The Common House, Our Homes, Our Land
The Common House, Our Homes, Our Land admin Wed, 02/29/2012 - 12:08The Common House
The Common House
See also: Using the Common House
The Mosaic Commons Common House is the center of our neighborhood, both physically and socially. It's the place where the community comes together -- for shared meals, for games and entertainment, for meetings, for parties, for hobbies and activities.
Our Common House has
- A great room for (optional) shared meals and large events
- A smaller dining room, we call the niche, for more private meals, or expansion space on the great room
- A large commercial-quality kitchen with mixed-height work surfaces, gas ranges, two ovens and refrigerators, and commercial dishwasher
- A kid's playroom with its own bathroom and exit to the outdoors
- A multi-purpose room with ping-pong, games and crafts
- A well equipped exercise room
- A living room for smaller gatherings and casual socializing
- A music room
- Shared laundry facilities (in addition to laundry hookups in every home)
- An herb garden off the kitchen (in addition to a large shared organic garden nearby)
- A large shaded front porch with tables and chairs
- Smaller rooms for hobbies, smaller meetings, etc.
- Mail boxes and coat room
- Handicapped accessible bathroom with a roll-in shower
- A outdoor hot tub
- A paved courtyard for outdoor events
- Wireless Internet service
- A gas fueled fireplace
- Energy efficient heating and cooling (heat pump)
- Super insulated and low-toxicity, just like all our individual homes
All residents have full use of the common house. It's like having extra rooms on your house that happen to not be attached.
Our Homes
Our Homes admin Wed, 02/29/2012 - 12:44One Bedroom Homes
One Bedroom Homes
Room Sizes
Living/Dining Space: 14'6" x 15'
Bedroom: 11'6" x 11'
Building type 1 includes a large 3-bedroom unit and two stacked 1-bedroom flats:
Detailed Floor Plans / Exterior Elevations / Photos
Check for available homes here
Two Bedroom Homes
Two Bedroom Homes
Room Sizes
Living Room: 12'-6" x 11'
Dining Room: 5'-6" x 6'
Bedroom 1: 11' x 7'-6"
Bedroom 2: 10' x 16'-6"
Detailed Plans
Building type 3 includes two small 3-bedroom units and one 2-bedroom unit: Floor Plans / Exterior Elevations / Photo
Building type 4 includes a large 3-bedroom unit and two 2-bedroom units: Floor Plans / Exterior Elevations / Photo
Three Bedroom Homes (Small)
Three Bedroom Homes (Small)
Room Sizes
Living Room: 19' x 9'
Dining Room: 11'-6" x 5'-6"
Bedroom 1: 13'-6" x 9'
Bedroom 2: 8'-10" x 10'
Bedroom 3: 8'-9" x 9'
Detailed Plans
Building type 2 includes a 4-bedroom unit and a small 3-bedroom unit:
Floor Plans / Exterior / Photo
Building type 3 includes two small 3-bedroom units and one 2-bedroom unit:
Floor Plans / Exterior Elevations / Photo
Three Bedroom Homes (Large)
Three Bedroom Homes (Large)
Room Sizes
Living room: 21’ x 10 ½’
Dining room: 12 ½’ x 10’
Kitchen: 10’ x 10’
Master Bedroom: 14’ x 10 ½’
Bedroom 2: 10 ½ ’ x 11
Bedroom 3: 9 ½’ x 9 ½’
Detailed Floor Plans
Building type 1 includes a large 3-bedroom unit and two stacked 1-bedroom flats:
Floor Plans / Exterior Elevations / Photo
Building type 4 includes a large 3-bedroom unit and two 2-bedroom units:
Floor Plans / Exterior Elevations / Photo
Four Bedroom Units
Four Bedroom Units
Room Sizes
Living Room: 16' x 12'
Dining Room: 8'-6" x 10'
Bedroom 1: 9'-6" x 15'-6"
Bedroom 2: 25' x 12'
Bedroom 3: 13'-6" x 11'
Bedroom 4: 12' x 11'-6"
Detailed Plans
Building type 2 includes a 4-bedroom unit and a small 3-bedroom unit:
Floor Plans / Exterior
Our Land
Our LandWe share a wooded 65 acre site in Berlin, MA with Camelot Cohousing - we built on a total of 12 acres, leaving the remainder in conservation and open space. Mosaic Commons is located further south on the site, towards Sawyer Hill Road.
Mosaic Commons, from Google Maps:
