Residential Development: Compact House

It is important for a residential development to provide options for prospective home-buyers.  The market seems to respond better when there are a few options available.

The Compact House is intended for the smaller, narrower lots in the development plan I am working on for Montpelier.  The compact plan allows for a more efficient and flexible use of the site - read good options for pools or other site improvements.

Residential Development: Linear House

A huge part of marketing home sites is showing what you could put on that home site.  I have been asked to develop some conceptual house designs in order to generate some enthusiasm for the new development in Montpelier.

  

The first is the "Linear House", rather generically named (at this point) because the spaces are arrayed along a single internal circulation datum - from one end to the other.  The house contains approximately 1,800 SF in 1 1/2 stories.

Rotary Park Shelter Update; Photo Simulations

The Park Shelter is ready to go - Construction Drawings are finished, budget is approved, and the Village has given its blessing.  We are just waiting on the final OK on the funding to submit for State permit.

In the meantime, some people wanted to see what this thing would look like on the site.  So we took some photos and dropped in the model (or at least a very sketchy version of the model).

Looking West along Main Street

Residential Development: Site Plan

All projects have a process - a methodical series of steps that take the project from concept to reality.  Such is the case with residential development.  This is the process that I became VERY familiar with while working in New York: start with an empty lot, add in the zoning restrictions, identify the ideal number of units (houses, townhouses, or apartments) and suggest a few layout options.

Early in 2011, I was approached by some local business people who are looking to develop some property in Montpelier for a new residential neighborhood.  This group has several objectives for this new development:

  1. a neighborhood that appeals to young professionals and families
  2. extend the existing fabric of the community (rather than ignore it)
  3. walk-able and interconnected streets