There's treasure in them there houses, the ones that are about to be torn down! And if you look closely, you'll see that the treasure is not just what is in the buildings, but the green business opportunities they represent.

Holding on-site auctions at houses that are about to be demolished can be a good business for enterprising individuals who enjoy treasure hunting and are passionate about preserving our natural resources. What's more, it doesn't require a big outlay of capital to get started.

In this type of sale, the owner of the about-to-be-demolished house allows a one-day auction to be held on the site where the reusable building materials such as kitchen cabinets, doors, woodwork, appliances and lighting fixtures are sold. Some auctions even include the plants growing on the property!

At first glance the concept of a luxury prefab home might seem like an oxymoron. How in the world can we associate luxury with prefabricated structures built with processes that would seem to value economy and simplicity over custom originality?

But let's take a closer look. Ultimately isn't luxury, whether we are referring to luxury prefabricated homes or a classic woman's white blouse, synonymous with a language of elegance that often has less to do with the cost of base materials, individual components or assemblies than with the overall impact of the design? This is not to say that basic materials are irrelevant, just that creativity, regardless of that with which it is given to work, can rival effects achieved by the use of high-end materials.