See also: Using the Common House

The Mosaic Commons Common House is the center of our neighborhood, both physically and socially. It's the place where the community comes together -- for shared meals, for games and entertainment, for meetings, for parties, for hobbies and activities.

Our Common House has

• A great room for (optional) shared meals and large events
• A dining room for more private meals, or expansion space on the great room
• A large commercial-quality kitchen with mixed-height work surfaces, gas ranges, two ovens and refrigerators, and commercial dishwasher
• A kid's playroom with a window view from the building's hub, and its own bathroom and exit to the outdoors
• A recreation/multi-purpose room with ping-pong, foosball, books, games and crafts
• A fully-equipped exercise room
• A living room for smaller gatherings and casual socializing
• A music room
• Shared laundry facilities (in addition to laundry hookups in every home)
• An herb garden off the kitchen (in addition to a large shared organic garden nearby)
• A large shaded front porch with tables and chairs
• Smaller rooms for hobbies, smaller meetings, etc.
• Mail boxes and coat room
• Handicapped accessible bathroom with a roll-in shower
• A outdoor large hot tub
• A paved courtyard for outdoor cooking, patio tables and children's play
• Wireless Internet service
• Dual fuel fireplace (gas/wood)
• Energy efficient heating and cooling (heat pump)
• Super insulated and low-toxicity, just like all our individual homes

All residents have full use of the common house. It's like having extra rooms on your house that happen to not be attached.

We have 4 types of buildings, holding a total of 5 types of units. Our buildings are mostly triplexes, with one duplex type. To design our community, we worked with the fabulous Kraus Fitch Architects.

We began with our priorities, and then moved to our designs, and from there to our plans.

We have homes available to all buyers, and homes that are restricted based on household income. For details and prices on available units, click here.

We are sharing a wonderful 65 acre site in Berlin, MA with Camelot Cohousing - we built on a total of 7-8 acres, leaving the remainder in conservation and open space. We are further south on the site, towards Sawyer Hill Road.

Full Site Map: May, 2007

Site Design Program

Mosaic Commons, from Google Maps: