Moving in
The community is essentially built-out, so instead of starting plans for a housing development, the owner of the Rotterdam-based Adirondack Development looks for space within established neighborhoods.
Referred to as "infill" housing, the option allows builders to avoid the long planning and permitting process involved in starting a housing development.
[...] it gives homeowners a chance to know exactly what kind of community -- and neighbors -- they're getting from the start.
In the Capital Region, most of these infill houses are concentrated in the Latham/Loudonville area, says Matt Rousseau, vice president of the Capital Region Builders & Remodelers Association and director of new construction sales for Coldwell Banker Prime Properties in Green Island.
[...] with projects such as the opening of a computer chip factory in Saratoga County on the horizon, he expects to see more people wanting new homes in established but hot communities.
A new home he built in a Princetown neighborhood had a large front porch to match the country style of the homes around it.