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Backyard Neighborhood - Whidbey Island, WA
Choices, for how you live your life
A compact single family home and a detached backyard cottage. Two houses in one provides for multi-generational lifestyle choices. This pocket neighborhood is another unique and innovative development that fosters a true sense of community by its design. Rather than the typical "garage door" houses on a cul-de-sac of most suburban developments, the Backyard Neighborhood was created by clustering two smaller dwellings on each separate lot and weaving them together with a shared alleyway.
The 1200-plus square-foot home on the front of each lot includes a light-filled main living space, two bedrooms, an office and covered outdoor space. The 425 square-foot 'backyard cottage' offers a great deal of lifestyle flexibility. Homeowners use this smaller space as an office or an art studio, a place for an elderly parent or a starter house for an adult-child, a guest cottage, and rental or caretakers residence. It's all about giving people choices.
The Backyard Neighborhood was designed by Ross Chapin AIA, Ross Chapin Architects.
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What homeowners say:
"The first thing that sold me was the front porch. It's so warm and inviting, and took me back to the way I grew up. Everyone knew their neighbors, and we'd all sit on our front porches at night and chat. It's the same way here."
