Houses

We have now 290 plots to work with, ranging from 800 to 1500 square meters, the design of the village as a whole will decide where we will actually build houses and where we create parks and common areas. We always talk about a flow, the way people live in this community, the walk from home to the eco gardens, to the common areas, school, caffee, offices needs to be optimised in the design stage.

Our architect Jose Manuel Escobedo will make this an architectural wonder. We always said from the beginning of the project that we want to create the best living place in the world and that is how we got this respected, talented prize winning architect to take the project. He will design all the houses and the landscape of our village, having a very little print on nature, enhancing rather than taking away.

The houses are a topic where most of you have a lot of good ideas, based on the thousands of emails we received so far. We found out most people welcome the solar energy, low consumption houses, the size varies a lot because of the size of different families that want to live here. When it comes to ecological paint, organic insulation and other great ecological alternatives you need to understand that those solutions cost a lot more and the price of the house will obviously go up. We want to make it possible so that some of these solutions can be chosen on preorders as it is important for some of you. On the other hand I remind you that we have an ecological mindset for the community and the construction, but we can't stop people from using regular paint in their houses or drinking a bottle of Pepsi when they feel like. En ecological lifestyle can't be imposed, can't be totally independent from the the modern world, but it is up to us living in the eco village to take good choices for our bodies and minds, for our neighbours and for the nature around us.

How far are we from moving in?

I wish I could say 9 months, even if that's technically possible, I know things will come in the way, as they always do, this project relies on too many people and too much paperwork to be able to estimate an exact timeframe. The first wave of construction should be done latest 12 months after construction starts, but the community buildings and all the facilities of the village won't be done until the entire project is done. Most experts estimate 3 to 4 years to completion. The first people living there will have certain advantages, housing will be cheaper, better plots, there will be gardens and trees from day one, also some community facilities. The construction of the rest of the village shouldn't interfere at all with the early residents as we chose light metal structure for the framing of the houses so there will be no rubbish at all at the construction site, no big machines and cranes, a lot like a village in the old days where the neighbour is building a house and you see him on the roof sometimes working on something. Early residents will be able to shape the entire community and have a lot to say in the decision making regarding the community.