Nest, Winter 2022
HomeShare Vermont’s Matchmaking Mission; Birdseye Levels Up With Woodstock’s Bank Barn, Huntington Homes’ Movable Building Blocks; True Confessions of a First-Time Home Buyer
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Nest — Winter 2022
Winter in Vermont is dark, but there are ways to let in the light. Birdseye architects did just that at Woodstock’s Bank Barn, designing a glass-encased first story for a home inspired by a traditional style of barn. Take a tour of the stunning structure and find other unique approaches to housing in this issue.…
Last Quarter: The Latest in Vermont Housing News
Big Problems, Tiny Solutions The city of Barre needed homes for people emerging from homelessness, and students in Norwich University’s Design + Build Collaborative needed a project. The result: a new, energy-efficient tiny home that provides independent living in downtown Granite City. The Lift House is one of two tiny homes built by Norwich University…
Buying Time: How I Navigated the Vermont Real Estate Market
When my now-husband and I lived in New York City in our early twenties, we quickly discovered the best way to get a rental: Bring a check. At showings, we learned to ditch our timid Vermonter ways and elbow through all the other broke millennials to slam down a deposit. A nearly windowless sixth-floor apartment…
Woodstock’s Bank Barn Transforms Agricultural Architecture
To reach Bank Barn, a house built just outside of Woodstock in 2019, you ascend a steep road leading to a long dirt driveway that curves up through a field. The Green Mountains soon appear off to the right, while above, on the left, the house comes into sight. Its long, boxy, gabled form looks…
Huntington Homes Builds Modular Houses in Movable Sections
A duplex bound for Nantucket got its start last October as a stack of lumber at one end of a cavernous factory in Vermont. Over the course of 12 days, carpenters, plumbers and finishers worked on the house in pieces as it traveled down the assembly line at Huntington Homes, a modular house-building company in…
HomeShare Vermont Marks 40 Years of Matching Hosts With Guests
For Christmas dinner, Jeri Messick roasted a turkey, and Dan Dougherty made stuffing and cranberry sauce. The two exchanged holiday gifts: Messick gave Dougherty some clothes, and Dougherty bought Messick a new alarm clock. The occasion last month represented something more than the usual holiday festivities for the pair. It marked a year since Dougherty…
