Interested in cohousing, Tomo House, living sustainably in Vancouver or want to know more? Join us Saturday March 25 from 10:30 – noon, for an info session over ZOOM. Members of OUV will run through a presentation that provides a brief introduction to cohousing before going into some depth on our community and Tomo House. In …
If there is one thing the pandemic has taught us, it’s that we want more community. Come get to know members of our community and learn more about our project and our remaining units on Saturday March 18 at the Garden Cafe at VanDusen Botanical Gardens from 10:30 am to noon. This informal gathering is …
Interested in cohousing, Tomo House, living sustainably in Vancouver or want to know more? Join us Saturday February 25th from 10:30 – noon, for an info session over ZOOM. Members of OUV will run through a presentation that provides a brief introduction to cohousing before going into some depth on our community and Tomo House. …
Our Urban Village cohousing is pleased to be offering our online information session for anyone curious about cohousing and interested in learning about our project. We’re on our last leg of construction with an expectant date of occupancy in early 2023 and are keen to find like minded folks for our four remaining units. Our …
A fifteen-minute neighbourhood walk. A five-minute rapid bus ride. A 6-minute bike ride. We’ll be just minutes away from the new Oakridge Community Centre, slated to be finished sometime in 2024. The centre is one of the community amenity contributions provided by the 28.4-acre redevelopment project of the old Oakridge Mall property. The new Oakridge …
Read more Just blocks from our doorstep: the new Oakridge Community Centre
There is no escaping the fact that housing in Vancouver is expensive. It’s all people talk about here in the city (apart from the rain) so despite all the great positives of living in cohousing it should be no surprise to anyone that market-priced cohousing also has a high entry point. As house prices continue …
Mark Shieh understands the power of transformative spaces — he started his career working as an Imagineer for the Walt Disney Company, designing theme parks. “I still have a little of that pixie dust in me,” he says, recalling how transfixed he was by the magic of Disney’s parks and how they felt like the …
Tomo House is being built to Passive House principles which fits well with our cohousing community’s commitment to live as sustainably as we can. The positive impacts of this type of construction were brought home to us recently when we had a workshop on how Passive House is being applied specifically within Tomo House. This …
In 2017 Our Urban Village began a partnership with innovative developers, Tomo (formerly known as Take Root) to build a cohousing community using a model that hadn’t been tried before in North America. OUV’s founders were struggling to find a way to build cohousing in one of North America’s priciest housing markets. When the cost …
It is nearly impossible to build urban cohousing below market price. In a previous article we highlighted the reasons why: astronomical land costs, expensive common space, smaller communities, inexperience of cohousers and expensive change orders during the building process. But there are other savings for families thinking about cohousing to consider. Cohousers share a lot …