Oceanspray’s four 1,275-square-foot units each feature two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and an attic loft. While the lot wasn’t touched by the 2020 fires, the townhomes replace an outdated duplex built with hazardous materials (work crews had to remove asbestos in half the building before taking it down). By then increasing the number of units on the lot using sustainable methods, the townhomes project was able to model the potential for dense, climate-resilient housing in communities that border forests and wilderness areas and experience higher risks of fire, what’s often called the “wildland-urban interface.”
“I wanted to throw this open as a demonstration for all builders so that people have food resilience, climate resilience, and don’t have to rely on big utility companies,” says Radhika Thekkath, the owner and driving force behind the project. Thekkath acquired the original duplex with the intention of moving to Ashland to be near her son, who had relocated to
