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Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Published: 12/23/2020 3:37:09 PM
Although there are ways for the seven cabins at the Walden Eco Village to get into compliance, former casita (or tiny house) resident Quinn Kelley acknowledged there was very little hope that he’d be able to return to his 140-square-foot rental. The nine similar rentals on site were not permitted, and don’t meet several criteria of the town’s building code for residences, including the 400-square-foot minimum for studio or one-bedroom residences. Casita renters paid about $445 a month to rent small rooms with propane heat and electricity, and used a communal building on site for kitchen, bathroom, shower, and laundry facilities. Officials disconnected the propane and electricity to all casitas last Wednesday after witnessing several safety hazards.
Eco Village residents disperse, town and landlord discuss next steps
Residents were still moving out as town and state officials gathered at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Peterborough’s deadline for residents to be out of the Walden Eco Village. Abbe Hamilton / Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Walden Eco Village residents were still moving out as town and state officials gathered at 4 p.m. on Wednesday. Staff photo by Abbe Hamilton
Quinn Kelley and his dog Banjo outside his casita. Tenants have been renting casitas, or tiny houses, at the Walden Eco Village in Peterborough. Dec. 15, 2020. Staff photo by Abbe Hamilton
Tenants have been renting casitas, or tiny houses, at the Walden Eco Village in Peterborough. Dec. 15, 2020. Staff photo by Abbe Hamilton
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Published: 12/21/2020 6:54:23 PM
The 25 former tenants of the Walden Eco Village are readjusting in various living arrangements just over a week after being given five days to vacate their rentals on Garland Way in Peterborough.
Casita resident Quinn Kelley said he spent a couple days in a rental in Greenfield before returning to Strafford, his home town, to rent a space in a family friend’s house.
“Don’t know if it’s the grief, or what, but being isolated in Greenfield after all this was really hard,” he said, and that he realized he needed to be around family and friends. “Frankly, the loss of this community as a support system has been devastating. It kind of snuck up on me,” he said. “I was so focused on the next step and everyone’s feet were being held so close to the fire that nobody really had a chance to process the situation together, let alone say good bye,” he said. Kelley, a ConVal School District employee, said he would