A big thanks to all of you who joined us at Katywil on Jan 7 to discuss one of the hardest issues about living and farming in community – affordable building.
We know that when 17 families build a communal barn, it is 1/17th of the cost for each family, a big savings. But building individual energy efficient homes is a much harder nut to crack. What bubbled to the top were many of the things we already knew. There is no silver bullet, but there are many things that can be done to lower costs. Below is a list of the topics we discussed. Most of you asked to be included in the continuing conversation and working groups to dig deeper into these topics. We look forward to your comments on this blog and/or our FB page.
Topics:
- A tight rectangle envelope
- Rethink the definition of enough
- Rethink the definition of beauty
- Self build
- Mortgages
- Two family homes
- Technical energy efficient ideas
- Using recycled materials
- On-going discussion groups (email Bill or Nancy )