That's the way they make money on the land, buy by the acre and sell by the lot. We immediately discarded that plan and brought in land planner Don Bosse, who is a real TND proponent, to do a new land plan that focuses attention on the lakes in the city park we donated at the rear of the property. Then we set out to create a neighborhood that would add real value to each of the houses. Click here to see full size Bradfield Village is a modified Traditional Neighborhood Development, with front porches on all homes and detached garages behind many. But there's no commercial or retail compenent and no al-leys.
Gazebo sets the nostalgic tone.
Wilson and Bosse turned the street leading to the largest lake into a boulevard, Crescent Drive, with a park in the median. The street Bosse and Wilson created has the quiet, laid-back feel of the 1950s. Front porches face the street behind white picket fences. The street leads to the park and lakes. If we'd only done the three models, it would have been a tough sell because we were asking for more money than the Buda market was used to, and all they'd see was that we'd taken the brick fronts off the houses and put on front porches.