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Prospective Residents Questionnaire

These questions will help us understand what you want in a housing community. Some questions focus on individual lifestyle considerations, while others look at lifestyles within a larger community.

Please give us your name and contact information.

Name
       
Address
        
City
State
Zip
Telephone
E-Mail Address

Tell us about your family. Please list the names of all adults and the names and ages of all children living at home with you.

Name Age   Name Age
 
 
 
 

Tell us about the space you need.

How many bedrooms do you want for immediate family members?

How many bedrooms will you use for guest, office, or studio space?

For which of the following do you need additional space?
Guest Room
Office
Studio
Other

If "Other," please explain.

 

Do you, family members, or guests have health issues or physical challenges that need special consideration in designing a home? Yes No

If "Yes," please describe the type of accommodation.

Tell us about your family activities.

Do you entertain? Yes No   How often?

What is the average gathering size, including immediate family?

Which of the following do you usually entertain?
Family
Friends
Business Associates

What are your three favorite activities?

 

Do you have pets or animals? Yes No Please list them by species & number.
       
Species
How Many?
  
Species
How Many?
 
 
 

 

Do you garden?
Vegetables and herbs?
Flowers?

Tell us about your commuting experience.

How far do you commute to work? How far would you commute to work if you lived at First Light?
How far do you commute to school? How far would you commute to school if you lived at First Light?
   
Would you use walking trails from First Light to the local schools or farm? Yes No

Which of the following options for parking your car would you prefer?

If you have any comments, questions, or concerns to share about your commuting experience, please tell us here:

Tell us how importance each of the following aspects of the neighborhood is to you.

 Houses clustered together to create more
 community open space
 Common land for recreation
 Common land for gardening
 Common land for livestock
 Diversity in the size of homes
 Community building for occasional gatherings
  within the neighborhood
 Community building for daily gatherings
 within the neighborhood
 Participating in community workdays
 Opportunity to reduce the cost of the home
 through "sweat equity"
 Use of sustainable design practices in creating 
 the community

If you have any comments, questions, or concerns to share about the neighborhood, please tell us here:

Tells us how important each of the following construction practices is to you.

 Energy efficiency
 Indoor air quality
 Reduced use of fossil fuels
 in the production of materials 
 Well-designed homes with
 lower than average square footage 

Definitions of green building practices can vary widely. Which of the following would you be willing to pay more for?

 Meets Energy Star standards See Energy Star for additional information.
 Meets LEED-H or American Lung Association standards for indoor air quality See U.S. Green Building Council for additional information.
 Uses sustainable or local building materials  
 Uses a source of renewable energy such as active solar (photovoltaic), geothermal, or wind  
 Super-insulated and designed for passive-solar heating and cooling   
 Uses a clean-burning wood stove or masonry stove as the primary source of heat (after the sun)  

If you have any comments, questions, or concerns to share about construction practices, please tell us here:

Please rate your desires for home design qualities.

 As long as it has the spaces I need,  design is not important
 I like the traditional New England home styles of capes and colonials 
 I prefer a small home, unique in character
 I am familiar with anthroposophic architecture and would love to
 integrate some of the principles even if the home costs more
 I can live with restrictions on my choices of exterior siding materials,
 finishes, and colors (such as only natural wood siding, no bright
 colors, etc.)

If you have any comments, questions, or concerns to share about home design, please tell us here:

Tell us your thoughts about home size and price.

Please note that the information provided below is not intended as a representation of what we will be building or how much it will cost. Our intent is to make decisions about size and cost based on research within the community and your feedback about your desires for size, quality, cost, and the importance of green building practices.

Choose the home size you would most like to buy.

1 Bedroom
2 Bedrooms
3 Bedrooms
4 Bedrooms
500
1,000
1,300
1,750
 
600
1,125
1,500
2,050
LEED = 4 pts
700
1,250
1,700
2,350
LEED = 2 pts
800
1,375
1,900
2,650
National Average
900
1,500
2,100
2,950
 
1,000
1,625
2,300
3,250
 
1,100
1,750
2,500
3,550
 
1,200
1,875
2,700
3,850
 
1,300
2,000
2,900
4,150
 
>1,300
>2,000
>2,900
>4,150
 

 

Choose the purchase price you would most likely pay.
2 Bedrooms
3 Bedrooms
4 Bedrooms
 Typical Construction, Average Size 
$250,250
$345,800
$482,300
 Energy Star Quality, LEED 2 Size 
$281,250
$365,500
$470,000
 Energy Star Quality, LEED 2 Size,  
 some green upgrades
$308,750
$401,200
$517,000
 Alternate Energy, LEED 2 Size,
 all high quality green materials 
$337,500
$438,600
$564,000

If you have any comments, questions, or concerns to share about home size or price, please tell us here:

If you are considering a new house, how soon do you expect to move? Within the next...

6 months 1 year 2 years 3 years

Please feel free to share any additional comments you have regarding the First Light Neighborhood & Farm.
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