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lellololes t1_j7l4nqr wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Dover builds tiny home neighborhood by sheila9165milo

Eh, there should be more variety in housing than apartments and mcmansions. We don't have enough of the in between stuff. Having different densities is a good thing.

These look appropriately sized for an individual or a couple without a lot of material stuff. It's not going to be for everybody, but these look like they would be good homes for people that have modest means and don't want to live in an apartment.

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broknkittn t1_j7lyrmm wrote

I would totally rent something like this rather than an apartment in a complex. If for nothing else than noise levels and no one else living above you stomping around.

Also you get the yard without it being overwhelming like it can be if you owned a full house. Room for a little garden outside, too.

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MethBearBestBear t1_j7m8xca wrote

But you don't, it is 7.5 aces subdivided into 44 lots plus roads...

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lellololes t1_j7m9xh3 wrote

That's not living in the middle of nowhere but it is pretty normal. That's about 1/6th of an acre per house.

I grew up with a 1/4 acre yard. It's not Sherwood forest but it is hardly living on top of each other...

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MethBearBestBear t1_j7mc8pj wrote

I grew up on 1/4 acre as well and i have driven by this project multiple times. It is probably going to come to more of 1/8 of an acre per lot in reality. I was responding to the person saying you will not hear your neighbors (you will) and can have a garden (not really).

This whole project screams money printer with a fake "we are helping out" facade or just a poorly thought out pie in the sky with more money than thought. The location is walkable outside of winter to downtown but condos would have been a much better use of the land of they didn't want apartment buildings. These are going to be cheaply built (2 years to go from forested uneven ground to 44 units) units that will make the property owner between 100-250k per year. Surprised the city approved of the project and probably only did so because it was "adding housing" but added it in a very inefficient way.

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ThePencilRain t1_j7n31a1 wrote

The city approved it because the developer has more money than the neighbors.

Per the city meetings a few years ago, all of these were supposed to be claimed already by the employees of the owner's other ventures - the giant assisted living/nursing homes down the road. So, apparently, things have changed.

Which sucks, as I just took over my grandmother's house which is reeeeeeaaaaally close to this monstrosity. It looks like shit and I guarantee it will be section 8 projects within 5 years.

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the_nobodys t1_j7ljquq wrote

Yeah, good points. They wouldn't make it if there wasn't demand and financial feasibility.

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