Woman Builds 30-HOME POCKET NEIGHBORHOOD with COMMUNITY at CENTER - Ep. 133
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- Sue Cosentini is not your typical contractor. Sure she gets stuck into framing and building, but she also really thinks through living space-indoors and out-to encourage connectivity between family members and neighbors. She developed an urban "pocket neighborhood" called the Aurora Pocket Neighborhood in Ithaca, NY and she's now in the process of finishing up a more suburban pocket neighborhood called Amabel.
For more information, visit www.amabel.org/
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I just love that she is giving you a tour and still walking around with her hammer hanging from her pants. The BEST! I'm an architect, and appreciate her thoughtful approach!
Loving these. Pocket, tiny house on wheels (THOWs) communities are truly the future. I'm disabled and don't drive anymore. Having open space (no apartment), area to roam and access to "shared" transportation is wonderful. A balance of independent living is at play here.
We need more communities like this one. Looking forward to seeing it finished.
Sue is amazing! Love this woman. The community looks like it is going to be great.
Sue is the real deal. I had the pleasure to work with her and her partner a few times. It totally changed my perspective on architecture, design and community planning. As a PhD student she really impacted me and ultimately changed my career direction. Glad to see her and her projects getting attention, so deserved.
Now the world knows how amazing Sue is, be ready to be bombarded with requests to join your community, lol. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and your intention for a better neighborly community.
I used to babysit in a townhouse community and they faced the common area, it had a great grass lawn and swimming pool, it was much easier to watch the kids.
Me too. In toronto. It id hiusing coop. Smaller apartments in the townhouse concelation.115 years old buildings. 500 people in 240 units. I love the gardens and community. We built the outside oven, insurance objected. Efficient, safe, wood.
Fabulous interview. Summer you are dynamic with specific questions getting the information viewers want to know. Susan is very knowledgeable and communicates very well. I luv her ideas building this community.
by sues mannerisms, i knew right away that she was an athlete, before she even mentioned. a good athlete generally carries themselves a bit differently the the "average" person. i like how she seems to be more detail oriented than most other construction workers. in terms of making it easier for the homeowner (such as having the intake filter outside of the house, instead of in the crawlspace; individual garden plots instread of 1 community plot).
Wow sue is amazing and a really force. I can’t wait for you to return when it’s completed.
This is so impressive, I really enjoyed seeing this concept and the house tours. The location of the trail and waterway is a huge bonus. Well done Sue. I look forward to update videos in 2023.
Ditto Bette, would really love to see annual follow up's of this and other communities 😊😊
MAN I GOT TO MEET THIS LADY AND VISIT HER PROPERTY.....I AM BLOWN AWAY WITH HER BRILLANCE
Beautiful but, sadly, not so affordable. Would be nice to set up a neighborhood or part of neighborhood for one-person, lower income (retirement income) people.
It’s so cool to see people do what they do. I love this 😊
Sue City. Nice that she gives thought to the whole picture and not just to the architecture. 🖼️🏡🏠🏡
WoW!! I love this woman.
When I was shopping for houses in the country I found a house where the back of the house was to the main road, and the front of the house faced the inside of the property. I didn't end up getting the house but I do like this idea of the front of the house facing what used to be the "back yard". Your ability to enjoy the property is far superior in the house facing the yard/greenspace. This is even more important in cities as many have very restrictive rules around the uses of a front yard.
This community offers everything I’d want in a house and neighbourhood. Now to find something similar in Canada. 🤔
Thanks again for such a fascinating interview, and a peek into another way of living.
I was thinking the same thing! 🇨🇦
@@bettenotap4791 Ditto! I'm in!!!
I would love to live in that community. I am 62 yrs young. That is right up my alley, I love to garden and be self-sustaining
I went to Ithaca College and stayed after graduation for a couple years. Lived a block away from here. I’m so glad to see a community like this coming up- the town is perfect for it.
Maybe one day I’ll move my family into one of these lovely communities. Great video. Love the tour and conversation!
What a lovely story. Sue certainly has a vision for the future of how we should all be living ...
I’m so happy this video came up in my feed! I’ve been planning to create a neighborhood like that in my state, but never had a name for it. Now I have a concise word to use in place of a long description and an example to show to people.
I’m also happy to see the modular construction- I’m planning to build a small modular in-law house in my backyard (I have a large backyard).
Oh my gosh~Susan, I want to work for you!
Terrific interview. All topics I love;houses, land holding houses & community!
I really like Sue's take on the intentional community idea!
I’m really liking this level of community. I lived in cohousing for 6 years. I left and still have friends there. However it was hard in a few ways.
Summer seeing the the garden without grass and special polinator plants. Mental note i wanna speak to her. Lol
The buiding lady amazing. Hope she will be able to do more projects. All evolving to become better and better for the environment.
Love Sue! What a wonderful and inspiring gal. The Pocket Neighborhood project is so exciting. Thanks for sharing this video. Hope this concept spreads.
You are both incredible women! Great job, your both setting examples of women in motion❣️
Here in Australia there was a study into the use of motion detectors that trigger audio recordings to be played to scare deer away. Sounds like it has lasting effects, even when they removed the motion detectors.
Apparently using human voices works well
I never considered this flat-earth entry concern because I'm used to Colorado and Ozark retreats, snow build up and various soil percolation issues. Also, this glacial-till substrate is superbly conducive to essential mineral uptake!
Wow! Wow! Wow! Beautiful concept and beautiful houses. So kind of the residents to give us a tour of their homes and nice to hear how much the children enjoyed being part of the community.
I had to hit pause and stare at a wall after I heard Sue say she takes environmental and social justice into consideration when she makes her construction-related purchasing decisions.
I’ve watched hundreds of hours of construction/remodel/renovation content and have NEVER heard anyone mention that as a factor before now. And because I’ve never heard it mentioned in this context, it never occurred to me that it was something that *could* and *should* be considered as much as possible.
Coincidentally (or not…. 👀) Sue is also the first woman with decades of construction experience that I’ve seen talking about her craft. I could listen to her talk for hours!
It's all "virtue signaling". C'mon man, we're talking Ithaca. I've lived in a similar community - a lot of "hot air", but when it comes to the bottom-line is like every where else (and you always have those who do not carry their weight and the filthy neighbor).
@@andreinarangel6227 To make sure I understand correctly, you can tell this is “virtue signaling” based on location?
🤣🤣🤣I feel ya on the momentary wall...😂😂
I am seriously researching these communities as I plan for my future, and I keep seeing two major concerns. The first is lack of diversity. The second is the inaccessibility to middle and lower income residents. These two concerns are connected. As a divorced woman on a limited income, I would love to live in a community like this, but cannot afford the house prices. And I have yet to see a co-housing or pocket community that has a diverse demographic. The residents are always well-to-do empty nesters, and everyone is white. I'd love to see an intentional community that is far more inclusive. Who would benefit more from a community with a central vegetable garden than the folks currently living in food deserts? Who needs community more than those of us living alone? I admire the sustainability, but not the exclusivity.
@@shannonhathaway4293 I hear you, believe me. I’m a disabled, queer WoC (with several other marginalized identities) living in abject poverty. I fully empathize with how you feel.
This is a problem all over the U.S. and beyond, unfortunately. :( It’s not exclusive to these types of communities.
I’m utterly exhausted in bearing the brunt of a hopelessly, systematically oppressive system, so I try to celebrate little moments of acknowledgment where possible. Sue openly giving a shit about the state of inequity in her profession is a breath of fresh air that I wanted to bask in for a brief moment.
Gotta take what we can get, y’know?
Amazing woman with ideals that are so inspiring.
Turning the house around so the front faces the commons is a fantastic idea!
On the natives v deer issue, I live in a 1920s row house in a mid size east coast city and we have no deer. My garden space is small and sometimes I wish I had more space, but nothings perfect. The difficulty growing natives in more suburban or rural places is all the more reason to have natives in the urban places!
Great idea. I love the eco village style stuff Ive always wished I had enough land and money to put up a village of like minded to grow food and gather with. Go you guys!!!
So great to see different models of community living. And just goes to show that HOAs are not always negative!
Omg, I don't even know how this video came up by accident! 😜 But I believe there are no 'accidents'!! 😉👌🙏✌️🌎
Great tour! I have always thought community living would be better. I have always lived in rural areas and neighbors can be far apart. I always enjoyed visiting my grandparents in town. Everyone knew each other and you could walk everywhere. We all played together. Thanks for sharing this 💯 ❣️
I hope you follow up with her as it progresses. Such a wonderful person to interview and so knowledgeable. I had to laugh a little when you told her she’d need to fence the whole place in. Yeah we all know Irish spring doesn’t work. The idea has been around for at least 30 years that I know of. Still people fall for it.
Thank you, Sue... If you, and "friends", could build THIS.... Then I, and my "friends" could build a tiny home "community" for homeless veterans.
I wonder about the affordability of such a community for seniors on a fixed income? I moved to a Midwest condo community almost 5 years ago thinking I would find real "community" instead I found condos that are "investment properties" with extremely picky rules and regulations that make life difficult for some of us. The good thing is that I no longer have to spend 24/7 maintaining a home, yard, driveway etc. But there is no real freedom living in a community with so many rules and an emphasis on using weed killers, fertilizers, bug sprays constantly. For the previous 20 years we were 100% organic. It never occurred to me that anyone in this day and age would focus on these toxins and use them year-round. I have been ill since I moved here due to the frequent use of toxins on this property. Yes, I DID do my due diligence as I looked into flood zones (the condo had high ground water being across from a lake and next to a marsh,) I researched the financial history of this condo board, I attended an annual meeting to see how the board functions, I checked that the board had the state required 20% of reserve funds in the bank in case of an emergency and how they maintained the property etc. (I later learned they spend $30,000 a year on a lawn and garden maintenance company-hence all the glycophqate etc.!!) Yes, it is important that these condos maintain their monetary value over time for all of our financial futures but not at the expense of the health of the people that live here. My advice? Research, research, research.
This kind of place is both a nightmare and a dream for me. I’ve always wanted to live in a kind of commune with other like-minded people, but at the same time I’m afraid of people and have had so many bad experiences with humans that the thought of living so close to others is terrifying. I also don’t like HOA since I feel like people should be able to live their lives the way they want to on their own property. I guess this type of community depends on a lot of luck in finding residents who are kind and respectful, because one bad apple really could spoil the whole neighborhood.
obviously
Yes I think I’ll stick to private acreage especially after the germ hysteria psy op
@@maplenook 🙄
That is anywhere. I always say good neighbors are a blessing cuz you never know what you're going to get.
@@marryellenmonahan5585 Right, exactly. That’s why this place is packed in too closely for me. At least if I happen to end up with bad neighbors, it wouldn’t be as bad if their house was so far away I could barely see them. But when they’re close enough to interact with while I’m in my own yard? *shudder*
This community is well thought out. Hope the barn will eventually going to be painted red. 😊
I so appreciate your plant knowledge.
Wonderful! I would love to live at the community like this ❤
Irish spring really works! Saved my hostas! 🇨🇦
This reminds me of the mobile home parks and townhouse communities in my area. Common spaces that help build community.
Where is your area? Sounds exactly like what I am looking for.
@@margaretcantlon9960 Sonoma county, CA
enjoyed this interview with Sue Cosentini, loved her energy, wonderful project.
I didn't hear how much these houses cost. I'm curious how much the last house toured is. I also really like the concept of the "back" of the house is on the street side and the "front" of the house faces the common area. I hope it works well!
I love this and I love your vision, spirit, and purpose. This is exactly what I have been looking for. Wish you were in Florida!
Great video. Very cool lady.
Even though I dont like HOA's, i think this community building style is great. I would actually live in a place like that.
I was wondering that, too. Does anyone know?
I use Irish Spring slivers stuck into the ground around some of my plantings to repel Ground Hogs. It does work, partly because the fatty components in commercial soaps is petroleum-based. Handmade soaps that use things like coconut oil, shea butter, etc will actually ATTRACT voles.
Love the concept. Hope someone comes to Pennsylvania someday and builds these or tiny homes.
Thank you,, that was outstanding, Great interviews, Great camera work, love this idea, wish I wasn't stuck on Long Island in the suburbs were know one knows each other believe or Not!! The Human species, don't get it lol !! Anyway , Best of Luck to everyone involved with these Great communities!!
What about protecting the native shrubs for the first 3 years with 1/2 inch hardware cloth, giving the rootball a chance to get established? We had deer and elk browse galore, and yet the native shrubs kept coming back. Tree hay we called them. It's imperative that the shrubs are growing in their ideal growing environment- moisture, light, soil type, and some diversity of species, for the regenerative function to follow reliably. Also, select for the most rugged, a abundant native species to grow as you begin the system off initially. They will help protect, nourish and deflect as needed.
Awesome,thank you for sharing 😁😁😁😁😁🌟🌟🌟🌞🌞🌄🌄
What an awesome idea, I love the design and layout of this community. Everyone has their own space but there are areas where folks can gather and work together as well.
A water collection system from all the homes sure would go a long way towards taking care of the gardens... Big money saver in a time where water costs are. rising
Thanks!
Thank you!
I'm interested to see more about it when it's finished. It's hard to not compare with EcoVillage, with houses packed much closer together. Maybe sharing 2 walls could have helped cost to come down, and include shared water capture schemes (it could be interesting to make interlocking walls in a prefab factory). Hm. Even the roof... actually, the more I think about it, the more it sounds like a few story building would be the most cost, land and energy effective.... bah, I don't truly know.
Wow, this looks great.
Three chairs for high performance building, and love the pocket neighborhood concept! (Wonder if she's familiar with and uses pro clima and 475 etc. 💁🏻♀️)
Would love to see this for tiny houses, and affordable way.
Good topic. Very interesting. Irish spring definitely doesn’t work but people still believe in it. Short of a fence which is the best solution weekly spraying with liquid deer fence is and inter planting with strong smelling herbs is about all that can work. And when spraying (we do it every ten days) it is a simple spray versus soaking every part of the plant. When spraying we just keep walking and spray just a few of the branches.
My husband and i live in NY State we did not know Ithaca had a community like this, I would love something like this, unfortunately we have plans to leave NY its not the same here anymore i have lived here my entire life but there is just to much tyranny and control in this state and the taxes are crazy high.
But i would love a community like this in a place like tennesee maybe.
"Tyranny and control"? You surely would not like living in a small community in which rules and consideration for others are necessary to maintain the peace.
This is how we are meant to live in communities I hope you do another video once more homeowners move in to update what it looks like...its going to be pretty.
Is it possible to have basements that connect as a shared community space and doubles as a storm shelter?
Amazing…. Love to see this in California
What a wonderful place. Awesome idea. I want to live there. Any affordable tiny homes?
It’s so unfortunate that housing has become absolutely unaffordable for so many people. Even tiny homes are $80,000+ these days. It’s insane. If someone could come up with truly affordable housing it would be amazing.
Makes me want to move to Ithaca!
This is how communities need to be built she is awesome - BTW correct me if am wrong but Koch brothers own GP not LP unless this was early on
I guess I grew up in a 'pocket' neighborhood. We had 19 houses on a cul-de-sac with a large grass circle with trees in the middle of the street. Yeah, it looked like Knotts Landing but with a pretty large grass circle. Most of the original owners have now passed. Maybe one original couple left in the neighborhood.
Everyone took turns to cut the grass, raking the leaves and watering the circle. All the kids played in the circle all day. Kick ball, football, baseball, snow ball fights, racing our bikes around the circle. Neighborhood picnics. We never thought of a garden in the circle as kids played there. Most all got a long.
It was fun and the Moms/parents could just look out their front door to check on the children. Most kids from other neighborhoods came to play and we would have enough kids on each team and the circle made a great place to build snow tunnels after the snow plow dumped all the snow on the circle. Good times. Many of us stay in touch with each other and we live all over the states. 😊
Some of these homes are bigger than normal pocket homes. Very nice though. So many more States & Cities need these 'Pocket Neighborhoods' and Homeless Villages.
I want to meet Sue, pick her brain and bring what she is doing there to Texas!!!!
We Texans do tend to be pretty independent to want to do this without lots of questions. But well written deed restrictions and a strong HOA could make it work
Sounds lovely. Hhah - 'in the male type of the species'. I had been interested in Co-Housing, but this sounds almost even better. A mile from Ithaca. But feels rural. Maybe a toilet in the barn? Have to check out Panasoni whisper green fan. Snooglemaphone? "Our common house is the brewery". What a great contractor Sue is. I like the idea that one doesn't have to build wheelchair ramps, etc. Hmm, how to have a pollinator garden and still keep the deer out. I found myself smiling all the way through this video. "All the banging happens elsewhere, in Pennsylvania." I really like the horizontal wall boards on the interior walls.
Wish this was being built near me in Pennsylvania. I'd even volunteer my time to help it get built.
Premier one electric fence works well and very inexpensive. Farmers use it to keep animals in. They are mesh with electric weaved into the fence. It works well with chickens and prevents predators.
beautiful
Irish spring soap against mice. Just bought it. Later on in the episode so it doenst work. Oh damn just bought some. I do hope they work against mice. Else i waisted 10€ lol.
At the very least you can use it in the tub!
YES! This is what I want to do! IN WASHINGTON STATE!
Good work.
Hang chunks/bars of Dial soap around the perimeter of the garden. (Organic farmer in NW CA told me that). Also, very simply grow extra food for wildlife. If they overpopulate, eat some venison, unless you want the Mtn lions to come over and do it for you, lol.
To keep deer from an area, use Rosemary and other shrubbing herbs along the perimeter. Deer don't like rosemary, barberry and other such plants. Find a good herb book and investigate the possibilities for deterrents. Good luck. Love the concept. Too bad it's only for regular sized houses. Tiny houses would do well in this configuration too. :D
Irish Spring! My mice eat the soap! They love it!
Excellent video and Project! 🤠
Bring it up to Ontario.
Come on!
BRING IT!!!
:)
it is my experience that nowadays when u are friendly with your neighbor for some reason they think that they are entitled to get in your business, move things around in your property and so on....I say hello when i see one of my neighbors but that is it...if they need help i am there to help that is the extent of my "socialization" with people...In the old days people help each other, support each other but it was a high degree of RESPECT and BOUNDARIES which is lacking in society right now.
52:30 "Temperature on Demand" What concept!
This doesn't seem like a Pocket Neighborhood to me at least not as it was meant to be based on Ross Chapin's vision as she quoted in the video. Pocket Neighborhoods have smaller houses that are closer together and much more intentional. The residents want to know each other and interact more often. This neighborhood seems like the residents can be left alone and not interact if they choose.
I know there are some people who don't want to live close to their neighbors and that's perfectly fine. These types of neighborhoods aren't for you, but I definitely want that especially as I age and do not care to live in a nursing home environment.
Question for Sue: what are the rules around residents having dogs? I always have at least one Briard as part of my household and can't imagine living without. ???
I would like this. I would be happy with a small cottage or tiny home and a community if like minded people that try to live more of a self sustainable lifestyle.
I'm working on this in Florida. There's already a few, but in my opinion, some are still much higher than what most people can afford. I'm working on that part. :)
@@latonyalee7821 agreed! By the you get the home you then have pay lot rent which adds up to what you couldn’t a regular home for
Hackberry is also edible.
How do you manage the sewer system for this ?
I put Irish Spring in my basement and the mice chewed on it. Haha. I was told they are after the tallow in the soap. So if that is true I was drawing them into my house.
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Some of your answers to homes we can afford are found with Randy Jones Incredible Tiny Homes. He's doing it folks!
I wish to have a shotgun house, was raised in one, just loved it.
Sue, your house looked like Stucco. What do you think of Stucco . I'm in Redding Ca, far northern CA, and we think Stucco may be fire resistant ? And, I think it looks good. PS I Liked and SUBSCRIBED !
Great video! I sub'd :)
Where is this place looks lovely ❤❤
Ithaca, New York which is in the central NY, Finger Lakes region. It is a beautiful area, lovely to look at and including hundreds of wineries to boot. Also home to Cornell University and Ithaca College and one of the most famous, early vegetarian restaurants, Moosewood. Used to live near there and miss it still.
@@sharonknorr1106 The Moosewood Cookbook was my first Vegetarian cookbook. I lived in Berkeley Ca and it was everyone's favorite cookbook! It did become rather boring. But still Great Memories
Have added Asian , Indian and Mexican recipes to my Vegetarian diet 😀💖