location. Dreaming of sharing the Green Dream Home with family and friends.
Laura L.
Jack, OK, you look great on a horse. But clear up something for us. Was that glimpse of a home and floor plan really the next Green Home, or just a sample of what homes in the neighborhood are like? Some of us bloggers seem to be confused. And if there is a Green Home in 2010, please consider going west or north, north, north.
That would really be a challenge for a Green Home. What could you do without a Tradition community already in place? Antway, I love you and HGTV and can’t wait to see how the Green Home develops.
We wish to enter your Florida green home give-away.
Well…Florida is wonderful for vacation ONLY!!!
Living in Port Saint Lucie is not a sweet dream!!;what a deception!! This sweepstakes is out of my list however good luck to whoever win or sould I say:Hope you can make a living here,because if you are in this sweepstakes you probably can’t build a home like this and to affort to keep it will not be “living a dream” but asking yourself: when do I wake up from this nigth mare?
Welcome to paradise!!!!
Hey Jack, Love the Location. Keep up the Good Work. Hopefully with God’s Blessings my Hubby & Myself will be the Winners. Lord knows we need a Home. Diane
no one has heard from the beach lady? that worries us because #1 we know she had an organ removed a few months ago and that has us worried. #2 with her jacks video out and him on the beach and him on a horse and sailing she hasn’t checked in. she must be passed out from the excitement of the location. i bet she is off with him somewhere. we are getting her posse together to go look for her. we will ride by the weekend so if anyone hears from her please post. BOLO
I love the area you have chose for the new green home. I live in Florida now and would love to win the home and be able to stay by the beaches. My children love to play in the sand.GREAT JOB!!!!
Wanderfull! Port San Lucie is one of the best areas in the Golden Coast. You must clarify any doubts about the hurricanes danger, because the actual procedings, construction tecnics and Codes, can bring enough confidebce for a grate living in this place.
Wow! Can’t wait to win and relax in Florida!!
I love it, I love it, I love It!_! I always tell everyone “I’m Moving to Florida”. So here’s my chance!! Thanks for the Dream
OMG, I am so excited, bringing the Green Home right into my back yard from my favorite television station. I will be stalking around the house to catch glimpses of all my favorite host. Is David going to be contributing color? How about a divine design from Candice. Oh, oh and how about some carpentry from Carter. Yes this is really exciting news.I already warned my family that I will probably be unavailable for long periods of time. LOL.
I have never been to Florida & I am 54 years old,It would great to be there I’m sure.
I have seen all the homes you have done,you do a great job, to be apart of it would be a houner,keep up the good work,maybe someday you will come to Arkansas.
You picked a great spot, my parents lived in Jupiter, Florida just down the coast. You can even see the space shuttle take off from your own yard… Although I’m happy living in NH. I think of making my way back down south again. My wife and four Chidren would have to get use to the change but I adapt easy. Hint! Hint! My Younger Brother still lives in Florida With his wife and child and it would be nice to live near him again.
Now that I have seen the location I need to go check out the house. Whoever wins this will be very happy i’m sure!
WOWZERS!!!!Definitely takes my breath away.
Here I go again!! I am so addictive to this site…it’s a wonder I get any work done! I love everything about HGTV, I search for design, color, styles, you name it, for home and garden. Now there is another grand prize up for grabs. With winter right around the corner, my daydreams will revolve around tropical beaches and bungalows. Your new Green Home design is far from a bungalow, and you can bet my little ranch, I won’t turn it down if I’m the winner! Will be checking out the progress from this day forward.
THANKS for creating more excitement!
WOOO HOOOO! OMG My Hubby and I have wanted to live in Port St. Lucie for yrs! We’re from NJ but both our Immediate Families live in FL. (Orlando & Tampa) and we visit several times a year. I have a very good feeling about this one. This Beautiful Green Home and Great location has my name written all over it! Good Luck to All! Thanks to you HGTV I have an organized home, nice garden and great decorating ideas. Our Loved ones are patiently waiting for us to move. Our daughter recently gave birth to my beautiful twin grandsons! WE’LL BE BACK FOR GOOD BEBA!KEEP THE FAITH….
I LOVE HOW YOU GIVE AWAY DREAMHOMES, I BEEN PUTTING MY NAME ON YOUR LIST TO WIN ADREAM HOUSE FOR ALONG TIME,I KEEP SAYING TO MY SELF I HOPE THIS IS NOT A JOKE,BECAUSE I NEED A DREAMHOME, FOR ME AND MY GRANDSON HE HAS AML[CANCER]THANK YOU FOR READING THIS;MICHELE D, MITCHELL 410-242-1857 2405 TIONESTA RD APT 2C BALTIMORE MD 21227
I will enter!! How exciting!! I have never been in Florida but my husband use to live there. The greatest ‘material’ thing I could give him is something like this. His dream is to get back into sailing!
Jack,
What a great location for your new give-away-home!! I can’t wait for your give-away-contest!
How do I enter????
I enjoy the show and watch it daily.
Why have another home in Florida ??? The US is a big place .
anyone heard from BL?
Perfect!! Just in time for our retirement! Perfect green home, perfect location. I can’t wait to throw my name in the pot in hopes of being the winner!
Looks like it is going to be another great green home in another great place. Can’t wait to see the finished product and the sweepstake to begin. This would be ideal for my family because we love the coast, especially Florida’s, the beaches, and of course, fishing. I just know this green home will be spectular!!
This would be a dream come true! But dreams like this only happen to people that have money! Looks like I’m counted out. Good luck to someone!!
What wonderful news!!! My Sister and her husband live in traditions. Wouldent it be great if I won? Keep your fingers crosed for me.I watch HGTV probably 4 hrs. a day. Sally
I am sure eveyone has said what I am about to say. I really would like to win this home, I have never seen anything so beautiful. How do apply or how can I win this home?
I have been to this part of Florida.It is wonderful… Every thing you need being a hart beat away.
I can not wait to hear more.
This is AWSOME! My sisters and brothers live in Port St Lucie and I live in Oregon. I can’t wait to win!!!!! Oh Happy Day.
This house and area are going to be beautiful and fantastic, I will be watching every step of the way.
I’m from Michigan and grew up on the water, you might say I’m a fish in water, now I live in Colorado with no lakes or water to speak of to swim in unless you can afford a pool which still isn’t the same. I need to win this house just for my sanity and I have always wanted to live in Florida
This would definitly be a dream come true. My Best Friend in the world lives in Florida only 3 hours away. I have always longed to live near the beach, I am an Aquaireus by nature. My parents go to Florida every winter. This would provide them with a home away from home. My children are now grown and I need a new beginning.
Its great , I’ve entered all the HGTV Green and Dream house GIVEAWAYS. My mother is 83 and has lived in the same house my father and grandfather were born in. She would’nt believe it , If I ever won one of your homes , So I could have her come live witn me , the rest of her life. Some place where it would be warm . We live in upstate New York.
Good going HGTV.
Can hardly wait to see the finished green house. A beautiful house in a fantastic location!!!
OH please, Can I win I live in a cracked foundation home and would love to call this port my home. my One particular harbor
Boo! Not another Florida home. There is another coast in this country…how about building on the Pacific next time. Check out Mendocino area.
Hurricane ,shark & alligator land. No thanks…
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
Here are important dates for the Spanish Contemporary, 2430 square foot, HGTV 2009 Green Home.
Start entering on:
April 17, 09 through June 5, 09
The Virtual Tour of the GH (seen on hgtv.com) begins in April.
The Televised Tour will be during the HGTV Green Home 2009 Special that airs on Sunday, April 19, 2009 at 8pm(check your local listings for exact time)
Good Luck to all!
Just The Facts
I am so excited! This would be a green dream come true. I’m a single mom of 2 renting a 400 sq ft apt. My children deserve a place like this to call home. Plleeaassee pick me.
I thought it was a perfect spot for a green home Can’t wait to see more You looked great on that horse. Is he a part of the package?
Hehehehawhaw, I’m still laughing. Someone from South Carolina wanted to move to Florida to avoid the “cold winters”. That person should live in Minnesota, North Dakota, Michigan or Maine. Too funny! But with all the Floridians blogging, I will bet my bottom dollar (which isn’t much) that the winner will NOT be from Florida. And Anonymous and Beach Lady, what is going on with you two? Trying to involve JT? Just stop it. If BL truly needs our prayers, she will let us know.
Looking forward to watching your hottest project on a very cool ‘Green’ lifestyle. HGTV.com ALWAYS has the neatest & newest ideas for sprucing up and renovating our environment. Bring it on! We’re waiting with baited-breath!
Iam sure going to try to win this next house, you guys do such a good job on everything that its just fun to watch and learn.
The posse rode like the wind over the week-end and they did find BeachLady. She’s recuperating 360 miles south of the OBX on a beach and has a huge smile on her face….
I love the spanish design but don’t like the hurricane area.I wish you would do a dream home in a safe area and do a spanish tuscan design with a wood front door with the peek hole that you open that has bars on it and arched at the top of the door and all windows to be arched and please a sit down make up area for us gals in the bath room.Hand trowel walls and a special faux finish.Red barrell tile roof and stucco or stone walls.Wrought iron gates and lighting.Arched door ways in the interior.
Dear Jack: OMGosh! I am just so excited…I live and take care of my 86 yr old mom in Georgia. My son, daughter-inlaw, and beautiful grandchildren all live in Port Saint Lucie. I have always entered your contests for all your houses on HGTV because, if you don’t enter, you don’t stand a chance. Let me tell you, no matter what size, shape, or color your Green Home becomes, it would be Truly a Green Dream Home for my mom & I. Just to be able to live near our family! I know our chance is one in a few million, but WOW!!! Enjoy all the HGTV programs…Keep up the good work!! You couldn’t have picked a better location and only about 3 miles from my sons home. THANKS FOR A WONDERFUL DREAM!!
Thank you HGTV for making our home Port St. Lucie the choice for 2009. It’s a beautiful community that could truly use the publicity. Thank you again!
I have wanted to move to Florida, on the Gulf, for my entire life. I’ve raised my 2 kids by myself, they’re all grown, and all living with me now, including a grand daughter!
I’m a teacher so I have the luxury of being able to drive to Florida every summer and spend a month there in the Bradenton/Sarasota area. I always drive south along the coast before returning home just to see each time how beautiful the entire coast is. Both my parents have passed recently and now I’d give anything to finally be able to move there, my slice of heaven.
Thank you so much for choosing the Gulf shore!
i’m in love!!
or is it lust??
whatever it is it gives me a funny feeling in my tummy.
To Jack & All of HGTV - What wonderful vision you all have. The location is spendid as well as the plans I have seen so far. I will be anxiously watching the progress of this Green Home. Thank you for allowing us all to have dreams to reach for. May God’s Grace and Blessings guide you, Sincerely, Susan Marie in Iowa.
still laughing you are right BeachLady would ask for our prayers if she needed them. she is always the first to do that for others. we hadn’t heard from her and was worried because of her recent surgery and her 31 yr old nephew that is dying. and whether you know it or not her jack is involved and has been for 5 years. so no, stop it i won’t. just concerned for a long time dreamer friend. you have a good day and keep laughing life is short.
This is imazing,I would love to win this beautiful home.
Wow! Wouldn’t it be cool to win this one? You’re so close to Disney World too!
Looks like a wonderful location. I live in Tennessee, but would love to retire and live in Fla. Look forward to watching and learning more about the house and surrounding area. And of course I’ll be entering as I have for the past four years.
I want to win this house!!!
Another Florida home? How about something on the West Coast next time — what about Catalina Island?
Oh, baby… Count me in!
Oh my! Would love to be spending time in this in this fabulous location (especially in the winter) instead of freezing in the ice and snow in beautiful Vermont!
Bring on the sunshine!
Mary
LOVE IT~ Can’t wait to enter!
I visited the 2009 Green Home site today and it was more than I expected. Jack and the filming crew were there and I was able to talk with Jack and his excitement was contagious. The home is looking so incrediable even at this early stage of development! I took a lot of pictures to share with my MB friends. As a Florida native I can understand why HGTV would pick our sunshine state for so many Dream Homes…we are the lucky ones!
Florida is great, but how about selecting a place with more cultural activities for a change?
How about building the next home in San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle?
Any of those places would be great.
wow
As dashing as our DH planner is on horseback, hopefully we can focus on Jack’s many professional talents and respect the privacy of Jack and his family. It is a shame to post inimical exchanges and distract from the ingenious ideas he and his brilliant team unveils. What a fantastic design, location, and example for the community! Can’t wait to see the many stages of progress!
I love anything different. I think that florida would be a nice place to live and enjoy life. I’ve never been to florida but I think that the family that win this house will be so so so happy. GOOD LUCK EVERY ONE:)
Wow, looks like a beautiful house. Might be a great vacation home but I would NEVER live in Florida.
Jack what a home run with this new 2009 HGTV green home! I must say that I am very impressed.
Although I’m going to enter the sweepstakes I undoubtebly will NOT win…oh well…I can dream.
I’ve actually been looking into designing a green home plan in order to have my own dream green home. Although it will not be located in Florida or be as nice as the one on HGTV, I’m sure I will still enjoy it.
You’ve done it again HGTV, cannot wait to see the complete project (and the face on the unsuspecting winner).
Port Lucie looks beautiful. I sure hope I win. Maine is also beautiful, but after 54 years here, I am pretty cold. The HGTV Green Home is perfect.
G- Give it to me Please : )
R- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle : )
E- Enjoy life most when I am near the water : )
E- Engergy efficient focused too : )
N- No more Winters Please : )
The possibility of life at Traditions just brings out the creative side of me : )
Thank you HGTV for the opportunity : )
I love knowing my new home is in Florida!!! I love Florida!!!! I live in Memphis,TN which used to be home for me but not for a very long time. I can’t wait till I move into my new home!
It will be wonderful to be a resident of Florida and not just a tourist. Thank you all!! Maria W.
How about one in beautiful Northwest Montana? I was born here, raised here, and don’t really want to leave here. I’m afraid if I ever really won a home elsewhere, I’d just have to sell it…
Wow, another amazing site for the 2009 Green Home. I can’t wait to enter….again…lol. I just love all the thought and talent that goes into building these homes. You people are awesome!!!!
Winning this will make up for me not winning the HGTV Dream Home 2008.
I work in Tradition at OfficeMax, the area is dead.. its a dead fish… seriously, HGTV.. why not go North where its actually beautiful?
Why can’t you guys come up north more…say to like….pennsylvania? =[
Wow I already real in love with this home.It would be the perfect place to live with my mom and dad.I really miss going to Florida and seeing all the wonderful places.I can’t wait to see my parents press these buttons and get one step closer at winning this contest!!!
Dear ANONYMOUS: I am grateful that Beach Lady has friends like you. She sounds like a wonderful person, and of course I will pray for her and her nephew. But don’t you think her involvement with JT should be kept private? I can’t imagine either of them being happy about what you are writing on this blog. Anyway, I mostly laugh at myself and did not mean to be flippant. Keep well.
What a dream come true. My family lives in Tampa. This would be my first home ever. I am praying and thanking God for this home.
Hello everyone at HGTV. I must say that this is going to another wonder that you all have come up with. I am here in the beautiful mountains of Tennessee and dreaming of winning the new green home, and wishing that one day you all will build one here. I just want to say that God has given each of you a great talent and you are using it by doing these houses. It is a wonderful thing that you give hope to someone in this big world that they might win this home. I too like so many will be entering the sweepstakes and pray that I might win, but good luck to everyone that will enter. Thanks to all of you for so much that you do. I wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving.
Looks like another hit for HGTV and the Mets!
What a perfect place to retire. Looking forward to sweepstakes entry form.
OH YEAH! I could totally live right there! I could be around the corner from my daughter! I used to live in Port St Lucie! Wow have things changed!
GAME ON!
Florida
Missouri’s Ozarks country is beautiful, too.
A good place for us retire. Looking forward to sweepstake entry forms.
No, ne doesn’t look all that dashing to me but he is not my type; I prefer women.:P
Yay for Tradition! I have been looking at Port St. Lucie for a bit with my husband now. Wonderful location!!
I think this home is so beautiful. I want it so BAD!!!!!!
Florida again?? I enjoy following the dream and green homes’ progress. But I think they should be called Dream Vacation Homes. It seems like the homes are often positioned in resort towns and much larger than necessary for everyday living. As always though, eager to see the final results.
Yeah sorry - looks gorgeous, but I’m over Florida, esp. after all of the Hurricanes. Should be more towards NC I think. But will still enter.
I am seeking a home outside Maine for the winter months. LOVE Maine but need more warmth this time of year and this will do nicely!
BTW, with sea levels rising will you build ‘higher up’ next time - say in the mountains again perhaps?
Umm..did I miss something?? What happend to the Sonoma location?? I went out of town for a couple weeks! I feel a little lost!
My husband and I love this new 2009 home…it is absolutely fabulous. We would love nothing better than to be the owners of such a beautiful place.
This is a sign. This home is meant for me! Crossing my fingers on this one.
Awesome - wonderful location! I am sure the home will be as wonderful as the ones in the past!
Looks like a fabulous place! Me & my family need a vaction home! We loved the 1st Green house made 2008, and we would love this one too! Looking fwd to enter the sweepstake.
WOW! How exciting! I’m dreaming of the green house and hoping this will be our first home!
I guess that the only place you can build green homes is in Florida - what’s wrong are you afraid to take on the snow or the cold? Come on get some guts…
This is a fantastic home with an incredible area to grow and live in. I can’t wait to win it! I want this green home, so see you soon. I love everything about this house.
This is great location for the new home. I would love to win this home. It would be a great place for my wife and daughter. Cant wait to enter.
I WILL WIN THIS HOUSE FOR A FAMILY OF 9. FOUR ADULTS, ONE TEENAGER AND GIRL 10,7,2 AND BOY ALSO 2. KEEPING POSITIVE NO NEGATIVITY!!!!
DEBBIE
I would really love to win this.Thank You.
when and where can we enter the sweepstakes?
Yes!
Florida.
Nice.
I am so happy you all decided to put it here in Florida, A green home in the sunshine state.
What could be better?
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Yeah right, I just moved back north from Tradition. Real estate agents for Victoria parc and Seasons have filed for chapter 11 and 13. The place looks like a ghost town. My opinion, looks like PSL and Tradition greased palms at HGTV to come there and build. Good luck on your house that will be worth very little.
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I live in PORT ST. LUCIE! And let me tell you it’s not all that’s it cracked up to be. Currently, traditions is under construction and it’s a mess and there’s a lot of rif raf that you don’t want. Poor choice of location in my opinion.
What’s wrong with Florida?I live in Florida and I like it.I think it’s a great location.
I have watch for many years maybe this would be my year to win. HGTV build very lovely beautiful homes.
Great location. I can’t wait to enter. And, most importantly, it looks like the house is going to be ICF (Insulated Concrete Form). That is the best! It’s about time we see this and see it in Florida, too. ICF is soooo green it is ridiculous, and it can withstand winds up to approx 200 MPH. I live in an ICF house in Michigan and love it. Husband is an ICF installer. Hope I win!
Got to love Fl.know madder where you live.
A great place to spend the rest of your retired life.
I lived in Key West for three years in the mid 70’s. Moved back to NY so my now x-husband could run his father’s business. After spending the majority of my life in the cold North East I long for those warm beach days once again. My x and his wife now live in the Key’s during the winter months. We all get along great. How incredible it would be to find myself back in the warm sunshine again. If I won the house I would invite the x and his wife to dinner and where we could look back on the past with a smile, continue to look forward as friends and share some great new laughs together. Life is about living….and I can’t think of a better place to do that then in a new green home. Thanks for the opportunity to enter and possibly win.
I am a retired widow and have five children and eight grandchildren. This location would be great for my children and grandchildren to visit me. We live in PA where the winters are cold and gloomy. I know that I would have them visit all year around if I won!!! Green home, Tradition, here we come!
I saw the Tradition a few years back. What a perfect place. My hats off to HGTV. Sitting here in Massachusetts on New Years day when the temp is 7 degrees and the wind chill is way below zreo, one can only dream.
looks like a great home in a beautiful area. i can’t wait to see the rest of the house. me and my family can’t wait to move in. my kids would just love it and have so much fun. IT’S GOING TO BE OURS!!!! and we’ll be ready to move in when it’s time.
I can’t wait to see the finished home, it’s so exciting waiting to see what HGTV comes up with next. A green home, what a great thing to do.
WOW! How perfect could life be? Perfect spot, perfect enviromental home and best of all put a smile on a special family. You Guys at HGTV are the best!! Will try my hardest to win..
Wow, what a house!! Someone is going to be very very lucky!!
Hope it might be me. Happy New Year to everyone.
Hey Jack now this is just showing it all off. This home will rock , can Port St Lucie handle me when i win this dream green home Wow Good luck Michelle from Tamarac Florida
My grandaughter,2 girls and son in law would look great in this home .No negativity here this is good for port st lucie and hope the family who wins this best of luck everybody needs it now with the hard year we just had
Hello:
Gosh, these bones would appreciate the warmth of Florida. We had snow and I’m tired of that scene. Going Green is part of our way of living and this home would bring out even better ideas for my hubby and me.
Bring it on!!!
WE have some relatives already living in Florida therefore it would be a pleasure to own such a beautiful home and have them over anytime they’d want to come…
Thanks so much for just a chance at winning…Happy New Year, one and all and may God bring you health and happiness!!!
East Rockaway, L. I., N. Y., 11518
I want it!!! This is the best of the Dream Homes,eco friendly Love it.
As a wordsmith, with over 50 years of experience in Aerospace, cell-systems and computers, it is really amazing to me that a large percentage of the population has never learned the English language, and how to use the language correctly.
Considering the extensive deflation of the housing market, I am concerned that my present home will be worthless, and I will really be grateful if I could win the home in Florida (which others do not like, or are not interested in another HKTV home in Florida). Would make an effort to make the house a shelter for the less-fortunate folks, if I am fortunate to be declared the winner. Thankful and grateful to avoid my possibly living on the street next year. John
Can hardly wait until this is done. Didn’t win last year either home built by HGTV but maybe this year will be our lucky year. We are getting close to retirement and no plans on where to retire; California wine country would work for me. HGTV - great program - does great things - inspires people and gives them hope for a better living environment, especially Design on a Dime that doesn’t require much money. Keep up the good work, love watching this program; my husband says sometimes “too much”.
oops….wrong place, wrong house……I mean California for the HGTV 2009 Dream House and Florida for the 2009 Green Home. Age does make the mind wander…..
JR
Glad you are on the GREEN bandwagon. (Is it ready for the handicaped?) Just thinking ahead a few years and would love to win and enjoy this FL ***GEM***!
WooHoo Another Florida home . Might get back there after all. Thank you HGTV I need this one.
Throw in a cooking lesson with Bobby Flay and what more could anyone wish for! How divine.
I love that you picked Fla.,But I’m sure I would have loved the SC Green Home,too! I am looking forward to reviewing the build. I enjoy learning new ways to save money and apply new technology. I have won three things in my life, all three collectively valued under $100., so I can only imagine how the previous winner felt. What a pleasure it was to share in her joy. Thanks to HGTV, and all the sponsor/contributors!!
super cool.. how do I win?
I would love to win a house in Port St. Lucie, I have always wanted to move to a warm climate. NO MORE snow. I love this house and want to WIN IT.
Your decorators are wonderful.
Love the green homes, what a wonderful way to advertise good living. This looks like a wonderful place for me to retire and have my grandkids visit.
a dream co,e true
I love the look and location of the green home in Florida. Will it be available to sign up for the dream home in California?
Looking forward to seeing more about it.
This house will be awesome and everything I could ever dream for in a home as well as the PERFECT location!!! Can’t wait to enter to win!!!!!!
I Hope I win this I was diagnosed with breast cancer a week after I move in my home 15 yrs ago since then I want to move.
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I can’t wait to enter. The plans for the 2009 GREEN Home looks beautiful. Traditon, Florida is a wonderful choice. Some lucky family will get a chance at a great green home and life. Sunshine and the METS… A New Yorkers Dream!!
I can’t wait to enter. The plans for the 2009 GREEN Home looks beautiful. Tradition, Florida is a wonderful choice. Some lucky family will get a chance at a great green home and life. Sunshine and the METS… A New Yorkers Dream!!
I really don’t care where this house is located. If I were lucky enough to win this home I would accept it, pay all the taxes due and make this my winter home and let my children use it during the summer months. This would be devine!!!!!
Hey Jack, have you ever been to Utah? We have more national parks than any other state and it would be a fabulous backdrop for the next Green Home!
Would you consider Utah next time?
We love Port St Lucie. Have visited it on many occassions. Would love to live there. It would be my wildest dream come true. I just hope my name comes to the top on the day of the drawing.
My husband and I lived in Tampa, Fla. in 60s and 70s then later expanded his Marine Surveying business to Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. in the 80s. I love Florida and have often wished that I could have another home there. Winning this home would be just what I would want to live in “happily everafter”!
I love florida.My daughtet lives in Clearwater.Is this location for the house known to hava a lots of hurricanes?As for some commenting on building it in a place with snow…wouldn`t most peole enjoy a warmer climate more?
Looking forward to watching and hearing updates on the St. Lucie home. My grandson was born in Florida this year and would love to be closer to him…and of course the rest of the family! Grandma
Jack, The HGTV Green Home location is in an exciting area filled with culture and hospitality. However, I agree with DaddysDarlin that Utah would be an exciting location. An even better idea would be to find a location in the Pacific Northwest. I know that Oregon is awaiting your visit and the hospitality and scenic views are fabulous.
How do I win this beauty?
Beautiful location…. Waiting patiently to see the final home. I know it will be fantastic. I would love to win this home because my husband and I are always wishing we could move to “The Sunshine State”!!!
I lived in Port St. Lucie for 17 years. I left there 2 yrs ago and would never go back. The schools are terrible, there are no decent paying jobs (unemployment is at 10%) there is NOTHING to do there other than the beach, and believe me that gets old after awhile. You might want to do a little research before you enter to win this one.
How many entries for the 2008 Green Home? Can we still do a virtual tour?
Once again HGTV has found a beautiful spot. However, I am surprised that planners that show concern about the environment haven’t made any provisions for environmental changes that are coming. Has Florida done a study as to how the Alantic coastline will be affected by global warming in the next 10-20 years?
Beautiful - what a great place for my second retirement!
WOW I cant believe Port St. Lucie! I live here and have rented in Tradition and have family who own a home there and have many friends there and would LOVE to win the home, live in the home it is a GREAT area, GREAT PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY!!!! OH I HOPE I WIN THIS HOUSE THAT WOULD BE MY DREAM TO OWN A HOME IN TRADITION!!!! NOT TO MENTION WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ONE OF THE BIGGEST MALLS BUILT NEAR TRADITION!!! OH I PRAY I WIN THIS HOME!!! GOOD LUCK EVERYONE WHO ENTERS YOU WONT BE DISSAPOINTED ITS A WONDERFUL AREA!!
Based on the previews, this is the Best home yet! I can’t wait to enter!
I Think your home is just out of this world shure i would love to win your home.i think fla,was a great place to but the home peggy h
It is so nice to see that HGTV chose PSL for the HGTV green home. I would love to win it for my girls and grandbaby. Nice work Jack and the team who made it possible, good luck to the lucky male or female who will win this beautiful home. I sure hope it’s me.
Michelle Tamarac Fl
Jack this home really is in a fantastic place. Beautiful place to live out dreams. I am looking forward to getting involved. Florida is one of the states we are looking at retiring to. The prices seem so high right now though being civil servants. We are looking forward to the day to piddle our time away fishing, watching sunsets and creating fantastic meals together. The ocean soothes my soul. What a fantasy to think about! Looking forward to the sweepstakes!
The floor plan looks very interesting - unique. Who will be the interior designer? I’m getting tired of Linda Woodrum. And the room Myles did for the wonderful Dream Home is a clunker. Anyway, I can’t wait to see more. I love everything that Jack Thomasson has designed.
i love warm places hurricanes do scare me but the scenery is beautiful.
I am so glad you are doing another home in Florida. I was very disappointed in the 2009 dream home, there was no view. I am still dreaming of 2008 Islamarda home, that was amazing. The views from the porches were spectaculer, particulary for those of us sufferring through below zero winters. Thanks for giving us another beautiful and warm place to dream of!
WoW! my children dream are come in true because we lost are home and now we are living into one bedroom apt with mold in side they been seek since one month cause that, every day they say mom when we going to have are house back, I said soon very soon but today I was waching HGTV I saw the commercial says you have to enter this sweepstakes that I can win that awesome house.I hope I will get it just for them.
Love it!!! Thanks HGTV for all you do!!!
I would love to win this lovely vaction home for my family of 9 children and their families, 25 grndchildren and 12 great grand-children. There would be one of the families in the home at all times. We live just south of the Atlanta airport,so we are able to drive easily to Florida–our families favorite vacation places. Good luck to all who enter, but I hope I win.!!
florida would be a nice place to visit. I wound’t want to live there. I hate windy cities and herricanes. Out of all the states youn chose florida again. Why? Now that I said all that I appreciate all the hard work it takes to make just one families dreams come true. This will be my second time to enter. I really loved home of 2007.
I loved the green home and I love the decorating of every room. I can’t wait for the 2009 green home. How exciting this is. I can’t wait, I can’t wait, I can’t wait.
I was in Florida once. A major hurricane hit that state the week before we got there and another chased us out of there early, causing us to cut our vacation short. There are so many fantastic places in this country. Wouldn’t it be novel to to consider someplace other than Florida? Just a thought.
Hi Jack,I think the next Green or Dream House should be bilt in Beautiful Nevada City or Grass Valley California. This is the heart of the old Gold Country.You should see it hear in December (Cornish & Victorian Christmas),it’s just like the old days. Except that people are bussed in from all over some from as far away as the Bay Area.
This house for sure will be the best thing that can happen to me, after this economic
crisis I have lost everything I had saved for my retirement. I live in Florida and my family as well.This house will be perfect!!!
I am close to retirement age and never owned my own home. It would be wonderful to have my first home be “green.” I love warm weather and the beach so Florida would be a wonderful place to move to.
99.9% of the people that enter this contest, or any HGTV Dream Home contest, could not come up with the money to pay the taxes on the 2 million prize value of the contest. Unless they are already a millionaire, they wouldn’t be able to afford the yearly property tax bill either. Best case scenario for the winner is to sell the house immediately and make at most $50,000 after taxes. Whoever buys this house from the “winner” is going to get a great vacation home.
Live in Miami and I am looking for a place farther north to retire.
Port St Lucie is centrally located and seems quite peaceful. Would have loved the 1st green home, but the location for this one is actually better for me since all my children live in Fl.
Love HGTV!!!
I am super excited and cannot wait to win this “green” home for my four children and me.
I love this home and Florida is a great state for a green home. It’s BEAUTIFUL
Looks like it is going to be really nice.I would really like to win this for my husband because he has done alot for me and are kids..
I WILL LIVE IN THIS HOME… =) AND I CANT WAIT!
the green home 2009 is our dream home for my family living green is one way of saving our planet. for the future would love to be part of this thank you hgtv.
Living in Florida in a green home would be a dream come true. Can’t wait to enter to win. Many of our friends are moving from New Jersey to this area of Florida and they keep urging us to follow. This might be our chance.
Linda in NJ
Wow I can’t believe it….Port St. Lucie…My home town for almost 13 years and you guys are finally building a home around the corner. I personally live with my wife Susan in one of the oldest original developement in Port St. Lucie which is Sandpiper Bay/Club Med and although I think it is one of the nicest place to live I thought Tradition which we have visited has a old town feel. Can’t afford to renuvate this house but WOW what a surprise for my wife to get her a new house. She is known to everyone as the Martha Stewart and a new kitchen, dining room would be great for her entertainment setting. Can’t wait to see the finished product. Watch the show many times and never entered in the contest…who knows we might get lucky.
By the way great job on the other homes and love the home in Colorado.
I would love to win this home the location is beautiful
Jack, I missed last years green home until the give away. It was wonderful. A true dream home. I have never been to Florida, however, I do have to agree with some of your bloggers about location. I love the 4 seasons and winter is one of my favorites. Although understanding that the winter months are not ideal for dream homes, you have to agree that they have become mild in most areas. I would think that Virgina would be an ideal location or maybe even Maryland. I’m a New Yorker for all of my life and they say you can get use to the heat of Florida, and am willing to go. I also would love to see green home items incorporated into your dream home on HGTV also. Good luck, it looks like it will be a great home to have.
I live in Iowa. It is 17 beiow zero and Ice covered. Please, Let me win somewhere warm.
How exciting! My fiance and I would love to move into this fantstic and environmentally friendy home. What a great place to raise a family!
You can plant the house in the moon and I would be ok with the location…a brand new wonderful home…that’s a dream on it’s own…I’ve been working in my home for three years since I broke up with my ex and I’m tired of paint and plaster….a new home would be great…no matter where!!!!
This green home is Fantastic! I can’t wait to move in!! Please. It really would be awesome to win. I have been eco-conscious since I’m a child. To have a green home would really be a dream come true. Great Job HGTV.
I love the Green home, I love Florida, I have been eco-conscious since childhood,to win, would be fabulous! Thanks HGTV for helping keep dreams alive.
Port St. Lucie! Fantastic! The location is in my backyard! My husband and I absolutely adore Tradition! With the NY Mets field not too far, we’ll feel like a little bit of our NY background will be there for the taking! It would be dynamite to win the Green Home 2009!
Hey Gentle People!
It is really great that you have chosen Florida for your secon eco-friendly home. However, I think your ought to consider Michigan as the site for your next home. An eco-friendly home overlooking one of the many lakes would be “groovy.” By the way, I refuse to get your pitty by saying that the Detroit Lions now have the worst non-winning record in the history of the NFL; or that the Mayor of Detroit (the largest city in Michigan) was recently “busted” and is now serving time in jail; or that the Michigan-based automotive industry is in suffering its worst economic downturn since the Great Depression; and that Michigan has been in a deep recesion longer than any other state in the Union; or that our winters seem to last 6 months; or…. Do I need to say anything else? In spite of all these “shortcomings” I try to maintain a positive attitude and hope that by 2010 you will chose Michigan as the site for your next eco-friendly home.
Please Jack a hardworking lady like myself would love to spend the rest of her days in this beautiful home with her grandbaby and dog sophie PSL would be nice to retire to and take care of oneself. You guys are so blessed to be doing this for the people of this country I sure hope I win or may the most deserving family be happy in it.
Michelle Tamarac FL
This house looks absolutely amazing!!! For those of you not happy with the Florida location you have NO IDEA what you are missing out on…I moved to Florida 2.5 years ago from Chicago and 36 years of (buurrr) winter!! Everyday I am so happy to be in such a warm wonderful climate. The furthest you would ever be from any beautiful beach is an hour drive!!! How can you doubt that the Green House is in a spectacular place. Blessings to the future winner…
I can’t believe you chose Tradition for an Eco- friendly home. I am a St. Lucie County Native that was very upset when Tradition built. They cleared almost 2000 acres of Natural Florida Environment without any regard to the native wildlife. They did not leave a tree standing all in the name of money. I am very disappointed that HGTV didn’t chose a more environmental friendly developer for this.
so fabulous you are having another green home but WHY was the HGTV 2009 Dream Home Green.. be mainstream and do the deal..you all at HGTV
I would love to win a home like this. For those of you that are complaining about another place located in FL, please do not enter so that those of us that really do want to win have a better chance. AND for the real estate agent that posted about it being a ghost town - fantatstic. The taxes will be lower then - antoher plus,.
Hey, another Florida home, global warming and climate
change, why are you building on the coast? Wouldn’t it be
smarter to take an older home, upgrade it, green it and
conserve resources. I love HGTV but, we need to
stop the madness and live with what we have! Stop
taking up more land and reuse, remake, remodel
and love what we have, not what we think we want.
Florida is a beautiful area and my husband and I love this area.
My husband and love this area.
The house will be beautiful and we’d love to win it. PTL
I agree with the other comments about Florida being a great vacation spot but, would not want to live there year round. Humidity, Hurricanes, aligators, Sharks No Way! How about something in the beautiful Pacific North West?
This has got to be the best win ever! Move to the Sunshine State with a big ole grin on your face. Awesome guys!
The plans for the home look really cool. I wish it was going to be in a better place. Florida is hurricane country, too scary to live there full time. The house will be blown down or flooded. Good luck for all who enter.
this home is so beautiful im all packed and ready to move to florida this will make a birthday gift 2-14 sandy logan
To all of you at HGTV, Just when I think that you have done the best, you just prove me wrong. Amazing!! All of ya’ll are the greatest. My husband and I try to watch all of your shows and enjoy them tremendously. No mater where you build it will always be spectacular. Maybe us old folks from Alabama will win a wonderful home such as this to retire at.
Visiting in Pt. St. Lucie and rode out to Tradition to see the latest in HGTV’s green homes. Great location, great design, when and how do I enter to win this dream home?
I would like to live in Florida.
Well I am totally disappointed in HGTV on their site selection for homes. I was in Islamorada this past weekend and discovered the HGTV home there has issues with locals. The site for the home there was totally cleared for construction, typical of irresponsible homebuilders. It takes trees hundreds of years to grow because of the
coral subsoil. Now you are building a home in Port. St. Lucie, a place with one of the highest foreclosure rates in Florida. Who is the genius in charge of this giveaway? He/she should be fired!
I LOVE PORT ST. LUCIE. NOT ONLY DO I HAVE GOOD FRIENDS THERE, BUT ITS SO CLOSE BUT FAR AWAY FROM ANYTHING YOU MIGHT WANT TO VISIT.
I WAS SO DISAPPOINTED I DID NOT WIN THE DREAM HOME IN THE KEYS LAST YEAR, SO MAYBE I MIGHT STAND A CHANCE ON THIS HOUSE THIS YEAR.
GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE
BETTY
How do you enter?
How do we enter to win this green house. It is so neat. The layout is wonderful. Never would have thought to layout a home like this.
BEAUTIFUL HGTV’S DREAM HOME. I AM WAITING FOR CALL.!!!!!!!!!!!
its soo sad that you picked the horrendous town of PSL …I lived there ten years it is the most disgusting non ecofriendly towns around stripmalls everywhere and you must drive to get anywhere..NO Culture No downtown No good neighborhoods and what is worse they have THE worst school system in america and there are Gangs in St lucie west Not gangs you think of in big cities these are white children gangs….I was so happy to leave
I hope this one will be mine. I have always wanted to live in Florida but I have taken care of my parents for the past 25 years & have put their needs before mine so I stayed where they were but sadly both are gone now so I can try winning this beautiful home FOR ME. No place in the world can compare to the sound of the ocean for peace of mind & contentment.
Went on line to sign up for dream home and thought I’d look at Green Home..I jumped for joy to find out the location is Port St. Lucie. I happen to have two sisters who live there and I only get to see them at family reunions every other year…what would they think if they knew I won a home near them..will keep looking on website to enter to win..watch all the time on TV..love the shows..
Hey Jack when are we going to be able to see the inside on line . Thank God for you and the HGTV team you are all doing a great job. I sure hope I win this time I have been entering the sweepstakes for years I hope to be successful this year. God bless you and keep the work crew safe. Michelle Tamarac FL
Florida is nice what is wrong with other places like alaska or oregon
My brother moved to Port St. Lucie about 2yrs ago and absolutely loves it.I hope that the green home has garden space. I love that others are making eco-friendly changes and starting at homes. WAY TO GO! DON’T FORGET TO RECYCLE.
I watch HGTV every change I get for ideas on how to decorate my home. How do I enter for the HGTV Green Home give away for 2009. To all the HGTV staff keep up the great work you do.
just wanted to say thanks for all you guys and gals do for the folks who could never afford such beautiful homes. and not just on the dream and green home give aways but for all the giving hgtv does. i know someday will be my day but untill that time comes it still brings a smile to my heart each time one of these homes are given away. continue the blessings and always remember to pay it forward. jan from lecanto, fl
I am so excited and I have my bags packed, and just waiting for a East Coast experience, what a great design, style and love the location.
it looks great,I hope that I hope I have a chance to maybe to win it.Thanks Jean
Wonderful location, I love the plans already. I can’t wait to move out of Chicago and go green. Yes warm weather.
Looks like it gonna be a great house - and in a great location. Life could be a green dream in that house. I’ll be entering my name to win this house, along with millions of others. Whoever wins it, will be one lucky person. Good luck ya’ll
I live in Massachusetts and have always dreamed of living in the beautiful state of Florida. Right now I am living in an in-law apartment with my son and his family. I am so sick of winter weather and this home would be a dream come true. I know this is a shot in the dark but it doesn’t hurt to try.
I came upon your site when visiting the HGTV home in Sonomo California. I have to say the Green Homes are becoming extraordinarily popular these days. When I saw it was in St. LUcie Fl., it was very exciting for me. You see I have very close family living there for quite a few years now who are very dear to me. I know this may sound very selfish, but I would be so ectatic to win this home! Good luck to everyone though. Thank you, Dee
Great job, think it is better then the one here in Bluffton SC or Hilton Head SC. Drove by it everyday with hopes it was mine.
We all would love the opportunity to win!
Keep the green………….going and my hat off to all!
Kim
Bluffton, SC
I would this house that is readly to fall. down James a johnson
This home will be worthless in 10 years and 2 more degrees of global warming when the coasts flood.
The house is beautiful OMG i would love to live,entertain and have family visit ………The best i have seen yet…..
Great location and perfect for family and friends to visit and relax. This would be a dream for sure!
I’ve been to Tradition, Fl since 2003 when the entire town was flat without any building on it except the clubhouse. Since then, I’ve watched it mature in its development to a beautiful, family-oriented town for many to call home. In 2006, all of my plans changed, however, from moving into my home planned by Kennedy builders in Heritage Oaks because my 20-yr. old son passed away from a brain aneurism triggered by a grand mol seizure from epilepsy, then, my brother was killed in Iraq, & I was sick with a treatable form of leukemia. However, in 2007, God blessed me with my current beau & a handsome little boy, which is now 9 mos. old….we’ve moved across the country to be close to his grandparents….but, still long for our original dream of living & raising our son in Tradition, Fl, because of its diversity & quality school system. I pray for all whose made comments….that we all have some kind of wish granted us somehow by the Lord, Thanks & God Bless….Nita
Port St Lucie is nice but very boring for younger people. Not too many activities for 20-40 year olds. No upscale stores around, you have to travel to West Palm Beach for stores like Limited, Pottery Barn, Nordstrom, Bloomies, etc. There is a lot of crime, and always a lot of traffic on US1. Property taxes and home insurance are very high in this area!
Hello Jack, I just wanted to say you are a really great person to plan/put together the idea of a dream home with the help of all your co-workers. I am a #1 fan of HGTV. It is about all I ever watch. I dream constantantly of winning a dream home. I am very into decorating and just love the work in all the homes you all build. Many of my family members live in Fl. and I miss them very much. To be able to move near them would be phenominal. I know so many people need a home more than others, but the possiblity of winning a dream home, would be a dream of a lifetime. My home and family mean the world to me and to be able to share it with them would make me the happiest mom, wife and grandma of 5, in the world. Thanks, from a Ct mom, 48 yrs young. Dee Roman
Wow! Beautiful floor plan and location
Aloha,
Although I live in Hawaii it would be nice to have a second home on the eastern seaboard. Love the products that are used in the “green home” it would be nice to see myself in one. Thanks I’ve been a fan of HGTV for years. Mahalos Todd
My family moved from FL in 1964. Now I am 60 yrs old and would love to go back to sunny FL. Right now I live in cold, snowy CO. I still have alot of family in FL I would love to visit. Can’t wait to enter to win this home and have CO friends visit us. Great floor plan.
It looks like it will be a lovely house, and I am happy that you are teaching others how to “build green,” but why don’t you build one in Ohio? We have some beautiful lakes, since you seem to place all your homes near the water (oceans). It would be a good lesson to see how you’d build a home that would work well in an icy, snowy winter as well as in a hot, humid summer.
I loved the Green Home last year, and I love this one even better! My hubby grew up in Port St. Lucie, and my mother-in-law, and the rest of his family is still there! We’ve talked quite a bit about possibly moving there, wouldn’t this be the perfect opportunity! The home looks like it’s going to be beautiful, and Tradition is awesome! I’m entering!! Good choice HGTV!!
I think the Green Home in Port St. Lucie, is beautiful. I live in an apartment building in Brooklyn, NY for the last 30 years. I lost my son a year and a half ago and I would like to make a new start. Good work HGTV.
TRADITION LOOKS LIKE A FANTASIC PLACE AND THE HOUSE SO FAR, WELL IT LOOKS LIKE A GREEN DREAM COME TRUE.
WE CANT WAIT TO LIVE THERE!LOL
Again Florida! are you kidding that is the best place to live in USA. Love your houses
they are a dream come true. Keep up the good work, Love you all.
The first HGTV Green Home for 2008 was fabulous. I love to see the footage of the winner when they recieve this wonderful blessing. The location of the 2009 GreenHome is spectacular. HGTV homes just keep getting better and better. When I think they can’t get any nicer they prove me wrong. I’m excited about watching the developement step by step and wish all my HGTV sisters and brothers god luck on your entries to both the Dream Home and the Green Home.
this is totally awesome. what a blessing it would be to retire in Florida. This area is so beautiful.
I love HGTV! I have never been to Port St. Lucie, but compared to the snow that I see out my window, it looks wonderful. Having lived in the north for 61 years, I would love to move south since I am now retired.
It looks like the absolute perfect dream house. I love the big porch!
Have to go with tank less water heaters!
It’s a green home go Solar Power on some thing!
I pray that someone who truly deserves it gets this home. I also pray that it would be life changing in a positive way. I know it would truly be, life changing for my son and for me! Good luck to all of us!!! Who ever wins…enjoy!!
The house looks and feels wonderful. We live in New Jersey in a home with a similar layout! We call it a boomerang house. Ask a Feng Shui advisor about the layout, as I did. It confuses them somewhat. My Feng Shui advisor had to ask her master advisor; his suggestion was to divide the home into two homes for directional purposes. The rest flows from there…
My husband and I are dreaming of moving to Florida with in the next 3 years, after my daughter graduates college and my son high school. My grandfather always had a winter home in Miami and now my parents live in Pompano Beach 8 months out of the year. We are from the smallest state, Rhode Island, and right now it is so cold your whole body aches! We want warm weather all the time. On our last visit to Orlando and Pompano Beach we met a nice gentleman that praised the area of Port St. Lucie and told us when the time was right to look for a home there.I have been searching for homes there and then discovered that this is the new “GREEN HOME” from HGTV! YEAH! I will be entering everyday! Hope to see you in Port St. Lucie!! Pick Me to Win!
OOH It a dream come true Fla.,Walt Disney World., Sun, sand and suf and a great new Green home. WHAT MORE could a person ask for!! HGTV you done it great this time.
I can dream see you in the spring….
Debi
I have never owned a house, the green house is a dream house, its so so so beautiful,I can wait to enter, i do live in LOS ANGELES, but i do have a friends in florida, I do love HGTV.God bless all,and good luck!Tchau-Tchau.
I am so pleased that someone has been willing to go the extra mile to be earth friendly. I watch your shows daily, and love any changes that I can initiate in my home. We currently are living in a AZ mining area, and have to rent company homes. We have had to jump start our life 3 times due to economy and helping children. I would love to have this magnificent home for my family. My husband has had 4 heart attacks and 2 severe back surgeries, so a beautiful space to live and be close by in Charleston, SC. We love the water, sun, and what appears to be a friendly atmosphere in a family friendly town.
Opps, I meant to say be close to our Grandchildren in Charleston, SC. I wish everybody could look at the earth as wisely as you have come to do. What’s more you show us that it is not that difficult to initiate even small changes. Any changes elongate our planet’s useful lifespan. Your amazing!
Looks great! But another house if FL???
I would love to win this practical, environmentally constructed Green Dream Home! My family would be thrilled and we would love and cherish this home forever…..Whoever wins, I wish the the happiness and the best of that life has to offer in this wonderful home!
Sorry, some errors….but bottom line, good luck to you all!
I HOPE SOMEONE WHO REALLY NEEDS THIS HOME WINS IT…………LIKE MY SISTER AND HER DAUGHTER. SHE IS A WONDERFUL MOTHER TO HER KIDS,SHE ALSO HAS A SON WHO IS IN THE MARINES, AND THEY NEED A PLACE TO CALL HOME.I PRAY THAT THEY WIN IT……A BIG “A BIG THANKS” TO HGTV AND ALL THEY DO. GOD BLESS. BILLIE & JESSE GOMEZ
Take a look at Northern Michigan- please!
Love HGTV, Love the green home, and Love Florida!
I live in Edmonton Canada. It’s been about 30 below celsius, which is almost the same in Fahrenheit, for a month. I have never seen Florida, but I’m travelling to Cuba for one week soon. I would love to see your beautiful country. Can I enter too?
Close your eyes… envision your perfect sunset. The warm breeze blowing over your skin and digginf your toes into the sand…..,yes I live in Florida and I LOVE EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE and I love the idea of a green home. If you have never visited the state please do so, so much to see, so much to do. You could spent your whole life breathing in the…….. This is what life is all about, it is what we should be all about.
Oh, What a dream!
Wow! How lucky can a person ever be?! HGTV is the best at what they do! This is life changing!My husband, son and of course, my self…we rae ready!
This home is going to be so beautiful as they always are. Port St. Lucie is beautiful. I couldn’t be more happy about your location choice. I live in Port Charlotte,Florida and could never go back to the COLD up North. I will be entering every day!
South Florida is Perfect! I would love to win this “affordable” home. I can not believe people would complain about living in paradise or winning a free home. I have a suggestion for you. Don’t register to win it. It will give me a better chance. I would be so thankful.
Love the location - love going green.
I have trouble going up and down stairs,
do you think you will someday have a ranch
home without stairs, or with an elevator?
Be still my beating heart, let it be mine!
Loved the first green home. My husband and I have been exploring Florida and this site looks like a great location.
Wouldn’t miss watching HGTV for anything.
My son lives there, It would be great to have a home near him again.If I don’t win the dream home this is my next chance at winning a beautiful home designed by HGTV. the greatest!
WOW…unimaginable!! Everything about the dream house,its location, the green house,beautiful decoration is all spectacular.The best thing is the way HGTV team searches these gems in the beautiful places which are never heard off.Its like a perfect movie location…with jack on horseback…the breezy wind blowing on the face or having fun with youu family in the sunny florida sand and sun!WHAT more do yo want
WOW I am all out of words.Its truely a dream and its really a dream to own this…just hoping I can enjoy this dream to live with my family! Hey HGTV team thanks for all the efforts without which whoever the winner is cannot enjoy that luxury you guys put have together for some one to enjoy for the rest of their lives!
I like others cross my fingers toooooooo
Every year, I enter HGTV and by the grace of God. I pray I get this one. Can you image an Island girl from Maui, who moved to Delaware and won a home she can call her own in Florida? It would only happen in America at HGTV. I am an addict to your show and product ideas. Its better than apple pie. Aloha from an Island Girl at Heart -
Wao PSL great city growing incredible and improving by the day. For one of the commentators above, there is the new St. Lucie West which offers a great down town area. Love PSL! I presently reside in Hobe Sound, about 15 miles from there. Would not that be incredible!!!!!
Florida is still one of the half dozen states that still have no state income tax. That is a big pluss..
It has lots of sun, some rain, a little wind and a whole lot of people that come for vacations and to retire… Should tell you something right there…
We love it…
First of all i would like to win this house because me and my husband cannot afford a house like this. We are living in a moble home and it really could use some fixing, the carpets is bad the walls is ratting.But if someone out there story is worster then mine…then let him or her win. Thanks HGTV for doing a great job… and good luck to the one that win.
I have spent the last 4 days shoveling snow and chopping ice to get my driveway and sidewalk passable - Florida sounds just fine to me! Please, please, please!
Oh my Gosh I would love to win this home,the rest of my family lives in Florida an I’ve not been there since in the 70’s.I love Florida would be close to my step grandson..I can’t wait to start signing up for this one,I know you all will do a great job an pray I will be the winner of it lol.. my tv is on HGTV all the time…I would love to get to live back in Florida again so I would be close to what family I have left …GO HGTV ….
i would love to see a log cabin tucked away in the mountains somewhere other then colorado ( i’m not a broncos fan) maybe the hills of tennessee
Love the warm southern homes. Will retire in a few years,we want a home somewhere along the southern coast. Why don’t you build a home that the winner can afford to keep?
WOULD LOVE TO LIVE IN THIS HOUSE.I HAVE SOME BREATHING PROBLEMS AND EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS HOUSE AND LOCATION WOULD BE GREAT.
MARY FROM TENNESSEE
I am thankful to have been reminded to enter again this year for such an incredible opportunity to try to win this amazing home and change my families life after such a trying year. May all the luck be with us, we so need a change in every aspect
Not a good sign, always always seem to come up a day late/dollar short. But I’ll never give up!
Who could ever be bored in Florida? I miss living there so much! The home is beautiful too! I could push solar parking lots down there - no problem. I’d love living across from the old homestead (Tampa Bay) again!
HGTV YOU NEED ME to WIN this totally amazing Green Home!!WHY?For many reasons.One being,I will be the most excited,articulate& the most appreciative winner you ever had! Which would make your best show ever! No offence to some past winners,but,they are kind of lame & don’t appear to be appreciative.I live with my 79 yr old Mother & my brother,John, who was injured in a diving acccident 30 yrs. ago, which left him paralyzed from the chest down.Mom is his sole caregiver since day one.It’s getting much harder for both of them as they are getting up in age.My dream is to get them out of cold NJ & go to FLA.My son,Fred Gall, a Pro Skateboarder lives in Miami Beach.Our lives would be much better for us to be closer to him & to be in the beautiful warm weather of FLA.Mom dedicated her whole life to care for my brother,& no one deserves this amazing, perfect green home more than she!Please, help me make this dream come true.No one will be more greatful then us! Truly, JoAnne Bodo
LOVE IT, WANT IT, AND I WILL WIN IT….
love the Home !!!!! and Port St. Lucie !!! my son moved back to Florida, and quess where he lives ???????
How ironic, his Dad passed away this past May, he left Florida and moved back to N.Y near me. Missed Florida and went back down this past October. and now he lives in Port St Lucie. I’d love to win. I want Green !!!
I think it’s great the home is going to be green. I hope the homes in the future will be very handicap friendly not only for myself with Multiple Sclerosis, but for all potential winners. It would be great if each year a different state be chosen. I do hope if I am not chosen that someone in need is. God Bless and keep safe all of our men and women in uniform and their families.
I love living on the water I love to live in florida
Love the home. I am so into going green. When can we enter?
Incrediable home. This would be a great retirement home for my family. Great job HGTV!
the homes you give away are absolutely amazing. what an awesome gift you give to people. my question is, you accept online registration as well as mail in ones, how do you pick a winner among computer generated ones versus physical ones?
ALL I CAN SAY MY GOD MY GOD AND HOPE
Port St. Lucie is a decent town for working people with families looking for an area with low crime (Port St. Lucie used to be ranked in the top 10 safest cities in America) and good size houses for families.
The area has grown a LOT in the past 10 years. Speculators came and overbuilt, leaving the city reeling from foreclosures, but if anyone is seriously thinking about moving to Florida (even if you don’t win the dream home), take a look around sometime. The housing is very affordable these days!
The city is huge land wise….something like 75 square miles… Your experience in one part of the city may be entirely different if you go somewhere else. It’s quite sprawling, but there is a lot of natural beauty, especially by the water. If you’re ever in the area, take a good look around!
Best of luck to everyone!
When will we be able to enter?
Wonderful Port St. Lucie…just the place we would like to retire! Family close and college friends still there. Can’t wait to enter!
The Green Home and Dream Home have been great idea’s.It’s fun entering and maybe one day be a winner
I love yall Green Homes and hope i win this 1 i will give my mom my house to take the stress off her or my sis so she can get out of section * and get her kids back she needs help. I am going to enter everyday hope im the winner so i can help my family.
We will like to win this house because we would like to move to a warmer place due that we like in chicago were the winter are very cold. What a better place than south florida to move to, specailly such a nice beautiful house like this.
Would winning this beautiful cost me any money once I claim it? Someone please show a response! Thanks.
I hope I win, My 4 children and husband would love to move to Florida. I am disabled and it would be a perfect place to bring up my children and to spend our life. Florida is perfect.
Getting close to retirement, what better place than florida where a green home in a year round tranquil community with flowers and green going hand and hand.
PORT ST.LUCIE IS BEAUTIFUL! I AM FROM PA. WHERE IT IS COLD. MY SISTER LIVES IN SARASOTA AND I LOVE IT THERE AND I COULD BE CLOSE TO HER. I AM WIDOWED WITH TWO TEENAGE GIRLS AND FLORIDA HAS ALOT FOR THEIR FUTURE AND FOR THEIR EDUCATION. THIS WOULD MAKE US HAPPY FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES AND I KNOW IT IS GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL . JACK IS BACK AND IT IS GREAT! GREAT JOB!
Try Arizona next time. Keep it the below a million dollars so alot of people won’t be so afraid to enter and win. It is a little daunting to read the rules of these giveaways and realize what happens when one does win. I would love to win but would be hard pressed to come up with cash to cover the taxes be it ever so small.
All your homes are beautiful and I would live in any one of them, thanks for all you do to help us and our homes look beautiful all the time.
Response from anyone who may have any idea if any out-of-pocket expenses from the winner after winning? I feel that NOTHING IS FREE!
Hilton Head and now Florida, both beautiful locations however it makes one wonder if it’s possible to have a Green Home in the Northern part of our country.
“I sure am glad you picked St.Lucie Florida.” My Sister lives there and I hope we win so we may live in the same town.”
“Thanks for reaching out and Improving peoples lives, along with the country we call home.” “Signed, Michael from Texas.”
All I can say is WOW! We have been to Port St. Lucie several times visiting family. It is a beautiful area. We would love to live there.
I love the floor plan! The sliding wall that opens on to the screened porch is awesome. The open plan is great for entertaining. The tower provides a place for the hot FL air to go; is there a device that opens the windows up there? Speaking of windows, I noticed that some on the sketch aren’t marked on the floor plan. I’m really hoping that includes access from the master to the porch, and a window in the guest and study. I know it’s got to be green and efficient, but…..Also, I like the closets before the master bath. My husband and I have that now, we just put 8′h sliding (mirrored) doors, to keep it from feeling dark, on them. Just a suggestion for those that didn’t like the design.
You guys are doing such a terrific thing, building homes, green and dream, giving them away, you and your sponsors. Thank you so much! It brings smiles to so many faces, hope into so many lives, even if it’s just for alittle while. Good luck and good health to all. Cindy
Hey Guys, This is msy house. My sister lives in traditions and I promised her I would win this house. You would not want me to break my promise would you? LOL. WAHT A dream come true if this could happen. I would give my currant home to my Grandaughter and her 3 children, It would make 2 dreams come true. Sometimes Prayers come true!!!!
Only in America! Thank you for giving all of us a chance to win. It would be so awesome to win!!!
Great House, Great Location. I visit my daughter often in Port St. Lucie. Would love to win this house. I would give it to my daughter and her fiancee as a wedding gift. A green home would be perfect for them, on trash day they have more recycling than they do trash.LOL
My family would really be very very grateful if we could have a chance at winning this beautiful home. We live in a modular where its very old and the floors are falling in and walls and ceiling are starting to leak water through them. I pray for my family to have this chance to live in a dream come true home for us. Good luck to all!
I WOULD LOVE TO WIN THE GREEN DREAM HOME! I LOVE WATCHING HGTV EVERYDAY YOU GUYS DO A AWSOME JOB! I LIVE IN CHANNELVIEW,TX AND I PRAY EVERYDAY THAT IF I WIN THIS HOUSE IT WOULD CHANGE MY LIFE IN A POSITIVE WAY. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK HGTV,GOD BLESS ALL OF US AND GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!
Port St Luci, Would be a wonderful place for me & my wife to retire to. We are tired of cold Illinois winters.
I love the opportunity to view these videos of your Green Homes..very nice.
I live in Penna. at present and would just be so happy to change my living habits, by moving to a much warmer place, hopefully one of your Green Homes in Florida..It is just me and my beautiful Chow Chow Mei Ling, as hubby passed away 4 years ago. I love to cook, and would appreciate an energy efficent home. I would like to win one of your homes, as it would be fantastic to fall in love with a treasured Green Home. I also would line up all of you guys to share my recipes..it would be special moments as I cook healthy foods, so the Green Home would fit purfect for my Chow Chow and me. Thank you for allowing me to share my comments.
Since my husband passed away in November, my daughter has been trying to get me to move to Fla. She lives near Cocoa, but with her growing family doesn’t have room for me and my “stuff”. I would love to relocate, be near her and my grandchildren and I know there are lots of places for me to apply my chef’s training in the area. The place so far, sounds great!
im wondering if this green home will actually have useful family space -in all the past dream/green homes there has only been 1 childs room and a guest room- seriously who can have a guest suite when most people in america have big families and need more space for their children and a place for storage which i havent seen unless ive overlooked it - i think they next dream/green homes to be made to suit a typical family what one uses everyday
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWW This house will rock BuT it should be bigger!!!
I LOVE YOUR NEW GREEN HOME-I JUST LOVE TO WATCH ALL YOUR SHOWS AND I COME AWAY WITH SO MANY IDEAS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING EVERYTHING WITH SO MANY YOU ARE SO HELPFULL
Ditto”"”"”"”to Marie Miller`s commits!!We retire next year(2010), and wouldn`t it be great to have a second home in Port St. Lucie, Fl.!!~And in a Green Home at that!!My sister lives in Winter Haven, Fl., so it would be wonderful for us and the grandchildren, and families, to gather here at “reunion” times and regular times to visit!!!Gosh, I really would not know what to do if we won! My grandchildren would love Traditon Stadium, and we would love the walking/jogging tracks, and the shopping!It doesn`t have to be upscale shops, especially with the economy the way it is!!I have always wanted to live on the beach, since I was a kid, and one of the very first places that we visited (as I was a child),was Port St. Lucie.In fact, my family has a cute saying about me, regarding St. Lucie and my childhood. Ha!!Cannot wait to enter and throw a big soiree for us and our friends, because I know they would want to visit asap!!And it`s also great for our two shitzu`s!!! Regards, Paula
My husband and I would love to get any house that they could gift to us. We are adopting some children from the foster care system who needs a forever home and we would love to move them into a house, instead of our apartment. I’ll definitely be entering everyday!!
WOW: What a great house, It’s exactly where I would like to spend the rest of my life.
I am winning this house..
Retirement would be sooner rather than later if I could win this beautiful home..
I will be visiting my Mom in FL in April, looking forward to seeing the home. Can’t wait to hear about all the high tech ways this home helps the environment. Exciting!
I guessed where it was at the last minuet and guys what a beautiful job you all done, maybe some day I might be the next winner, my wife and I would just love it concidering it’s in a warm place for her.
Beautiful job you guys, use to be in construction myself but incirred an accident, boy I would sure like to win the next going green house in a warm place my wife would be so thrilled. Guys, just keep up the good work. And we owe the sponcers a world of thanks for their role in it.
I watch the dream home each year we enter each day , I can see myself in all of them we, love Florida took our first vacation there last year, It is all in Gods hands,. thank you for thinking of his earth.
I just took the 90 sec. tour. The home is beautiful, just right for the average family to live comfortably in a beautiful location. All the rooms are beautiful,and yet they seem to be made to live in, and not just for show. I would be honored to live in such a home. I hope whoever wins this home enjoys it as much as I have enjoyed touring it. Thank you for the experience.
OK!. let’s all forget about winning this home, it’s mine!!!!!!!!!!!!
u never know
A dream come true,I’am retired and to wake up in this house every day,I just can’t say enough to what I and my children would feel. They say dreams do come true,I can only pray!
This Home is absoulty wonferful. It would be my drem come true!! The dream Home
My husband and I sold our Midwest home and moved to Florida last summer. We have rented a house while we search for the area where we’d like to live. After seeing the Port St. Lucie area on HGTV, we have decided that it is the perfect place for us! We are excited about following the progress of the beautiful HGTV Green Home, because helping to preserve the environment is very important to us. Thank you so much for the information about Port St. Lucie, and we look forward to entering the Green Home contest!
I haven’t lived in a house since I got divorced 20 years ago and it would be my dream come true if I could win this beautiful home and retire. There is nothing more beautiful then living near the beach. You guys are outstanding, awesome, & the best!
Oh what I wouldn’t give to win this one, sight unseen. I used to live at the ocean in Southern California, I’ve been away for 6 years, now its unaffordable. I’m a water person and Port St Lucie sounds like a dream come true!!!!!!!
What a fabulous home! It would make a wonderful “getaway”, for all of our family and friends!! GO GREEN!
We bought our home in tradition, FL just two years ago this month. We love it! I hope I win this home, so I won’t have far to move haha!
Wow the house looks fabulous, great job Jack. I can’t wait to enter the sweepstakes to WIN!
I LOVE THIS HOME AND I PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS THAT I WOULD WIN THIS HOUSE. I WOULD LOVE TO LIVE IN SUNNY FLORIDA INSTEAD OF THE COLD NORTH COUNTRY WITH MINUS 35 BELOW ZERO. I WOULD HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS VISIT FOR A GREAT GETAWAY! WE LOVE TO FISH AND WALK THE BEACHES. GOING GREEN IS A GREAT IDEA!!!
Oh! I love where I live, here in Florida; the beaches, the people, the shopping. What else I can expect than to have my dream home here in the sunshine state but also want and I’m willing to have my dream home in Sonoma, California since I have all my sisters and brother living there. Wow! I’m so excited and go green too.
I am excited to see another in florida. This has always been my dream place to live. My husband says it is the only state he would actually move to with me. Since I have not won in the past I hope to do better this time. Good luck to everyone though, it will be awsome for who ever wins, I can’t wait.
This looks like it is going to be a fabulous home. I would love to win this home for my husband ,daughter and self. We lost our home in 2006 due to my husband’s illness. This project has really made me stop and think about what I can do as one person to help our world. The house is gorgeous!!!!
Simply great choices - simply! All around good choices!
It would be my husband and I dream come true.He is a veteran and this is great place for him to relax.
I hope this area is a good area for re-sale, since the winner generally sells the home to build one in the area of their choice.
I had heard that Tradition was not economically the best place for re-sale value.
Is this true, is Tradition having a hard time selling their lots? I really hope not, but one of the bloggers from there said that this was a poor choice, and if they live in the area they should know what they are speaking about.
I would sell and build near my children and grandchildren, here in the west. Mine would still be a green home, one built with hay bales.
Have you ever thought of building with hay bales?
I love the west and I could never move far from my family, I would build a home big enough to house us all!
My best to you all, and I do so enjoy entering this contest and dreaming about all life’s possibilities, if only…….
I have been watching the show for some time, and have done many things that have made improvements. in and around the house, especially if it pertained to being eco friendly or reduce monthly expenses.after my fiancee was diagnosed with breast cancer and currently undergoing the final phases of radiation treatments. reading all literature on the effects that exposure from the many things in ones house may contribute to illness and even cancer so when i heard hgtv was doing this green friendly house i just had too see if i could enter to win to pay it forward by showing her just how happy I am to be with her by giving her a new house when we get married.
Love, Love, Love this home and this site. Is perfect, especially with being able to walk into town.
Love the location of this home. It would be ner my sister and 90 year old mother. Love the ocean and the weather in Florida! I would love to win this house.
It’s great. Especially due to the fact that we are planning to retire soon. May we are planning to look at this area. Also visit our son and family which we haven’t seen in two years. We are looking at places in Florida. This home would be a dream come true.
This home would be so WONDERFUL for my husband and I. He suffers from S.A.D. and clinical depression. This would be so great for him to have sunshine all the time and be close (but not too close) to family.
We both love to fish and love being near the water.
We have family in Englewood and Port Charlotte.
Iam ready to become a permanenrt snow bird. I am visiting my son in Sunrise and do not want to leave.
I am in love with this home. I am an avid fan of the HGT V house hunters. I know how difficult it is to find the perfect home. The green home speaks to all of my needs and dreams. Plus it is in the perfect location. I would move to Florida in a heart beat.
I would love to move to Florida!! After living in Michigan for the last 19 years with all this snow and cold temps. I need a new start on life. I need the heat and sunshine. Love to get a tan. HA HA.
I woould love to live in Florida. The wheather would help my chronic disablities.
Oh what a God sent prize this would be.
St. Lucie os a lovely place. I love the water and beaches this would be like a dream come true for my husband and myself. I have always dreamed of living on beach front property and if was to win this I would find some way to give back like the way I was taught from the bible.
Thank You,
Kathryn
This would be a dream come true for my husband and me. This is a fabulous home and anyone would love to own a home like this. I just hope and pray that this will be our time. I have been trying to win since you started building these homes.What a great thing you are all doing for people to have a chance to have such a wonderful home…..
Fantabulous! Sun, Scenic and Serene! with the added bonus of being Green! That’s as good as it gets! I can’t wait to watch the build. Thanks HGTV! Your Green ideas have inspired me.
HGTV needs to build a green home in California!!
It looks AMAZING… if you haven’t looked at 2010 yet, you might consider Albuquerque, NM!
THIS IS TRULY A DREAM COME TRUE
AMAZING I WISH I COULD WIN THIS DREAM HOUSE I JUST LOVE IT….
GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE PARTICIPANTS
For those who lost so much due to the bad economy, winning the house is our most redeeming gift of life. There is nothing more rewarding in this world than being remembered that we too need a good place to live to truly be back to the race of man.
May the winner remember those who are less fortunate even in prayers alone.
Dreaming is free. So i dreamed it everyday, watching this beautiful
house in HGTV green home in Sonoma California..
I have to say that while I am reading these comments it is upsetting to see alot of people thinking they deserve a free home because they are sick or handicapped in some way. Please, any of us human beings would love a free home, none of us deserves a free home we are all in the same boat for crying out loud. At least most of us who enter contest like this are. We struggle daily with our own needs financial hardships, Phyisical hardships, mental hardships. Yes some of us are in worse situations than others but life is not easy for anyone. I just wish people would not use a sad situation to try and gain what they think is a sympathy vote. Just say it like it is you want to win. Then if you win you can tell your sad tale and hopefully the new home you win will change your life and the life of those you care about. This is not Extreme Home Make Over House Edition… This is just one awesome Green Home Sweepstakes giveaway… I want to win just because I do!
All of the houses you have done are awsome. I dont really have a preference to where they happen to be built. I really hate where I am at right now. My family has recently all moved in together with me and my Daughter and my house is way too small . At this time winning a house is the fastest way to get more space for all of us. I will enter all untill I win one. Although I will miss the Mountains When I do.
I often wonder what it would feel like to
win something, anything, or maybe even this
house.
All the homes have been fabulous therefore I know this one will be absolutely gorgeous, fit for royalty.
My husband is a die-hard Mets fan & this will be a wonderful surprise for him when I win the Port St. Lucie home. He can take our grandchildren to watch his Mets train for the World Series.
I hope & pray that I win this home but it’s God’s will not mine.
Good Luck to All !!!!
I hope someone who is in desperate need and deserving of something like a miracle to happen to them like a change in luck and wins
this home.
I’ve just won the lottery and this home is the perfect spot for me to live and not have to spend a dime on the house and fully enjoy the rich life. Now I can look for a yaght to purchase also enjoy sailing! I am so lucky!
Wow! The Green-home is especially exciting for me as a science teacher. I used your website as a major resource for teaching my Environmental unit last spring. What a great source of information. I’d like to get one of the episodes to show to my science students as well. Please contact me with contact & pricing information. I’m so hoping & praying it will be my name that it chosen this year. Does anyone know what the taxes are on the place? I wonder if it would be more than my annual salary as a teacher? Hmm…
This house would be the perfect set up for my nieces and nephews. I would be a great begining for then in a place that I’m sure they would love. I can only hope and let God do his means. But I love it !!!!
Wow… Can’t wait to enter…Hope to have my dream of owning my own home for the first time ever come true in 2009.
florida!!! i just escaped florida 3 yrs ago! why florida??? why not new england, or somewhere else in the northern part of the country…there are tons of states that haven’t had a dream home, blog cabin, or green home.
I love Florida, as you can see from my email address. The temperature is -9 at the moment here in Ohio and with my health issues, Florida would be the ultimate location. Not to mention that my son and siblings are all in Sarasota! This is an amazing location!
It is a blessing knowing that there is people who cares.there is no one really lucky is just being blessed.and knowing that the american way is the only way.God bless America.
FLORIDA! WOW! I LIVED NEAR SPACE COAST FOR 22 YEARS! IT HAS IT ALL, SUN, WARMTH, FRIENDLDY FOLKS, FISHING, FOOD, FABULOUS BEACHES, AND LOVELY HOMES. WHO WOULDN’T WANT TO LIVE BY THE BEAUTIFUL, WILD AND WONDERFUL ATLANTIC OCEAN?
Can’t wait to see the green home this year and dream and hope it could be mine. Please, let me know as soon as I can start registering for it to be mine, all mine. Since I already live in Florida outside of Tallahassee, I wont have far to go.
This home is perfection personified. I can’t imagine it not being a dream come true for any one, it certainoy would be for me! And who wouldn’t love living in the beautiful ‘Sunshine State’!
NICE!!! WOULD BE PERFECT FOR ALL,INCLUDING MY FAMILY!
Port St. Lucie is perfect!! My daughter and her family are moving near there next month! What a beautiful area. Can’t wait to see the finished product.
I have always dreamed of relocating to Florida. Whenever I visit Florida, I feel at home. My husband and I are planning to start a family and Florida would be perfect for us. It would be a blessing in the skies if we win the dream home. I am also a mets fan.
Florida is a great place to build a Green Home…Green homes in Florida are fantastic and make a lot of sense for the economy and for our future electic use. We do have a Nuclear power plant in Port Saint Lucie but going Green will reduce the need. I plan to visit the home that is just 20 minutes from me. A Green home in Tradition equals a masterpiece of building..
I would love to trade my Oregon beach for a warm Florida beach. Its a warm 63 degrees here today, two weeks ago it was snow on the sand. Would look forward to sunny days 90 percent of the time. The house well be beautiful, just as all of the Dream Homes have been.
Amaizing!!! so close to where I have resided all my life and a step away from my son and his family in Vero Beach, Fl. I can’t wait to start entering the give away and make this my dream home. I am sure it will be decorated beautifully!
I visited Port St. Lucie and you couldn’t ask for a better place to vacation, relax and retire!!! Would love to win this Green Dream!
Ok, I’m appreciative of such opportunities to win such magnificent houses offerred by HGTV Sweepstakes/contests.But, I have to ask and wonder if any of these places are able to be kept, maintained and lived in once actually won? It’s one thing to win the home of your dreams, but keeping it after taxes etc.? Perhaps better concept?
How about building a smaller version say around a 1500-1900 Sq. foot green home in the foothills of the mountains of NC so people like myself who enter sweepstakes could possible win something that they could pay the taxes on. I, like other middle class single folks would love to have a home and be able to really keep a home for ourselves, instead of having to always sell beenough cause you can not pay the taxes on a big home. I would love to enter a sweepstakes where a middle class person who works hard could just keep a beautiful place like this one.
I’m SO winning this. Positive visualization. I see me making dinner for my whole family and scraping up baby food off those gorgeous floors courtesy of my 10 mo old. It’s already mine!
OK Today is 5 degrees (-15 wind chill) in New England where I have lived for over 30 years. I was born in FL and now understand as I approach 50 why people flock to FL. WARMTH!!!! and GREEN!!! After living in a 100+ home new and green are a winning combination.
HGTV has done it again. This is going to be a beautiful home in a beautiful location Wow, I’m so excited to have a chance to win this eco friendly home.
I agree with Mark, most of us would love to own one of these homes but would not be able to afford it. The taxes and upkeep for we average people make it impossible to keep the property. How about rural Pacific Northwest,Northern Idaho or Montana?
would love to have a chance to win this beautiful house where I would finally have enough room to entertain more than 2 or 3 guests. This would be a blessing. It would also be the first time in my life that I won anything - Double blessing.
It is interesting that someone will give houses away. This is something for any one to look foward to.
Wow! What a beautiful place. I have never been to Florida and my brother just made Rescue Swimmer for the Coast Guard and chose to be transported there. How wonderful it would be to move the whole family there to be closer to him! Can’t wait to enter…GO GREEN!!! It’s going to be fabulous!
wow i cant believe that its in florida
Could they have made this more perfect!!?? A green home in an awesome place! I’ve been to many places in Florida, but not this place. It is just perfect. I want this home so very bad! You don’t even need to drive! You can walk everywhere! Good Luck Belinda! This would be great for you and your son! How fortunate and grateful for the person who actually wins this!
A new home, my lifetime dream, I have worked & struggled & scrimped & saved but have never managed to get it together enough to get a new home. There always seemed to be another crises waiting to be averted & the dream gets put off again. Maybe, just maybe it will be my turn.
I have seen the home and the layout is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!! I can imagine the clean crisp air blowing through my open windows. My children and mother sitting on the porch laughing. Just when you think that it couldn’t get better, theyr went GREEN!!! BEAUTIFUL, JUST BEAUTIFUL. Good Luck to the winner!!!
I want to move to Florida so bad that I can taste it. I worked in Florida for five months and woke to the sound of the ocean everyday and that beautiful sun rise. Since then I have dreamed of living there and having that experience every morning. Since I can’t afford to move there right now It would be perfect for me to win the green home.
I am disabled, I need to move somewhere warm so I am not is so much pain. I would die and go to heaven if I could live in this home
I could even take my 76 year old mom with me
How exciting. I think I would rather this one than the one in Ca.. We just happen to have a satellite office in Florida so a trandfer would not be a problem if I win!!
I want this home!! I am so near retirement, and so deserve it!! My dream is to retire in Florida, warmer weather and a beautiful site for all my grandkids to visit their Mi-Mi. Make it mine please!
Green homes are it. Let me in, pleeeze.
I’m planning to move my family to Florida and Port St Lucie sounds and looks perfect. Thanks HGTV for building the green home. Fresh air, exercise and perfect weather is great for us.
oh my gosh, I hope I winn, I will be praying everyday.
Why don’t you guys investigate building a greenhome in the adirondacks of New York state? I think it would be a great location with the experience of all four seasons. Maybe for 2010.
Great home! Great place! When will we be able to enter?
I would love to have a home on the Florda beach. If I win this home I problem wood faint
While watching your video of the first green home I noticed it’s not the family we saw win on HGTV TV is it because the young Girl could not come up with the Taxes? How much are the taxes on 2.2 mil? In case I win This March (09) I would like to know.
Wow! What a fenomenal idea. What a great home and place to live with family.
This house is a dream! Unfortunately it’s just a dream!
It’s unfortunate to see people whine about such an awesome home. A home you could WIN. Get over the fact it’s in Florida again. If you don’t want it, don’t enter. I WOULD LOVE THIS HOUSE.
I live in Port Saint Lucie and yes there is construction in Tradition right now but that’s because it’s expanding. I don’t think putting in a side walk makes it a horrible location. AWESOME LOCATION! I would love love love to win this home. My mom is right, on trash day I do have more recycling then garbage.
Hi mom!
I can’t wait to enter. It would be a perfect home for my fiance and I and our 6 month old son.
I don’t care what those people say about over doing florida, I just can’t get enough of florida. You guys made another great choice and I’m sure it will be a great home when it’s done. Can’t wait to see it develope and get a chance to hopefully win it.
I don’t care what those people say about over doing it with Florida. I just can’t get enough of Florida’s beauty. You can’t pick a bad spot to build a great green home.I’m looking forward to watching the house develope and get to enter and win.
Port St Lucie is perfect! I have retired to an apartment, but would love to have a green home. Life is pretty tough sometimes, so this would be wonderful new place to enjoy living green.
I’m extremely excited to see how happy the last owner was with her new home.
It is even more exciting for me to see the Green aspect being used more in home building everywhere. I hope that when it comes time for me to own a home these options will become even more affordable.
I always wanted to win the Dream Home. But if I were to choose I would choose the Green Home for myself and for anyone else.
I have never owned a home, and have been looking the last few years trying to figure out how to do so. Once I do I want to try and build Green. Not just for the sake of saving money but also for the eco-system.
So as it is, until this last year when the Green Home came out I didn’t even apply to win either home. I am glad to see this come about, and wish the best to everyone.
I envy the 2008 Green Home winner, and hope that she enjoys her time there with her family.
you always make a perfect dream house this will be no different. I love your shows and homes. I just hope some day I will be the Winner. Good Luck with the house and most important have fun building it. You have a great crew. Oh yea if I don’t win soon you can just send your crew to my home town and build my dream house. (like on their days off)ha ha!!!! Winnemucca, NV
This looks really good. I wish to see it done. I want to have a new house. That would be awesome. I really need a new house, mine is falling apart, and i need to go green. I wish to see it done!!! It will look wonderful!
i am sooooo excited to see the house all the way done. i can’t wait till we get this house…if its Gods will…which i pray it is
I love all of the HGTV Dream Homes, and I’m so glad that another one is being built in Florida. I can’t wait to see how you guys out-do yourselves this year!
I love this house and will be entering the sweepstake, I would love to be the winner of this Great Green House. HGTV has done a great job and pick a great location. My family would love this and enjoy the location.
It’s cold in South Dakota, this location and beautiful home should go to someone who’s weathered the midwest for the past 50 some years and never got to visit Florida. I’m ready to move. Could I be so lucky & blessed?
I claim this home in the name of JESUS, This house is going to be for me and my 5 children,Im so tired of renting houses. I want our own house now. Sorry everyone its ours. We claim it,I could just see us now. Thanks
We are retired baby boomers living our dream of travelling in our RV in Florida during the winter months. Having lived during a period of time when people were not concerned about the environment and having seen recycling efforts born to protect the environment for others, we are more concerned today that our grandchildren will have a better earth handed over to them. It is essential that people become more concerned about building eco friendly houses. We will be close to Port St Lucie next week and look forward to seeing this house. We love the beach and picture ourselves living there. Our RV will be for sale!
You finally found California for the Dream Home (just the wrong part)! Now let’s see if you can find the High Desert, maybe Boulder City, Nevada or even Henderson. Whats left of Lake Mead for water sports, seasonal weather, many types of activities for Families, Casinos for Wanna be Adults, Churches, Stores for everything under the Sun, (even many Factory Outlet Malls) Natural Parks and recreational areas, Mt Charleston for sking in the winter and cooling of in the summer! Why can’t those of us who love the Desert be on your list for the NEXT GREEN HOME???? Think OUTSIDE THE FLORIDA EMVELOPE for a change! I for one would never live where the bugs are bigger than I am and where the winds blow in circles!! I would like to live in a green home back where I love the weather and the amenities…SOUTHERN NEVADA!!!!! MY HOME!!!
Unfortunately I am LOST in IOWA right now, so PLEASE take me HOME! PLEASE.
Maggie B., Fenton, Iowa Bah Humbug
Southern Nevada, Boulder City or Henderson!
Give us Desert Rats a Green Home. We could never live in Florida since the bugs are too big and the wind blows in circles! We have everything here! recreation year round, seasons, shopping..To build Green Home here would give us and you a chance to brag! We seem to be forgotten! Remember Us Nest Time!
The Ocean is a wonderful place to build the Green Home. But the hurricanes in the Florida area conserns me. Have you ever thought about New Mexico, specifically the SW protion liken Silver City south through the boot-heal? Lots of sun all year round for solar power and great windmill power. No hurricanes, tornados, nor major snowstorms
I would like to win . it wuold make it easyer to care of mt dad ,that is86years old .that is anice area . god bless the wins
I agree with Sarah that New Mexico would be a great place to build a Green House for HGTV. I live in Angel Fire, a ski resort with great weather for both winter and summer adventures. New Mexico is also very eco-friendly. I look forward to being the winner of one of your wonderful homes.
The floorplan is wonderful. My husband and I are retired. We have always loved the idea of a master unit off to itself. Guests will be welcome but also have their own privacy. Sounds like a great town.
If we all don’t start thinking and living green, our earth will suffer the consequences. Let’s all do our part to save this beautiful earth we live on. We can live well and yet do our part to conserve. This home is a wonderful example of the future possibilities that lie ahead for all of us.
Looks beautiful!!
My winter dream spot.
I love this home even more than the Dream Home. The location is dreamland! The house is clean and smart. I am so wanting to win this house. I would relocate and get out of this teeny, tiny, incy, wincy “compartment” that my son and I live in. I have the living room–he has the bedroom. To live in a place that is roomy and in a location where the air is clean. I would never ask for another thing in my life!!! I WANT THIS HOME SWEET HOME!!!!
This is my small way of showing what I got from the history that was made today. I wish everyone the best….if you win this house may you enjoy it to the best of your ability. Just know that the hope we have to win this house is also the hope that we get from Barack Obama. God Bless.
Wow is about all I can say. This is fantastic.
Florida is a Great place to build a HOME
why not hawai’i?
OMG!!!! My moms dad and step mom live in Port St. Lucie, Fl! it’s so gorgeous and wonderfull i have been to the wonderfull beaches and resturants! we collect shells from the beach behind there house! It would be so awsome to suprise my mom with the house! we hardly get to see my grandparents & my moms mom & dad!
Please update me on when we can enter for the green home. I do agree it should be in a location that is not hot most of the season, maybe South Carolina or somewhere in between.
I lived in Miami, FL for 34 years and now live in Traditions, Port St. Lucie, FL (home of the next HG Green Home. I am probably 5 minutes away from the home and as far as this town goes, it is a great place to raise a family. Tradition has everything- a variety of shopping stores, great homes all around, and beautiful landscaping. The beaches are about 20 minutes away and a huge, brand new mall is in the making within this city (PSL).
I have been teaching here for the last 2 years and 10 in Miami but Miami, FL has gotten sooooo expensive that it was time to get out.
I wish everyone good luck and yes, I am entering too since I have been renting for a long time.
From the “Female Forrest Gump.” My spouse is still in the Marines, but this tired cop (age 32)is ready to settle down on the East coast of the U.S. I am looking into building a home based on my environmental background to include rainwater, recycled materials and insulaton, zero energy bills, etc. My heart has placed me in the law enforcement path (does not pay well) but I love what I do on a daily basis. The major cons is that I never see my husband or two kids. One of these days, I will own a home like this and have time to talk to my kids before they go to sleep everynight. One of these days, I hope to spend more than a couple months out of the year with my husband or actually be in the same country as my spouse for an entire year. We will sit in our eco-friendly home with all the windows wide open and enjoy our kids running around…nothing more.
By the way, we just moved from Japan. While living there, we recycled NINE different ways. By the time I pulled out my recycled materials there was almost nothing left in our trash can. I still recycle here and cringe on the thought of using styrofoam. I cannot convey how tiring it is trying to find a builder in NC (Currently living in VA)that does not smirk when I say I want to build green. They automatically start adding in extra expensive green options instead of cost-effective ones. I wish I could win JUST the green materials (solar panels, tank-less water heater, etc.) instead of a house…someone needs a home more than me out there.
I WOULIKE TO WIN THE HOME IN FLA I WOULD BE THE HAPPIEST PERSON IN THE WORLD.
I can’t wait to enter this sweepstakes. Every little detail is covered in this one. LOve it!!!
THIS IS A DREAM TO WIN THIS BEAUTIFUL HOUSE! AND IS IN FLORIDA, THE TROPICAL AND SUNSHINE STATE, IN PORT ST. LUSIE, WHERE I WOULD LOVE TO LIVE, EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS HOUSE IS PERFECT.!!!!!
I love this home. I have been planning to move back to Fl this summer and this would be PERFECT for us. I have family in the area and can’t wait to see the house.
I think the green home has a better location than the dream home. I do not know when we can enter for it. Any idea everybody?
If dreams do come true, this would be my road to joy and happiness…what a home!
I am uber excited!!! I curently live in Jax Florida, but would love to re-locate further south once I graduate nursing school. And the fact that it is a green home (something I have dremed of for years), makes it even better!!!
I cant wait for it to start!!!
Namaste everyone!!
Wow, this would be spectacular. A summer house. I will enter and hope for the best. If I win, wow! This would be beautiful and my dream summer place will be in place. Not too much to ask for. Benigna Marko
Yes I can!!!
I do see myself sipping on one of those fruity drinks in wonderful Florida. I love the fact that this home is GREEN!!!!
Awesome!!!!
We should start building more green homes. It’s good for the environment and heck it’s incredible.
I am a native Floridian and love it… Couldn’t have picked a better place!!! Bravo!!!
You really need to do a midwestern home! Would love to see a home in Wisconsin. So many beautiful places in the midwest too. Some people do like the winters.
HORSES!!! That means when I win I will be able to board my horse somewhere close by, like here in GA. I believe in dreams coming true…
I cannot wait to move in my new home…lol. It sure would be great to go green with HGTV! My family is there and our future, so to have a beautiful house would be great. Wish everyone could win!
Looks beautiful! My six kids would love a vacation home and so would I. Is it hurricane safe?
Please stop complaining that they are giving away a wonderful home, no matter where it is. One day you will be old, no longer able to shovel snow, that’s why so many people retire in Florida, near perfect weather - but hey, if you win, and can’t hack it, sell it and count your blessing.
Oh! this is my dream location! I would be happy to have a card board box just about anywhere in Florida, but St. Lucie makes it even sweeter. If I get out of school I want HGTV to desgin me a green home on the blue coast!
I cant wait to see this years house!
WOW. The area you have chosen is spectacular, for your 2009 Green Home. I can’t wait to see the home finished….Being from R.I. *I would love to be given a chance to be part of the Port St. Lucie community. It would be a dream come true for my husband and I.*HGTV we are such fans of yours. We would be so appreciative, excited & honored to expierence an opportunity of a lifetime by HGTV. This would be paradise..Give us a chance, you won’t regret it. God Bless!
I just want to enter the sweeps for this beautiful green home in that beautiful location and win!!!!!! I just love, love, love it all!!!!!!!!!!!
Well Said Karen, I to would like to win, just like everyone else. I have just seen the floor plans, which I might add are great!! Can hardly wait for more! I find HGTV a great source of information, Missed the first construction of the green home in Hilton Head, saw only the finished High Lites.. I will be Keeping a better watch on the Construction of this one.
Thank You HGTV and all your sponsers for giving,teaching, and intertaining your viewer’s.
I hope the winner gets a little more excited than last years winner. This had to be a big disappointment to everyone. It was a shame she couldn’t have shown some appreciation for what she had just won.
Green homes are certainly the way we need to go. However, in some areas it is difficult to find someone to do them justice. Your group does a fabulous job. I love the Florida area. The beaches and wildlife there have just as much to loose as any from our continued abuse. You go HGTV and keep up the good work. We appreciate all you do.
Maybe you will see me there. Best of luck to everyone.
Can’t wait to enter this contest….hgtv…thank-you for all you do…your are amazing ! You bring dreams to many people. Thanks, again
I can’t stop thinking about this beautiful home….If I won I would have to give back or help out as much as I could because if you extend a hand it returns back to you ten times over….Thanks HGTV for giving us hope and dreams…..your simply the best…I’m a huge fan….
It looks so warm in Florida. It is freezing in Maine. My friends would all love a place to visit rather than Hotel stays every time they plan a trip to Florida.
WOW!!! Port St. Lucie what a place. God willing we would have a beautiful home built by craftsmen who know how to build a beautiful home. May God bless all would like to win and for the special person who will win. Let us all have faith and wish the best for the winner.
I would love to live in Florida my son lives there, and it would be wonderful for my health, if I could do it on my own I would move there right now, but I can’t afford it being a widow on a fixed income. Please I must win this home it’s the most beautiful home I’ve ever seen.
Pick me! I have never won anything and what a start this would be! What a beautiful home. My dreams aren’t this good!
OMGoodness! We stayed home this year due to family issues!
We normally travel to FL for winter season near this! We were looking to sale our 5th wheel and buy down there since we can not take the COLD! This would have been our 11 winter down there! BRRRRR. OK were do we enter ? I am packing! LOL
I love the layout of this house and the fact that it is green. I really like the guest wing. That could be a rental income so some one retired can afford the taxes and the up keep, and still afford to keep the house. I would love to live there. I’m from Wisconsin where it is now -20. Florida sounds wonderful about now.
The wind is blowing, the snow is coming down, and I really would like to be in Port Saint Lucie near my Son!
Please, can I WIN!
JUST WHAT OUR FAMILY NEEDS! WARM WEATHER,A GREEN HOME,AND A BEAUTIFUL SAFE COMMUNITY TO LIVE! I CAN’T WAIT TO ENTER! HOW AMAZING,A HOME THAT CAN FIT ALL FIVE OF US AND SHARE OUR VISION OF HELPING THE PLANET! WILDLIFE WOULD BE WELCOME IN OUR YARD. OUR CHILDREN GET UPSET IF SOMEONE INJURES AN INSECT,OR TEARS A LEAF OFF A TREE! YOU ALWAYS FIND NEW INNOVATIVE WAYS TO GET US EXCITED! KEEP UP THE GREEN WORK!!!
Florida has great weather!
After many years of hard work, my husband has retired, only to find out that we are now both suffering with multiple age related illnesses…He is a caring and loving man doing alot around the house for me, etc. It would be just wonderful to retire in Florida near alot of family and friends.
Wow what a great place to live or should I say retire. My grandkids would love to visit me in Fl. I need to win, I’m cold here.
This house is going to be awesome, great location!
!!!!OMG!!!!! This is my Dream House and is in my Dream City !!!!!!!!!OMG!!!!! I can not believe this, I am looking forward to be the winner!!!! Thank you for allowing this sweepstake!!!!! OMG!!!!!!!! Please help me win this house!!!!
I have viewed the beautiful home from the cold state of Michigan. What a dream,and what better to do than dream.My late Mother taught me never stop dreaming.The past 18 years have been hard years for my Husband and I,we both lost our spouses and remarried and was able to find happiness and beat the odds to make another wonderful life for one another. He has been my support system as I cared for my Brother and Father during their time of bad health and we lost them both.Then he welcomed my Mother into our home and helped me care for her for 3 years, without him I would have never been able to do it.She is gone now but the past 17 months he has been in back pain because he had to lift my Mother off the floor 8 times in 2 days. I see him slowing down and it I see his pain daily.I would love for him to be able to enjoy the warm weather of Florida. So I dream. But most the most important thing is that God Blesses this home to some one in need. We have so many people in America today that don’t even have a home or a job.
I can’t wait to win this one, my in-laws live in Florida in the winter x. What a great location!!
I feel that all the dream homes should feature ALL that this country has to offer. It would be a dream if HGTV would go north, south, east, west, midwest, and even to Alaska (I see that you are considering Hawaii). A different part of the country each time. There is the Dream Home, the Green Home and the Blog Cabin plenty of opportunities. I personally cannot be in the sun for very long (skin cancer), so not everyone is a sun bunny.
I just hope that whoever wins this house really deserves it. I keep reading all the It’s mine it’s mine posts, does anyone ever think of someone else anymore? Mute question. I guess sacrifice and an attitude of gratitude of already having a roof over your head is non existent as well. I pray that who ever you are that you have worked hard all your life and made other people your priority and now it is your turn and when you win that you are the kind of person who thinks someone else who has less than you do should have won.
My children really wants this house because we live in Port Saint Lucie but in small apartment, they can wait to go see the house.
I CHALLENGE HGTV to design a NEW kind of house for a NEW kind of America. Enough of the McMansions! We love to see them but we don’t want to pay for them, maintain them, insure them, heat & cool them, and be house-poor paying taxes & mortgages on them. The economy has gone bust, and Americans everywhere are being forced to scale back their lifestyles. People need to start moving back into urban areas as the price of gasoline will surely rise again. We need to build real communities and neighborhoods again, where people aren’t isolated, and can connect with neighbors, watch each others kids & homes, and have a place where they “belong”.
Nobody wants ticky-tacky “builder bland” homes. I want efficient use of space with high end quality design. Show me an affordable “green” house for the average American that will hold up to the extreme weather in various parts of the country. Oklahoma need homes that can stand up to wildfires, tornadoes, ice storms, golf ball (softball) size hail, straight line 100 mph winds, and temps from 0 to 110. Design a house that can function without electricity and running water for a few days if you’re knocked off the grid involuntarily by a fire, hurricane or ice storm. A house that works in Oklahoma’s extremes would work in California, Colorado, Montana, Florida, Houston and Buffalo. Show me a new model for housing that will work in a rural tribal village or a reclaimed urban neighborhood. Focus on safety & sustainability while keeping it affordable for the average American household making an average 45K per year.
Get Creative! Look at historical styles that create safe, private spaces in high-population centers. Look at ancient Greek & Roman homes with high walls and interior courtyards, Pueblo Indian and Santa Fean styles with gated courtyards. Show me a style that can be built stand-alone, or grouped in a formation around a common “green” area that’s shared by residents, like a co-op. Show me a community area that can be fenced for privacy & security in reclaimed urban areas, landscaped with raised gardens, multi-use areas, recycling center, composting area, and a small community building that can be used by residents for large parties & double as a “safe house” in stormy parts of the country. Make it a huge contest between the teams with the best minds in interior design, architecture & landscaping today. Are you listening, HGTV? Lowes? Home Depot? Ikea?
I would love to have the house in FL. My daughter, Son-In-Law and grandson live in Port St. Lucie. It would be wonderful to be close to them. I have many health issues and the warm weather helps the pain tremendously. I will continue to dream.
WOW going green sure makes all other homes green with envy I bet, would be so stress less there I pray we win? but if not may whom ever does enjoy every green moment.
I would love to win a house in Port St. Lucie. My husband and I both have arthritis and it would be so nice to be where it is warmer. I now try to live green so a green house would be nice.
This is a Dream Home contest this house and location is a Dream for most. It would be a dream come true for me I hope I win. You never know! Thanks for the nice Dreams HGTV!
C
this is a cool and nice house byt i think that i like the dream home more because of the location and the floor plan but if that was changed a little it would be a really nice house!!
I Sooooo want to win this eco friendly home. I loved the one that was built in the carolina’s. It was my dream home. I would love to move back to the east coast to be near my family again. Pleeese pick my name for this home.
Who would not love to live in Fort Lucie?
We live in Colorado Springs and with my
pacemaker, defibrillator in place,newly
diagnosed with emphysema and pulmonary
hypertension, I still have difficulty
breathing in this altitude. We have friends
in Florida, and my kids and grandchildren
would love to visit me. Where is a picture
of the greenhouse?
I CANT’T WAIT TO SEE THE HOUSE FINISH, IT WILL BE A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE SPECIALLY BECAUSE i WANTED FOR SO LONG TO MOVE TO FLORIDA, BECAUSE OF THE COLD WEATHER HERE IN NEWARK, NJ
Today is a special day for me, 28 yrs ago a became a mother and expressing how I feel about that on the beach of Florida in St. Lucie would be a dream come true. The only thing is the economy is changing so fast for the worst people like me, things good don,t happen to, whom ever this house goes to please, enjoy and nothing but happiness to you and yours.
How about building a house in Michigan’s beautiful upper peninsula? It’s god’s country, you know!
I love the fact that you build these beautiful Dream homes and then to make them a Green Home is a bonus! I enter the sweepstakes because who know’s I might get lucky but for awhile it gives me the hope that my life might get better. Thanks for that hope.
Thank-You HGTV for all the great works you do with your programs and home GIVE-A-WAYS. It’s sad to say that most of the “comments” I’ve read are either sob stories, medical reports, novels or “why don’t you do this…”. I just wanted to say Thanks and will put my name in the pot for this home. It looks to be a great one as always! Love to all.
What a PERFECT LOCATION!! I can’t wait to enter to win my dream home so I can finally be reunited with my daughter who relocated to Port St. Lucie to teach!! Go Green!! I’ll be there!!
Beautiful! I hope the future will hold nothing but Green Homes. And perhaps built in states with no property taxes! Now THAT would be a good win!
Happiness and Joy , Vaction forever, Peace of mind, Retirement. Love location. Hoping to Win. Go Green, January 30, 2009 at 4:14 pm. Friday.
it looks wonderful i hope someone gets it that truly needs the space -single mom 30 year nurse just started a 30 year mortgage and so grateful to have a roof over our headsthis would be way more than we need .finally we are on our way for the first time in my 49 years i can plant flowers and move my furniture around i do it almost every week .i am a work in progress and finally alive !!!!!!My greatest blessing is my 16 year old daughter who through these last 4 years has never complained we had no kitchen no stove refrig sink etc for 9 months our house held us hostage for a day front door only one w a key wouldnt let us out pipes broke bath rooms broke you could look from the upstairs straight down to the cellar but what a blessing when we actually had a floor and then a sink and toilet in the sane room.we used to joke that each day we pray for our daily bread (no milk cause no frig )then when we finally got our kitchen what fun to buy 8 half gallons of ice cream could use some help with renovations but happy and blessed to have a home and flowers!!!! hopefully some deserving person will make this there home as well
Oh!
Port St. Lucie really IS a dream, and having this home there was the perfect choice.
I have a lot of family that lives there and visit at least once a year, sometimes twice.
My son will be going to College there in Sept 2009-2010 also!
Great choice
That house is extraordinary ~ I can see myself moving in…
Thank you HGTV - GO GREEN!
I am glad HGTV is going to instruct the USA public on green home building. The main problem I see as it not really serving as a great example of how to build green - being in Florida. As we all know they don’t have much of a winter, so a temperate climate would be more instructive since our issues are a lot tougher. It is much harder to heat and cool here in middle america so next time make the Green Home an example for the masses.
How exciting! I cannot wait to see how everything turns out. I would love to live in a green home!
Thank you for building this one! Finally one in a place where i can live!!
I never liked port st lucie. Lived there many times but mostly lived in Jupiter where I am now but I can definately stomach the 30 min commute and the boringness of the town just to live in a beautiful green home!! Thank you HGTV. Maybe this one i can win 
I bet my son would love to have any house right now. About to be without a job, and I am currently using my pension check to help keep a roof over his head by helping pay his rent. If I win this house I will give it to him to live in if that is allowed. It would give me back my life to know he would have a place he could call his own.
Terrific, outstanding home!
My quote for today -by Eleanor Roosevelt:
” The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ”
Thank You! - HGTV for this beautiful dream!
What a beautiful place… Perfect as far as I can tell… I’m entering to win this one … There is room for ALL the visitors and relatives that will be coming to visit… Perfect for grand kids and great grand kids too!!!
I love that your building this Greenhome in Port St. Lucie. My family has all moved to Port St. Lucie this winter 2008, and we are planning on looking for a home down there in the fall of 2009. Who knows, we might just win this one. Wouldn’t that be awesome! What a coincidence this home is in Port St. Lucie. Can’t wait to see the finished product. I know it would be perfect for our family..Karen Klaffka, Hamburg, New York
Going green is easier than most people think –and our planet depends on it. I am so glad that hgtv shows this is possible. This Green Home sets an example of how to live responsibly. It is such a beautiful home, and I believe more homes will convert to green and be built in a green fashion. Thanks hgtv for setting a standard.
To lee l. the nurse and single mom.
I am in the same boat. I live in a tiny apartment to save as much as I can. I dream of the day I can call the roof over my head “mine.” You have inspired me today! I sure would love to live in a green home, and even if I don’t win, I am shooting for making my new home as green as possible. I am so happy that you have your own home. How wonderful that must feel. God Bless You and yours!
Only one question. What’s wrong with Nixa MO?? We could use a green home here with our winter temps. I am 78, on ss income & I dream of a home with solar panels, air tight doors & windows etc. I recyle faithfully & get free compost for my efforts from the city of Nixa.I use the free compost gratefully in my veg/flower garden but could sure use a break with the utilities.Any one in our area would love to continue an on going blog with the rest of the world about the benifits of living in a green home in our midwest (low winter temps/high summer temps).Who knows it might influence more builders to go green around here. I know when I win the power ball I am going to build my green home. I need to go now, it’a Sat & I haven’t bought my ticket yet.Thanks for letting me vent,& again I say,THINK NIXA!
you mean Port St. Lowsy?!
just kidding i am very excited about this new green home and cant wait to enter!!!!
love the location of this green home. i am disabled and retired and boy it would sure be nice to win this. get me out of of these cold cold minnesota winters, would do my health a world of good.
Goooooooooo Green. I love the house, you did a great job.
I love Florida.
I love you GHTV.
I hope i can win this home.
Florida is the best place on earth. Thank you for building it here. I just know, i will win it.
Wow! That is sooooooo awesome that they make houses like that! That is what our planet needs right now! Too bad they cant make more houses like this! The earth would be happier! =)
Perfect HOME !!
No matter where is the location, is so cool, I can live in that House even if they buil it at ALASKA hehehe
But Florida is more than perfect
Wonderful floor plan! Would love it! Having two sisters that can’t do stairs and being a care giver for my mom this floor plan is perfect. Everyone on the same floor, warm weather and beautiful area to live. My only change would be to do pocket doors for the jack and jill bath. When can we move it?
I love the wings of the floor plan, it reminds me of my girlfriends grandma’s house we would go visit her as kids great place to run around, hang out and relax, great memories. NICE JOB!
Wonderful, that is exactly what we need to do, so we can restore the environment for the generations to come. And I know; it will be mine. Just kidding!
OMG! can’t wait to see the finish products, all the designers are so incredibly amazing, what a wonderful way of art!
I’ll ver entering as soon as is up, my husband would love to fish around there while me aand the kids enjoy the beach!
Good luck to all!
Most of us can only dream of such beauty & luxury. The desinger of this home and everyone envolved in it’s creation has completely outdone theirselfs!!
This home has been in my dreams since forever. Do dreams really come true. I know they do. Everyone is invited to my house warming!!
Myra
OK, and now who is going to insure the Florida house?? The major insurance companies are getting out of Florida because the risk is so great. I have to say I will probably sell it as soon as I win it. Positive thinking, huh!
Woohoo!!! Another Green Dream Home!!! Port St. Lucie is a great location. Can’t wait to see the inside and out! Go HGTV, you guys are the best!!! I think I wouldn’t mind relocating to Port St. Lucie!!! Pick me, pick me!!!!
Beautiful!!! The floor plan looks wonderful. I’ve never visited the area, although it looks wonderful, something for everyone. And the fact that it’s green is the icing on the cake!! One can dream, right?….
They’re having a green expo in our area this weekend, and it’s all very exciting. We recycle (obsessively) and do what we can, but here in Texas the green building is hugely expensive, especially out in the country. We recently went from a 2 income family to 1, so we won’t be coming up with $ for any green changes soon, as we had hoped to do.
I guess the only solution is to win the green house in Florida so we can seriously go green!
Hooray for HGTV, way to go!
I love the Port St. Lucie area. Please tell me when I can start registering to win; and sorry folks this is going to be my dream house - I’ve never won anything - I’m due!!!
Been wanting to move to florida for years and even looked in to port st. lucie. Would love to live in a green home in such a beautiful place. Jack always seems to pick such a great spot and designs such beautiful homes. Hope this year will be my turn but best wishes to whoever wins!
Good job HGTV I love watching all the Pic,s and the making of the 2009 green home.Good Luck To All. Way to go..Green.
I’m watching!
To see how green is green?
As an east coast neighbor here in Melbourne, Florida, I welcome another Florida green house. I hope I win this home!
You have no idea how happy it’s makes me to see our country become aware of what I have fought for for over 30 years, and that is the eco- we need to re invent our way of thinking, and stop being a throw away society. It does a heart good to see people like your selves, take the “bull by the horns” and build it to be more in tune with “Mother Nature. Keep up the great work. Even though we old folks will ever aquire such luxuries, there is hope that the younger generation will learn from our constant reminders of “GO GREEN”.
Port St. Lucie sounds like a fantastic place to live in. Wishing, wishing, wishing upon that star….
I Dream of HGTV Green Home Giveaway and what it could be for my family. A home of balance sounds ideal. Hope your in our future HGTV.
This would be a great location for us. We’re retired and this would be a dream come true if we win it. The house is going to be so beautiful. It doesn’t hurt to DREAM. The best of luck to whom ever wins it. We wish you many blessings.
Thank you for choosing another home in southern Florida. It’s an awesome location! I wanted to win the last one so badly. Now I have another chance.
Do dreams come true? Who wouldn’t be a believer if they are the winner of this magical home?
I think a Green Home in Florida is a great idea! I live in Florida and I don’t think people are very mindful of their wasteful ways. If there were more positive examples of this effort in our area then I would hope people would begin making better choices themselves. We can’t let the big companies in these “communities” ruin our world by cutting costs using shotty designs and materials. My husband and I still live with my folks because we simply cannot afford to buy a house ourselves. We’ve looked around and the ones being built in our area are just not quality designs. It seems like they just want to fit as many homes in one area as possible. They all look the same. My father is a builder and he cannot get work because there is nowhere to build if you are using your own designs. It has to be the cookie cutter image! Needless to say, he only works in remodeling now. He hasn’t built a home in quite some time.
going green sounds good for the envirement but its very expensive.would like to see some ways to go green without going broke.I’d like to see somthing in north carolina,alabama,tennessee or arkansas.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the MOMENTS that TAKE OUR BREATH AWAY… to have the keys to this new green home giveaway would be an answed prayer.
Beautiful location and floor Plan. Cannot wait to move in. Let me know as soon as possible when I Can. Thanks.
Perfect spot!
I can see myself here relaxing after a day of shopping. LOL!
I would love to take the Busch tribe to Florida.
You always choose great locations. They all have meaning to me from sometime in my life and I could see myself living in most of those places. This one would allow us to neighbor of my husband’s brother and sister-in-law. I lived in FL for a year when I was a pre-teen and relive the feeling whenever I return.You and Linda create a beautifully designed and decorated house. A Green home will inevitably reduce these winter closed house health issues. It would be so wonderful to own a clean, green home and have my many family members visit all year long where the surfers, golfers, beach lovers. boaters and very warm blooded relatives will feel good every day of their stay!
When I heard of the website,I had to write . I live with my husband and our granddaughter. We are both retired and are feeling the pressure of the times, I would certainly welcome the thought of paying taxes and not the morgage on a home.Thank You for this change.
I love this location, it could not be better for a greendreamhome, paradise that mimic the place i group in. Thus I hope to be moving in soon but good luck to everybody…
This is truely a “when you wish upon a star your dreams could maybe, possibly come true”. Anyone would be so lucky to win. Would hope there is some fishing fairly nearby as that is a very favorite for both my husband and I. I don’t usually (never) have blogged into anything, so this will be interesting to see who is so fortunate. Thanks for the opportunity.
I WANT IT!!!!!
To win this would truly be an answer to prayer. I’ve wanted to move my family from Missouri to be closer to my sister who had to relocate in Florida several years ago. We just came from visiting her and her family, after not seeing them for 3 years, and I promised her that somehow, someway, I would find a way for us to move to Florida to be closer to her. This house would be the PERFECT HOME and the PERFECT ANSWER to alot of prayers.
Not a fan of Port St.Lucie coming from Palm City Fl.Schools are not the best but private is always an option for the winner of this fabulous home.
I LOVE HGTV! GOD BLESS! GO GREEN!
I think HGTV’s whole attitude toward family and home improvement has been inspiring to so many families. The sself help attitude encourages people to help themselves. By going Green, you continue to motivate all of us to preserve environment and the future of the world. Keep up the great work!
My parents retired from New York in the late 1970’s to Jensen Beach, right next door to Port St. Lucie, Stuart, Hutchinson Island, etc., otherwise I’d never have heard of this part of Florida. They’re gone now and due to some problems we haven’t been able to travel there for a while, but I can tell you it’s a wonderful area for the green home with beautiful beaches within walking distance and good people in the surrounding communities. My parents are now both buried in Jensen Beach..so it’s long past time to visit. My heart leaped when I heard the location chosen was Port St. Lucie and jumped again when I saw the floor plan of the Green Home. It’s perfect. Who wouldn’t be thrilled to live in this wonderful house?
Please folks..those of you who are complaining. If you don’t want to win or live in such an incredible prize, don’t write negative things about it. There are certainly enough of us who think it’s fabulous and are more than enjoying the dream of ‘Southern Nights’ (singing):)
Been a single mother for 24 yrs and going thru lots of ups and down along, it will be a gift from GOD to be able to win this BEAUTIFUL GREEN HOME!!!!! GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!
This would also be a dream come true! To own your own home, and not have to worry about the mortgage! I would be debt free! I could be with my parents and we would be worry free raising my two small children! I love all your houses!You bring a lot of families a dream come true. I know some friends of mine that could benefit from this also. I hope they enter from my replies! It would be great to see them win also!
The suroundings look promising! I lived in Florida for most of my life and wish to go back some day. I’m currently living in the Big Sky state of Montana. And it can get very cold up here! hahah Good luck on the construction! I can’t wait to start entering the sweepstakes!
Wow! Amazing! I’m a native Floridian but relocated to North Carolina. We like it, but the cold weather is something to get use to. I would love to move back to Florida and the warmer climate. You don’t realize how much you miss it until it’s gone. Florida will always be home to us and living in the HGTV green home would be a dream come true!
Wow ! This is what dreams are made of. We all can dream, but only one of us can win. Blessings to everyone and especially the winner. Can’t wait to enter.
Rosemarie
My husband was transferred to Florida 14 months ago while I and our seven children are still in Colorado due to not being able to sell our home here. I would love to win this home so we can be together again soon.
I am a Florida native but we chose to move to the Southwest because we got sick of the insurance rates and cleaning up after the hurricanes. Before anyone registers for this house, they may want to make sure they can afford the insurance.
IT BE A DREAM TO WIN THIS HOUSE, I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO AFFORD A HOUSE LIKE THIS,, IMAGINE ONE DAY LEAVING A HOUSE TO MY 5 CHILDREN
I was starting to wonder if you even knew that anything outside of Florida existed. thTn you picked one of the most expensive areas in California to put this year’s Dream Home. Of course, you had to go back to Florida after that. Get real folks! for most of us, if we did win any of hose houses, we couldn’t afford the taxes. There are a thousand places in California where you could have put the “Dream Home”, where you could have built the samehouse for half the price. I’m betting the same holds true for the ones in Florida too. Really disappointing.
I’m packing my bags and am ready to move out of the snowy NE to somewhere warmer
Greenhome.
Worth waiting.
My husband, his wife -
Ours!?!
Yes!!!! This is going to be so cool me and my husband recently relocated to south east Florida but we are just a short drive to see this happen in person, we watch the program all the time now we will be able to actually drive over to see it WTG!!!!!!!! Oh by the way beautiful location.
MY GOD MY GRANDSON AND DAUGHTER WOULD LOVE IT THER, STILL DREAMING AND HOPING TO WIN TO GIVE THJEM A BETTER LIFE.
GEEZ Bruce, I hope you don’t win. If I won I would be greatful. And if you won you would complain? How about if you don’t think you can afford the taxes to sell it for a cheaper price so that it would sale. I can’t believe someone would post a comment like that. If I win I would be moving in a heartbeat. Without having a mortagage I am sure that I could pay the taxes and insurance
I would absolutly be so greatful if I won.
Grew up in North Carolina near the ocean. Wrightsville Beach was where I spent many summer days as a child and teenager. I miss the Atlantic Ocean very much!! I would love to win this Green Home for many reasons. (1) The midwest where I have lived for over 35 years is just way too cold! (2) Who in the world wouldn’t love to win this house?!! (3) I told my fiance I would marry him sooner if he moved me back south!
Good luck to everyone, but I sure do hope my fiance and I win because it would be better than a honeymoon, it would BE the honeymoon!!! 
MY SON AND HIS WIFE HAVE JUST TAKEN IN THIER TWO GRANDCHILDREN, 3 MONTH OLD AND 2 YEAR OLD TO LIVE WITH THEM., BUT THE HOUSE THEY OWN NOW IS WAY TO SMALL FOR THEM. IF BY CHANCE I WIN I WOULD GLADLY GIVE MY DREAM HOME TO THEM. THEY DESERVE IT.
House is awesome. I can’t understand how anyone can send an e-mail and put this house and location down. God may Florida a beautiful location with amazing sunsets, ocean, palm trees and WARM WHETHER. I have always wanted to live in Florida close to the beach. I will pray to be the LUCKY ONE!!!!!!
One would think that Florida has their share of “Dream Homes”! Let’s try a little variety next time around!
HI ITS ME AGAIN STILL HOPING AND PRAYING TO WIN AND FANATIZE, HOW MY NEW HOME IS GOING TO LOOK WITH ME AND MY GRANDSON AND HIS MOM IN IT. I CAN PICTURE HIM RUNNING AROUND THE ROOMS REAL HAPPY, CANT WAIT .I WANNA WIN SO BAD , BUT YOU KNOW WHAT IF IM NOT THE WINNER THANKS FOR THE DREAMS,,,
I can’t wait for the sweepstakes. Thanks HGTV!!!
I wouldn’t say it is a green home when the town of Tradition FL. had to fill hundreds of acres of wetlands to be built. I would never say that the loss of Florida wetlands is eco friendly. Bad choice! you should have done your homework!!!
Why not build one here in Tucson, AZ next year? There is plenty opportunity for solar panels, water harvesting, etc. What a great place to go green. I would like to see a straw bale house built.
It might be nice to consider the idea of picking a different state
It might be nice to consider picking a different state every year and give each state a chance to shine and show it’s best qualities & uniqueness. GOD bless the HGTV family.keep up the good work GO….GREEN.
Always good to have a dream to give us hope
Especially when times are hard for so many.
There is so much beauty in the world around us; and sometimes when we feel so bogged
down with life’s troubles, it is good to
fantasize a warm place with blue skies and
the sound and smell of water all around. Thank you for the reprieve and the dream. Good luck to all!
I’ve lived too long without a home of my own and this is it–finally a chance to own the right home, in the right location, for all the right reasons, and if I should be so fortunate, you will have chosen the right person and the right family at the right time.! My guarantee!!!!!
I am so excited about this house! We love Florida and visit a couple of times a year. The plans look great and the area is fantastic. Great job HGTV! I can’t wait to enter! Good luck everyone….
We are praying that God will let us win this house. My husband is a retired Minister. He is 90 plus years of age and has been preaching for 72 years. I am 74 and I have had Cancer three times, open heart surgery and many other things. We need a place to live with my daughter and her husband. He is in the Army and has just returned from Irac. Then have two little girls and a little adopted son. They are so precious to want to take care of us. But as you can see we need a larger place for all of us. God Bless you for helping others.
Thanks.
Thanks for picking Florida. Our state struggles to find its “greeness”. This will promote and help light the way.
Hi, I’m a long time fan of hgtv and enter all of the dream homes and green home contest. These homes are amasing! I been entering the Dream Home in CA,I feel like it was design with me in mind, it has everything I love and some! I also love the Green Home in FL and can’t wait ’til it is done. Thanks HGTV!!! malu89
I entered the contest to try and win this house for my fiance, who now has a brain injury from a near fatal car accident. Before the accident, he has always wanted a new home and I was thinking this home is so beautiful and he would love it. I am entering to try and win. The house is gorgeous and a good warm setting for him to live in is even better.
I’m so thrilled it’s going to be in Florida this time. I want to move there.When I win, I won’t have to go nuts and sell this house and buy the one that I want where I want. I’ll be home already!!! YEY! no more snow!!!
Everything two 60 year olds will love. You do beautiful work. Whomever wins will be very happy and Healthy to live there. Keep up the good work.
Mrs. William F.
OH MY GOD I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING EVERY DAY. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW HOW BAD I WANT TO WIN IT.ITS SO NICE
This home will house all my Eco Friendly everyday consumables perfectly!!!
*DEAR~GOD*I DREAM AND HOPE FOR YEARS TO HAVE NICE QUIET HOME FOR MY FAMILY. I WISH MY DREAM WILL KOME TRUE ONE DAY* THE HOUSE IS SOOOOOOOO GORGEOUS. MY KID’S WILL HAVE NICE PLACE TO LIVE & PLAY
My Parents,1 sister and 2 brothers live in Port St. Lucie. It’s a great area. I might need to win this one for family get togethers!And it’s Eco friendly ~ fantastic!
Why in Florida ?
I’m confused? Is the winner of this AWeSOME, Fantastic, UnBeLiEvAbLe Green Home selected from this Blog?? I LOVE HGTV
David Van Asdale Grant-Valkaria FL XXOO
I already do what I can to help the environment, but with the green home I could even do better. That is if I could get my husband to move to Fl. I sure would like to win, but if I don’t I will be happy for who ever does. Rosemarie from Ga.
What a wonderful location this is! I have lived in Cape Coral, FL for over 30 years and love Florida. We have the best weather of anyplace in the world. The winner of this house will be the luckiest person ever.
GOD BLESS HGTV TO CONTINUE TO GIVE US ALL SOMETHING TO HOPE FOR AND LOOK FORWARD TO. MY GRANDDAUGHTER WAS IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT AND LEFT PARALIZED. SHE HAS TWO SMALL SONS AND NO PLACE FOR THEM TO LIVE TOGETHER. WITH THIS HOME I COULD TAKE CARE OF THEM AND HER. WHAT A BLESSING FOR US ALL. THANK YOU HGTV.
Now that the location’s been revealed is there any more detailed (i.e., exact) location information?
FANTASTIC! WOW! BEAUTIFUL HOME AND LOVELY PORT ST.LUCIE!! WE HAVE JUST RETIRED AND ARE LOOKING FOR A HOME EITHER IN FLA. OR SC. WE HOPE TO WIN THIS ONE! THE PICTURES ARE LOVELY AND WE LOVE THAT IT IS ECO-FRIENDLY!
Can we see the house? I live on the west coast and would love to take a drive and see the house in person.
Finally TV comes to Port St. Lucie! Too bad they only showed Tradition and missed the real PSL. I liked how they showed West Palm and Orlando but left out the rest of the Treasure Coast.
My son, Sean and I hope to win this beautiful house. It’s so perfect for my two children and my husband. I can picture of us living in this beautiful house. We even considered about relocating to Jupiter, FL to Port Saint Lucie, FL since last year. I am crossing my fingers for this miracle.
Sean and I have been praying so hard.
To live the dream,
I am a unoin Superintendent/Carpenter and just completed my first green building for a major bank in Pa.I completely believe that this method of construction is the way of the future,although I could build this home with my own to hands,I could never afford to build this home. So wish me Luck and I’ll continue to pray to win this home, Mike Sansores.
there are good for us to retired to live in and inviting our family and grandbabies for their vacation and can use 2 bedroom for guest. We are deaf that we see the HGTV’s beautiful view with nice masterbedroom and the chairs.Also, the kitchen for my view. I like to be with my husband to sit together. Drawing us name in the winner.
We’re pray.
My god we need this house for my family there six of us living in a small 3 bd rm old house I sleep on the couch and my daughter has special needs I had to move in with family since I lost my job and then we lost our home. We had to leave everything behind only thing we have is what I could carry. As you can understand we don’t even have furniture pots or pans just clothes. we would be out on the streets if my family didn’t open their door for us everyday this place is get smaller and smaller and falling apart around us I repair what I can but for how long? I Pray,hope I win this house maybe by moving being in another state I can find another job and make a better life for my family.
You never know where life will take you.
Thanks. I sure hope my luck changes soon.
I love the idea of a eco friendly home to help fight global warming and reduce the need to use consume energy.
You have created a heavenly home. I would feel like I was in Heaven if I could live in it. Would love to have a place in which to care for my elderly mother in her final years.
Thanks for all the ways that you beautify the world.