1440 Chase Avenue and 1444 Chase Avenue

Modeled after New York architect S. Flavio EspinozaÕs "Suburban Loft" HOME House, Northside architect Alice Emmons modified his design to fit the Chase and Fergus site. Completed in 2008, both houses sold to single-family homeowners the same year, within less than 6 months from the date of completion.


Standard features include:

  • Two stories

  • Three bedrooms

  • Two baths

  • Laundry facility on the 2nd floor

  • Approximately 1,475 square feet

  • Off-Street Parking and Parking Pad

Green features include:

  • Innovative and high performance contemporary design

  • Construction with environmentally friendly building materials

  • Paint and building products that are low-VOC (volatile organic compounds)

  • Water to air - high efficiency heating system

  • Dual flush toilets

  • Natural ventilation

  • High efficiency appliances

  • Universal Design features on the first floor

  • Drought-resistant landscaping

 

As part of their collaborative agreement, CNCURC and the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) teamed together to convert Mr. Espinoza's design into a workable model suitable for construction to fit the Chase Avenue and Fergus Street site. CAC allocated funds to pay his fees while CNCURC hired local architect Alice Emmons to work with S. Flavio Espinoza to develop the prototypes for the two homes.

With the generous support of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, an anonymous donor and 2007 gap funding from the City of Cincinnati CNCURC secured a construction loan through North Side Bank and Trust Company and hired Reece-Campbell, Inc. as the Construction Contractor for the HOME House homes in August, 2007.

Additional support, in the form of materials and supplies from well-known contributors such as Habegger Supply Company, Ohio Tile & Marble Company, The Painter Development Group, Pella, and others allowed CNCURC to offer a better product for a substantial savings to the buyers.

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the two single-family occurred December 13, 2007 at 10am with final construction completed in March, 2008. Purchased by single-family homeowners, both homes were sold by the middle of September. The two HOME House homes were the first completed HOME Houses built the U.S.

Links to articles about Northside's Green Homes:

Inside the Northside HOMEs - Building Cincinnati, March 13, 2008

Northside at the forefront of green redevelopment - Soapbox Cincinnati, March 11, 2008

Ribbon Cutting For New Homes In Northside - WCPO, December 13, 2007

Green building movement finds a home in Northside - Cincinnati Business Courier, October 19, 2007