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Cottages and Cottage Neighborhoods g Small, livable and energy efficient dwellings ‐ and how they fit into our communities.
Irene’ss Impact
Irene
• Hundreds of homes
severelyy damaged
g or
destroyed
• Hundreds of mobile
homes many in parks
homes, parks,
also affected
• Worry about FEMA
trailers coming to the
region
• … All this ‐ when there’s
so much h other
h workk to
do.
The Genesis of the
Irene Cottages:
• Upper Valley Cottage Charrette in
2008 brought together
professionals interested in
affordable, small home
development.
• Conversations with COVER about
the costs of trailer/mobile home
maintenance.
• Katrina Cottage concept
embraced as an alternative to
mobile homes.
• Initial regional venture into
modular cottage scale hsg.
• The
Th weekk after
ft Irene
I ‐ Bob
B b and
d
Anne Duncan cooley take the No
FEMA Trailers Pledge !!!
g Meadows
• High eado s Foundation
ou dat o
provides funding.
• Project begins in early January.
• Now ready to go into production.
Housing is trending smaller but the market , permit,, financing, p g, and public perception hasn’tt caught up – and hasn in fact… is quiet resistant!
Contemporary Inspiration: Cottage
clusters
l d
developed
l d in
i the
h Seattle
l area
Price reduction from $450,000 to $225,000 or less…
Contemporary Inspiration:
The
h Katrina
i Cottage
Enhance the living unit to be a bit larger and be more
permanent housing
The Idea Mobile home Aging in place
replacements
l t
• Replace mobile and frame Modular lends itself to “Visit able” buildings
homes destroyed by MH park setting
I
Irene. • Entrance ways with ramp
• Need to fit mobile home • 11’ and 16’ bay depths and threshold.
footprints. for double and single • Age in place
• High ‐ performance wide widths. accommodation with
energy. • Adapt a pad site to a interior wheelchair
• Well made and attractive. drive in foundation accessibility.
• Flexible for aging in place slab.
needs. • Interior space
• Affordable and modular • Comfortable
f bl style
l accommodation
d i withih
in quantity to get people “fit” between the dnstairs bedroom and
back in their communities home once owned utilities.
and to be commercially and the new home.
a ailable
available.
• Create a viable alternative
to commercial HUD
mobile homes and other
prefabricated options.
options
• Variation for stick built
contractor or “Habitat”
model.
The Team
• COVER Home Repair – planning
energy efficient replacements for mobile
homes
• Upper Valley Housing Coalition –
interested in new options for workforce
housing
• ORW – Design and publication
• Chet Pasho – expert in energy efficient
modular homes
• Studio Nexus Architects – bldg design,
plans, and specifications.
• LaValley’s ‐ PBS – local
l lbbuilding
ildi g supply
l
with pricing expertise
• Efficiency Vermont – energy efficient
home designs
• Upper Valley Land Trust – land
acquisition
The Irene Cottage
g Designs:
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• Five house types from studio to three bedroom.
• Lend themselves to at three applications:
Individual house replacement from the flood
Small neighborhood resettlements from the flood
Mobil home replacement on single sites and parks
• Vernacular design for site/neighborhood compatibility
• Superior energy performance for long term operational costs
– minimized need for HVAC infrastructure.
• ADA/Ageg in Place design.
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• Flexible from a construction standpoint – to be built modular
or stick built by volunteers or contractors.
• Open source plans ‐ with strings attached.
The Ascutney
Elevated
f t id
front‐side
Site Plan views
Side
view K B
LR/BR
D
EP
Studio Unit: 405 SF
Floor Plan Rear view Front viewThe Sterling – 1BR
Elevated front‐side
views
i
Site Plan
LR B BR
Other side view
D K
EP
1 BR Unit: 567 SF
Floor Plan
Side view Front viewThe Sterling – 2 BR
Elevated
front side
front‐side
view
Site Plan
LR K BR B BR
Side view
EP D
2BR Unit: 702 SF
Floor Plan
Other side view Front viewThe Glastenbury
Elevated front‐
side view
Site Plan
BR BR
B
LR
K/D
Floor Plan Side view Front view
EP 2 BR Unit: 832 SFThe Mansfield
Elevated front‐side view
Site Plan
K/D BR BR B
Rear view
LR
B BR
Floor Plans 3 BR Unit: 1320 SF Side view Front viewCost Targets and Pricing lessons:
Model: Cost for Energy • Investment in better
Star
insulation system pays for
Ascutney: $52,443
itself on day 1 with reduced
Sterling 1: $69,612 hvac.
• Life cycle costs – mobile
Sterling 2: $78,163 homes depreciate and
High Performance energy package $94,947 Irene houses will
appreciate.
Glastonbury: $75,090
• Costs of energy savings
Mansfield: $108,398 pays for
f ththe higher
hi h
mortgage within 5‐7 yrs
Plus land cost, site utilities and prep. work,
foundations and soft costs and limited field
and from then on – its cash
finishing of porches and modular joints. savings and reinvestment.Clarence Stein
• “th
“the hhouse it
itself
lf iis off minor
i iimportance.
t It
Its
relation to the community is the thing that
counts ”
counts.Auto centric design transformed to
cottage neighborhood
i hb h dCottages
g as a neighborhood
g form
Cottage clusters
Single family on small lot Cottage clustersTypical Cottage Neighborhood
schematic
h overview‐‐‐Kirby Cottage neighborhood
• 7 homes—1.2 ac
• New pocket
neighborhood
• Cars corralled
p 57
• Footprint‐576‐804 4
• Mix of 2‐3 BR
44
• SF finish: 1144‐1828
(finished basement)Garages to cottages ‐ a case study
Eight unit conventional subdivision converted to
a 14 unit cottage cluster designNeighborhood Street Model
Garages set
to the side or Optional
rear to create shared
streetscape 7 Cottages driveways
andd increase
i
privacy
Neighborhood Street and sidewalks
7 Cottages
Sample Cottage Elevations at streetscape“Seattle” cottage cluster model
Garages for cottages on 7 Cottages
edge – walk in paths to
units Garage
Neighborhood Street
and Courtyard
Garage
Garage
g 7 Cottages7 Cottages
C tt g
Garages for
cottages on
Central Courtyard
edge – walk for neighborhood
in paths to gathering and play
units
7 CottagesSample Cottage Elevations at streetscape
Conclusions:
Irene cottages Cottage clusters
• 5 unit types 1‐3 BR. • Traditional neighborhood
• Neighborhood friendly development models for
streetscape or courtyardd
design settings
• Age in place • Lend themselves to Form
• High performance energy Based Codes
and life cycle cost • Cost efficiency of higher
• Housing as an asset density clusters
• Simple – affordable • Built for new housing and
neighborhood needs
o
• Modular ‐ veryy timely!
yThe
e Challenges
C e ge The Benefits
• Host of issues placing
g • Lower
o e lifee cyc
cycle
e costs
these new housing in
parks. because of lower
• Compete
p with “eye
y energy costs.
candy” and one stop shop • Designed for better
of buying a mobile home. handicapped
• Irene survivors are accessibility.
ibilit
making decisions – tired
of waiting. • More comfortable.
• Hazard Mitigation • These
Th will
ill be
b an asset,t
buyouts take time.
• Personal finances/credit not depreciate like a
impacted by disaster mobile home.
home
make financing
challenging.What we need:
• Strong statewide advocacy of new energy ‐
efficient
ffi i h
homes at llocal/state
l/ and
d ffed.
d llevel.l
• Strong network of capable sympathetic
builders.
• Regulatory
g y reform to mandate energy gy
efficient homes over mobile homes.
• Several project examples to implement.
• People who will believe.What’ss next
What
• In partnership with Upper Valley Land Trust ‐
two promising parcels have been identified.
identified
• UVLT talked to owners.
• VT Community Foundation gave grant to pay
for appraisals.
• Gathered committee of local experts to advise
on next steps – “reality
“ li check”.
h k”
• Will be investigating options for who can run
with the ball now.
now
• This idea resonates with both housing and
conservation communities.
• Stay tuned!You can also read
