Our Commitment

by December 5, 2011

River Lane Homes has been proudly serving Southern Oregon for over twenty years! We are a family run operation, with a combined total of seventy five years construction experience, on over two hundred fifty homes. From small mountain cabins, to sprawling estates, RLH has done it all. We are committed to building green and efficient [...] Read more »

Green and Solar Tour 2012

by October 20, 2012 » Add the first comment.
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John Spillman from Earth Advantage talks about the Energy Performance Score “EPS” at our Lithia Way home, during the Green and Solar Tour. The tour sold out this year, fifty people toured green built homes and Solar installations in Talent today.

RLH is on the Green and Solar Tour 2012

by October 12, 2012 » Add the first comment.
Lithia Grass

Our Spec Home at 1655 Lithia Way in Talent, is on the Green and Solar Tour this year, October 20th. Quote from the tour schedule: “10:30-10:45 Bus down the street to 1655 Lithia Way, unoccupied spec home built by River Lane Homes. Earth Advantage, Energy Star, Features ducts inside, two story, open floor plan Earth [...] Read more »

Chelsea Court ad

by January 26, 2012 » Add the second comment.
Chelsea Court Ad

I just submitted this Chelsea Court ad to the Talent News and Review. It’s great to work with my neighbors! Two homes are finished and two are sold. Get in touch with us if you want to customize a floor plan on one of the three remaining lots. It’s fun to be selling new energy efficient homes in the [...] Read more »

Our first Earth Advantage Certified home: 110 Chelsea Court, Phoenix, Oregon

by December 6, 2011 » Add more comments.
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Yesterday, Ray, Laura, and I made our way to local taco mecca La Tapatia, just blocks away from our Chelsea Court project, to meet with local Earth Advantage representative Fred Gant. During his Energy Star inspection of the first house in the subdivision, Fred, noting the eco-friendly building materials, had suggested that our homes would [...] Read more »

Update from Brandon

by December 5, 2011 » Add the first comment.
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Thought we would throw in a little update from Brandon. They got settled into Nelson in a cute little strawbale home. They then started a reforestation company and planted two-hundred thousand trees during the month of June. Summer was spent travelling, including a visit back here to Oregon for Dustin and Eva’s wedding. Myles started [...] Read more »

Chelsea Gardens Subdivision in Phoenix, Oregon

by October 4, 2011 » Add the first comment.
Walking distance to all the local schools!

River Lane Homes has begun construction on the first of seven new homes on Chelsea Court -just off Colver Road, in Phoenix. The lots, larger than most modern-day city lots, will accommodate RV parking and generous yards along with the 3-bedroom, 2-bath energy efficient homes. Chelsea Court residents will be within close walking distance to Phoenix Schools [...] Read more »

Brandon’s Departure from RLH

by May 8, 2011 » Add the second comment.
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UPDATED May 11: I added images from the trip. These are located along Kootenay Lake as we arrived into the Nelson area. The time has come for Jacqui, our two boys, and myself to move north to Canada. This has been in the works for quite some time and it’s exciting to be embarking on [...] Read more »

Fall Colors in Jacksonville

by November 3, 2010 » Add the first comment.
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Fall is a beautiful time in the Rogue Valley. One of the best places to enjoy the colorful leaves is in historic Jacksonville. Recently, the family and I had the opportunity to spend the afternoon soaking up the grandeur of it all. Here is an excerpt from the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce website: “Nestled among rolling hillsides [...] Read more »

The Lodge in Shady Cove

by December 10, 2008 » Add the first comment.
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What an interesting project! A friend acquired this property through the repossession process. The house was started but only to the point of being framed up. We were asked to finish it. Upon inspection we discovered that the framing was in desperate need of some key structural elements. Then there was the fact that there [...] Read more »