Homes Available

Homes Available catya Wed, 12/07/2011 - 14:39
Map of Sawyer Hill

For Sale

Homes at Sawyer Hill EcoVillage:

  • 1, 2, 3, and 4 bedroom homes with open plan kitchen, dining and living rooms and backyards. Many units with porches, some with garages, basements, additional half or full baths, and large attic storage spaces. Green upgrade options available for floors, cabinets and counters.
  • Bold, innovative designs that stand out for their aesthetic appeal and intelligent use of space.
  • Use of high quality, energy efficient construction materials, reducing costs for heating, cooling, and maintenance after move in, as well as a reduced impact on the environment. Units incorporate the use of low or no VOC materials.
  • Some homes are handicapped accessible or visitable and most can be made ground floor accessible.
  • Energy Star appliances throughout the community.
  • Some units have natural gas heat, others electric with a pellet stove, heat pump or gas heat option.

Other units may become available, subscribe to our interest list at the bottom of this page and we will notify you if a home of your desired type opens up.

An Extra Room

Buying a house in cohousing is like buying a house with an extra room, but the room is not attached to your house; it's in the common house and throughout the community. For example, living in either neighborhood of Sawyer Hill EcoVillage, you would enjoy:

  • The use of a large common house which supports a wide variety of activities including community dinners, games, music, dance, exercise, hobbies, and more.
  • 25+ wooded acres in conservation among beautiful hills with orchards and horse farms nearby, yet with easy access to shopping and I-495 and I-290 highways.
  • Reduced living costs through the sharing of resources, whether in the garden, the common house, or elsewhere.

40b information

Sawyer Hill EcoVillage, comprised of Mosaic Commons and Camelot Cohousing, was developed as part of the Chapter 40B program, a state program designed to help address the shortage of affordable housing in Massachusetts by encouraging new developments to offer at least 20-25% of the homes at prices affordable by low- and moderate-income buyers. 40B resales are generally restricted to people who meet particular income, savings, and homeownership requirements. Income requirements are generally linked to household size and are around 70% of the area median income.You can find the details of those requirements here:

Exceptions are available based on age, recent displacement, and other circumstances. If you think you might qualify but aren't sure, or if you are close and might need an exception, please let the home seller know. They may be able to find someone to help you with your application. Occasionally a 40B home is available without restriction on who can buy the home, but will still have restrictions on how the home can be resold. Ask your home seller to clarify the situation for the home. If we have 40b homes for sale, they'll be listed above.

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Equal Housing Opportunity Sawyer Hill is two neighborhoods developed by its members; our goal is community, not profit. We are proud to have built our community and to be offering homes designed to meet our desires and needs far into the future.

 

Mosaic Common House

Mosaic Common House catya Thu, 12/08/2011 - 10:23


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Mosaic Common's 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 provides

  • A great room for (optional) shared meals and large events
  • A dining room 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 a window view from the building's hub, and its own bathroom and exit to the outdoors
  • A recreation/multi-purpose room with ping pong, puzzles, crafts tables, foosball and more
  • An 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)
  • A small herb garden off the kitchen, in addition to the large community vegetable garden
  • A large shaded front porch
  • Smaller rooms for hobbies, smaller meetings, etc.
  • Mail boxes and coat room
  • Handicapped accessible bathroom and shower
  • A large outdoor hot tub
  • A paved courtyard for outdoor cooking, patio tables and children's play
  • Internet service
  • Dual fuel fireplace (gas/wood)
  • Energy efficient heating and cooling (heat pump)
  • Super insulated and low-toxicity, just like all our individual units

All residents have full use of the common house. It's like having extra rooms on your house that happens to not be attached.



Camelot Common House

Camelot Common House catya Thu, 12/08/2011 - 10:48

Common House Photo

The Common House at Camelot Cohousing 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 provides:

 

  • Spectacular Great Room for optional shared meals and large events. Features soaring clerestory ceiling, two-sided tiled fireplace, bamboo floor.
  • Large Commercial-quality Kitchen with gas ranges, two ovens and refrigerators, and commercial dishwasher
  • Children’s Playroom with window into the great room, so parents can easily “check in”
  • Multi-use “Dojo” for dance, yoga, meditation, aerobics, music, etc.; expansion space from the great room for larger events
  • Cozy Living / TV room for shared viewing and casual socializing
  • Exercise Room with gym quality equipment
  • Four additional rooms for hobbies, meetings, sewing & crafts, games, etc.
  • Herb Garden off the kitchen, in addition to large shared community garden
  • South facing deck for outdoor dining and sunning, with easy access to multiple rooms
  • Easy access from both floors to heated swimming pool, including spacious screened back deck
  • Built for accessibility: elevator and handicapped accessible bathroom with shower
  • Paved courtyard for outdoor cooking, patio tables and children's play
  • Entryway with mail boxes and coat area
  • Internet service
  • Low-toxicity and environmentally responsible building materials
  • Well insulated 2x6 construction & lots of natural light, just like all our individual homes

All residents have full use of the common house. It's like having a luxury recreational facility next door to enjoy with neighbors and friends.

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31 Village Lane - $450,000 - 2 bedroom townhouse FSBO

31 Village Lane - $450,000 - 2 bedroom townhouse FSBO catya Mon, 09/12/2016 - 14:15

Contact Rebecca rebecca.alty@gmail.com for a home tour and info@mosaic-commons.org for a community tour.

Home #31, a 2BR, 1.5 baths TH is available for sale.

It has a finished attic, and a partially finished basement (has flooring and ceiling, and the cement walls are painted). The kitchen and downstairs bathroom floors have been redone with high quality vinyl tile, and the living room has also been redone in vinyl tile.

The walkout basement has additional outlets and a utility sink. The wiring is in for a 220 outlet, but needs a plug and to be turned on.

The hot water heater is a couple of years old.

There is a plug added to the walk-in closet in the master bedroom, and mini-splits (heat pumps and AC) in the whole house.

Behind our unit are 6 4’x8’ raised beds and two smaller ones, and there is a d’anjou pear tree in front (if the new owner doesn’t want it, we will take it with us!).

 

This isn't just a house -- by living in the Mosaic Commons neighborhood of Sawyer Hill Ecovillage, you will enjoy the best of community living in your own home:

  • The use of a large common house that supports a wide variety of activities including community dinners, games, music, dance, exercise, hobbies, and more.
  • Use of high quality, energy efficient construction materials, reducing costs for heating, cooling, and maintenance after move in, as well as a reduced impact on the environment.
  • 25+ wooded acres in conservation among beautiful hills with orchards and horse farms nearby, yet with easy access to shopping and I-495 and I-290 highways.
  • Reduced living costs through the sharing of resources, whether in the garden, the common house, or elsewhere on the grounds.
  • Bold, innovative designs that stand out for their aesthetic appeal and intelligent use of space.

Sawyer Hill Ecovillage is two neighborhoods developed by its members with a vision that goes far in to the future.

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Property Overview
Property Type: Condo
Style: Triplex
Built: 2008
Living Sq. Ft.: 900 sq. ft. (does not include attic or basement)
Rooms: 5
Bedrooms: 2
Baths: 1.5

Room Dimensions
Living Room: 12½’ x 11’
Dining Area: 5½’ x 6'
Kitchen: 10’ x 10’
Master Bedroom: 16½' x 10'
Bedroom 2: 11' x 7½’

Exterior Details
Exterior: Hardiplank Siding
Roof: Asphalt
Foundation: Cement basement
Color: Yellow
Porch: Large porch (shared)
Water: Association well (delicious water, right from the tap)
Sewerage: Association septic
 

Interior Details
Floors: Vinyl
Attic: Walkup and finished
Basement: Walkout; includes interior stairs
Heat: Electric baseboard (pellet stove optional)
Hot Water: Electric (solar ready)
Electric: Circuit breakers
Fire Suppression: Sprinklers

Amenities
Unit Amenities: 2 parking spaces included 
Washer/dryer hookups (unit also directly across from common washer/dryer room)
Oven/range included
Refrigerator included
Super-insulation
Eco-friendly FSC solid wood cabinets
Great view
Association amenities
Gardens
Conservation land with trails
Playground
Workshop
Guest parking
Community house with Great Room, Exercise Room, Rec Room, Kids Room, Kitchen, fireplace, and more.

Costs
Home Price: $450,000
Condo fees include water, sewer, maintenance of home exteriors and all common buildings, plowing, landscaping, and use of common facilities.