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This Cape by Quaker Homes in Falmouth, Massachusetts is one design option for the affordable homes being built in the neighborhood. It features high-quality building materials, good allocation of space, landscaping, and a great neighborhood.
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Manhattan Remodel & Cape Cod Affordable Project
Falmouth's Model for Quality Affordable Housing (HA1512)
Bob Vila’s Home Again heads to Falmouth, Massachusetts, to tour a neighborhood created by Quaker Homes that serves as a model for creating quality affordable homes. Bob joins developer John Druley to tour a home under construction and a completed unit, as he learns about the financing, regulations, and benefits of building affordable housing in Massachusetts. Druley explains that invoking Massachusetts’ 40B land-use law has allowed him to apply for relief from Falmouth’s strict zoning regulations that stipulate minimum one-acre lots. This enabled the development of eight homes on ¼-acre lots, two of which are affordable and were sold by lottery for $119,900. These homes will carry traditional mortgages and are reserved for first-time homebuying families who make up to $65,000 per year. A market-priced home in this development will sell for between $375,000 and $400,000. All homes will have the same plans, square footages, basic construction and interior materials, decks, and landscaped yards. Bob tours the affordable home under construction and remarks on the generous room sizes, layout, and quality materials, including low-e, low-maintenance vinyl windows. Bob also visits a completed home and sees how finished spaces, flooring, appliances, and cabinetry make the house a home.
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| Bob visits with John Druley of Quaker Homes in Falmouth, Massachusetts. Druley is developing a parcel of land in Falmouth that will have eight homes, two of them affordable for ...
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| Bob and developer John Druley walk through a home under construction by Qualker Homes in Falmouth, Massachusetts. This standard design is used for both the market-priced and affordable homes. The ...
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| Bob joins John Druley at another of the Quaker Homes that is nearly completed and ready for landscaping. This home is virtually the same as the first-time homebuyer model that ...
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| Bob and John Druley of Quaker Homes in Falmouth, Massachusetts, tour the interior of a finished single-family home in the development Druley is building with Act 40B approval. This model ...
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| Bob and Join Druley continue their tour of the finished model built by Quaker Homes in Falmouth, Massachusetts. Druley gives Bob a sense of the finishes and options that will ...
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