Pastoral-Urban Living at Shepard’s Close in Davis
May 20th, 2008 Categories: Davis CA Real Estate, Davis RE Trends, RE Week in Review, Real Estate News
Okay friends we had URBAN living in Davis with the Roe Building - and NEW to the scene is Shepard’s Close. It is as urban as Davis gets - being just one block from the Farmers Market and a few blocks from downtown. However, with a quaint English moniker like “Shepard’s Close” (meaning the end of Shepard’s Lane) and with a meandering walkway among cork oak trees and other thoughtful plantings, there is a really pastoral feeling in this new development.
Maybe “development” overstates the case - Shepard’s Close is a collection of 5 stand alone and semi-attached homes off B Street between 7th and 8th. Built by Mike Corbett (Village Homes fame), Christopher Corbett and with the design charge of Elizabeth McDermott, these charming sustainable homes offer Davisites a new alternative.
Two of the homes are very modern, one small one cottage at the back has a 1920s Land Park feel, there is a classic two story home, and the large home up front (Mike Corbett’s personal home) sits elegantly on its plot (still under construction) promising a slightly medieval influence. How can all of these disparate influences work together? You will be amazed to see that they do. Maybe it is the hardscape and the plantings that make Shepard’s Close feel so cohesive.
The homes feature passive and active solar - southern orientation for winter heat and prevailing summer breezes, no fossil fuels, EPA-certified wood burning stoves, energy star appliances, photo-voltaic, solar hot water, and more. They are filled with light and pleasant to be in.
Two are for sale - the others sold privately before the project started. Call if you are curious - I am happy to give you the details or show you around the project.
-Jamie Madison
