I love that house on Monroe. It just looks so lonely.
There's a way to fix that, you know. Wink wink nudge nudge. Matt can help you with the necessary paperwork whenever you are ready.DeBaliviere wrote:I love that house on Monroe. It just looks so lonely.
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So...does anyone have a rendering of those 17 new homes being proposed for several blocks of Old North?
It just so happens that I do. Renderings and site plan. But not with me, so you will have to wait.
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How are they, in your opinion, if I may ask before the actual renderings are posted?
Personally, I'm fine with the houses. The form, massing, scale, and siting are proper for the neighborhood. I have no problem with not using brick, especially considering they are Habitat for Humanity Home, certainly a worthy cause.
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Why not maintain setbacks of the existing buildings (in yellow)?
Habitat said not to take the site plan verbatim. It's just to give an idea of where the houses are going. I'm not sure on the exact setback, but renderings show it matching existing buildings.
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I like them, actually...especially the flounder. I prefer no brick if the brick is to look cheap anyway. What is the material in the rendering, though? Is that final? Not saying it looks bad...just curious. Reestablishing the street walls on these blocks is definitely a worthy cause!
Habitat said that the rendering was wrong and that the setback would be the same as the existing buildings. The panels on the front are Nichiha panels and the siding on the rear is concrete siding, presumably also from Nichiha.Matt Drops The H wrote:I like them, actually...especially the flounder. I prefer no brick if the brick is to look cheap anyway. What is the material in the rendering, though? Is that final? Not saying it looks bad...just curious. Reestablishing the street walls on these blocks is definitely a worthy cause!
http://www.nichiha.com/prod_stone_panels.htm
Even if you're not wildly crazy about the design, it sure beats vinyl siding and/or a suburban style.
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Just got a letter yesterday informing me that my parish is volunteering to build one of the ONSL Habitat homes. Very cool.
Construction on the Habitat homes started last week. 6 foundations holes have been excavated and it looks like the precast foundation system will start going in today. I am going to get some pics today and will start a new thread for this project.
Matt,
From the rendering you posted earlier, will the Habitat homes be the flounders, the small shotguns, or a mix?
From the rendering you posted earlier, will the Habitat homes be the flounders, the small shotguns, or a mix?