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Treehouse Village is alive with fun activities this spring!
By Allyson Rowley, Community Reporter From a wood carving workshop to dance parties in the Common House to a Wellness Weekend, Treehouse Village Ecohousing is alive with many fun, community-led activities this spring. Atlantic Canada’s first cohousing development, Treehouse Village is a vibrant, multi-generational community dedicated to living lightly on the earth. Treehouse kids are playing on the Common Green and we’re enjoying the lovely spring weather in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. Construction is almost complete on our 4000-sq.ft. Common House (the heart of any cohousing community) and all but one of our 30 condos are pre-sold. From May 2 to…
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You’re invited to Treehouse Village on Saturday, June 22!
Come celebrate the Summer Solstice with us! SAVE THE DATE: Treehouse Village is hosting a Community Open House on Saturday, June 22, between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Atlantic Canada’s first cohousing development, Treehouse Village Ecohousing is now a vibrant, multi-generational community. Our residents range in age from four months to over 80. Construction is almost complete on our 4000-sq.ft. Common House (the heart of any cohousing community) and all but one of our 30 condos are pre-sold. We’ve moved into our comfortable homes and have been hard at work putting the finishing touches on our energy-efficient Passive House development, powered by…
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‘We felt at home right from the day we arrived’
By Treehouse Village Ecohousing Treehouse Village Ecohousing is so excited to welcome our two new households! Sue and Phil Aylesworth made the trek to Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, from Windsor, Ontario, in January. They jumped right into the community — Phil operated the Treehouse snow plow and he now manages the site keys and access control, while Sue leads the “Craft & Chat” group and has taken on the role of Guest Room Steward. “We’d been investigating cohousing since 2021, when we first learned about the concept and Treehouse Village,” says Phil. “We were taken with the idea of living lightly,…
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“We did it!” Treehouse Village celebrates the completion of our eco-friendly, multi-age cohousing development
Photos by Shirley Robb, Treehouse community member By Allyson Rowley, Community Reporter Treehouse Village Ecohousing, Atlantic Canada’s first cohousing development, is now a vibrant, multi-age community with construction substantially completed and all but one of our 30 condos pre-sold. Residents have moved into their energy-efficient homes and are working together to put the finishing touches on this unique, community-oriented cohousing development. “This is an amazing achievement to see our dream fully become a reality,” says Andrew McQueen, President of our Condominium Corporation’s Board of Directors. Treehouse Village was launched more than five years ago by a group of private individuals,…
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The Maple: A bright, spacious home in a unique multi-generational community
Now available: Treehouse Village’s bright and spacious top-floor home — the Maple! This 1,006-sq.ft. condo offers two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a big kitchen, an open-concept living area, and plenty of room to work from home. You’ll enjoy a unique multi-age community, while sharing valuable common amenities and 16 acres of land with 29 other households. All this, located in Bridgewater — a thriving town on Nova Scotia’s beautiful South Shore! “There is something special happening here in Bridgewater with this wild, wacky group of people who have come together through Treehouse Village,” says Megan Beliveau. Meg and her partner, Matt…
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Treehouse in the News
Atlantic Canada’s first cohousing community is generating a lot of interest in the media, both regionally and nationally. In recent months, Treehouse Village Ecohousing has been featured in Maclean’s Magazine, on CBC Television and Radio, the Halifax Examiner, and even the Weather Network website. The media outlets have been interested in our passive house construction, our sharing of common spaces and values and, of course, the people who make up our community. As we near completion of the project, we expect more media interest in the new year. We’ll keep you posted, but in the meantime, here are some links…
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From Berlin to Bridgewater in less than a year
By Bastian Gruber, Treehouse Village community member It has been a big year of trade-offs and jumping in an adventure head first. Joining a co-housing community and moving to a small town were, what we thought, the biggest challenges. Shortly after we signed the TVE shareholders’ agreement, we felt the floor ripped beneath us with the announcement of the 35% price increase. Not having any financial ties in Canada meant an almost impossible challenge to get a home financed. We not only had to say goodbye to friends and family, we had to break the close relationship between Cora and…
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The Oak: Perfect for families or working from home (or both!)
By Allyson Rowley, Community Reporter Heather Yundt and Etienne Baqué moved into their Oak in September with their twin six-year-old daughters. The family quickly enjoyed the benefits of living in Treehouse Village’s multi-generational, family friendly, 30-unit cohousing community. There even was a welcome ceremony for them when they moved in! Etienne, Mila, Heather and Margot being welcomed to the community. Photo by Shirley Robb A community that supports each other Heather is quick to point out how supported they feel as parents and how happy they have been with their move to Treehouse Village. Neighbours at Treehouse Village make sure…
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First Snowfall!
Treehouse Village woke up on December 4 to a blanket of snow covering our community. The residents lost no time in building snowpeople, sledding and tobogganing and otherwise enjoying the first snow accumulation of the year. Photos by Treehouse resident Sharon de Souza.
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More About Solar
Recently we published a blog post about Treehouse Village’s solar power (“Here Comes the Sun“). The post piqued the curiosity of several people who wanted to learn more about our solar installation, so we asked our resident expert, Wayne Groszko, to provide some more details. Here’s what he had to say: The total capacity of all the solar power systems installed at Treehouse Village is approximately 236 kW (DC). As there are 30 households in the village, this averages to 7.87 kW per household, which is fairly close to the average size of solar power systems per household being installed…