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Nubanusit Neighborhood & Farm is a singular cohousing community in Peterborough, New Hampshire, located in the southwestern Monadnock region of the Granite State, just a 90-minute drive from Boston. Our neighborhood consists of 29 environmentally-designed homes; a lovely, spacious Common House; professional office space in a renovated historic farmstead; an organic farm; woodlands with walking trails; and a pond for swimming and skating. The neighborhood is located on 70+ acres along the Nubanusit River, about a one-mile walk along well-maintained sidewalks from the center of Peterborough, a thriving small town made famous by Thornton Wilder in his play Our Town.

A single-family home in our neighborhood has received LEED Platinum certification from the US Green Building Council; all of the buildings are constructed to the same rigorous environmental standards and use less than half the energy of typical houses. Our architect-designed, New England farmhouse-style homes all have front porches and are sided with traditional cedar shingles. Each home is superinsulated with triple-glazed windows, infrastructure for solar hot-water collectors, and natural, nontoxic materials chosen for quality and durability. The entire neighborhood is heated by a central wood-pellet fired heat plant.

Hardwood and tile floors are used throughout the homes; the interiors are light, airy, and spacious. First floors feature a kitchen and open-concept living/dining room with a full mudroom entry and half bath/laundry room. The second floors consist of a master bedroom, full bath, and additional bedrooms. Private living spaces have views of woods, farm fields, or the river. We are a pedestrian-friendly neighborhood, with vehicles limited to the parking area at the periphery.

Our biodynamic farm includes fields for pasture, hay, vegetables, and fruits. There is also an apiary, a small dairy, chickens, pigs, horses, and a llama.

Peterborough is a quintessential New England town of 6,000 located in a nature-lover’s region of small mountains, fresh-water ponds, rivers, and picturesque villages. Our town is a vibrant arts and cultural center, and is home to the world-renowned MacDowell Colony, a century-old haven for composers, writers, visual artists, architects, and filmmakers. We have good public schools, and there are Waldorf daycare, preschool, elementary, and high schools in the area.