GreenDwellingSeattle

We are very excited to introduce you to a modern, innovative and sustainable community being developed in Redmond, Washington by YS Development.  The Taltree ecoVillage is the next in an impressive list of projects that have been brought to the eastside market by this pioneering modern-green development firm.  Having completed the first two Built Green 4-Star homes within the city of Kirkland, YS Development will be building the Taltree project as part of Redmond’s Innovative Housing Demonstration program. 

These 9 detached single-family homes will offer such features as underground parking, walking paths, a community house, native landscaping and a design sophistication rarely seen on the eastside.  The site has been designed by renowned Johnston Architects and will be built to the highest levels of Built Green and Energy Star home standards. 

For some time now we have seen green building gain a strong footing in many of Seattle’s urban neighborhoods, however development of this type is still very new to the communities east of Lake Washington.  The Redmond Innovative Housing Demonstration program is intended to encourage diversity in housing choices on the eastside.  The inclusion of projects like Taltree will help to raise awareness of the social, environmental, and financial benefits green building represents. 

The Taltree ecoVillage will offer three different floor plans ranging from 1600 to 2500 square feet with price points from $500,000 to $825,000.  The homes are currently being marketed as a pre-sale with a unique twist; the developer is seeking a “founders group” of sorts to contribute perspective and design priorities that will become part of the final design of the project.  The founder of YS Development, Yuval Sofer wants to bring a highly efficient development that truly fits the needs of its homebuyers and is pursuing this approach as a means of realizing the full potential of this community development.  One of the main goals is to create a high quality community of social living while maintaining privacy and seeking the input of it’s future homeowner’s is seen as key to the process.  “If people are going to be living in a community setting it seems right to give them the opportunity to play a part in the design process” states Sofer.  He continues “we can go with what we see as the priorities, but understanding how they resonate with people will help us to do something that really works for everyone, individually and as a group”.

We will be following the progress of this project as it goes along and will be organizing a number of public events and tours in the coming months.  If you would like to know more about the project please feel free to contact Yuval Sofer directly, visit the YS Development website, or you can also find it on the Real Estate pages of the GreenDwellingSeattle site.