Located on a cul de sac off of Lake Street, about a mile down the bike path from Alewife MBTA station, this Energy Star-rated, architect-designed, factory-constructed, new home was developed by a local family-run company, Marsh & Oldham Homes. It is offered at $779,000. Open houses Saturday May 14, 1-3:00 pm and Sunday, May 15, 3:30-4:30.

Custom built to the developers’ exacting specifications by the esteemed Keiser Homes of Maine, the house is fine example of energy efficiency and traditional comfort and design. This sort of modular, factory construction is leading the way in green building techniques. Modular is no longer equated with a double-wide ranch home chosen from a catalog or web site. This is a custom-designed home by a local architect, with high-end cabinetry, custom built-ins, quality hardware, and utmost consideration of the siting on this particular lot near Spy Pond adjacent to the Kelwyn Manor neighborhood of Arlington.

To see where factory construction has been recently and is going in the future, look no further than this laudatory article in Maine Home + Design, specifically spotlighting a Keiser project in the article, “Architecture’s A-List.”

From Keiser’s own site:

Every Keiser module is crafted in our climate-controlled Oxford, Maine, facility, free from the elements inherent to site built construction. Our buildings utilize the same, or superior, materials as would site built construction, follow a schedule unaffected by weather or subcontractor delays, and undergo rigorous review by Keiser and third party inspectors.

Details:

  • 3 bedrooms
  • 2.5 baths
  • Approximately 2500 square feet of living area
  • Gas-fired forced hot hair heating
  • Central air
  • Hardwood floors
  • Gas fireplace in living room
  • Open floor plan from kitchen through breakfast area and family room
  • First floor study
  • Formal dining room
  • Master suite with cathedral ceiling and en suite bath walk-in shower and separate whirlpool tub
  • Second floor laundry
  • Walk-up attic plumbed and ready for expansion
  • Finished mudroom off of garage in lower level
  • Sprinkler system and professional landscaping and plantings