After growing up in New England and then moving away for school and work, Laura dreamed of returning and having a farm. She didn’t make it all the way back to Vermont, but she and her husband Bill were eventually able to settle in southern New Jersey in an area of fertile farmland to pursue a more resilient lifestyle.
Like many Unity clients, Bryant and Ruth came to Unity via Bensonwood. Back in the 1990’s they bought all of Tedd Benson’s books, visited Bensonwood’s former shop and offices, and dreamed of one day retiring in a timber frame home.
Chris and Sue were living and working in the Boston area when they began considering the possibility of moving to the Upper Valley area of Vermont. They and their two young daughters would often spend weekends in Quechee, VT, where they were drawn to the landscape, the activities, the culture and the pace of life.
Thanks to Pat’s long career in the diplomatic corps, she and her husband Darryl have lived in many different countries and experienced a wide variety of housing types. In Norway, they became enchanted with hytter, the small cabins in the woods that every Norwegian family seemed to own. While renting these cabins for weekend getaways, Pat and Darryl found that they liked living remotely in the woods and decided to pursue this lifestyle in the U.S. for their retirement.
When Carol and Howard embarked on the journey to build a new home, they were already experienced in home construction, having built or renovated 4 homes and moved 14 times in their more than 60 years of marriage. With this experience under their belt, they were confident in their decision to have Unity build their final retirement home.
When the property adjacent to her home on Cape Cod came on the market, Sarah jumped at the chance to purchase it. Her vision: to transform the three dilapidated cottages on the property into housing that would provide benefits to her and to the community.
Dana and Kathy had long been fans of Bensonwood, the company that gave rise to Unity. When the time came to plan a new lakefront home, they were pleased to see that Unity’s Tradd platform fit their needs perfectly.
When the time came to design their retirement home, they had two goals: to create a healthy living environment, and to produce as much energy as they consume.
After 25 years in their old farmhouse, Tony and Anne were ready for a change. They knew they wanted a home that was smaller and warmer, but they weren’t sure how to begin. Then they found Unity.
A simpler life: this is what Amy and TJ were seeking when they began thinking about building a new home.
Like many visitors to Chebeague, Susan became enchanted on her first visit to this beautiful island off the coast of Portland, Maine.
As a nurse in Boston planning for her future, Janet envisioned living a simpler life with a smaller footprint. What she never envisioned, however, was that she would build that future herself - literally with her own two hands. But that’s what Janet did when she retired and became the general contractor for her Unity Nano.
Like many Unity clients, Sandy and Mark came to us looking for a retirement home that would be high performance and net zero.
When Dartmouth College needed new faculty housing built on a tight timeframe and to very high standards, Unity was a natural choice.
We like to say that we build each Unity Home twice: first virtually, and then actually. In the case of Unity’s Zūm-style show home, we “built” it four times: once virtually, once in our shop, once in Washington, D.C., and finally in Walpole.
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