Barrows Street Cottages - Foundations

This project entails the forming and pouring of five (5) modular cottage foundations on CITY owned land at 22 Barrows Street. Each of the five cottages will consist of two prefabricated modules supplied and installed by Preferred Building Systems of Claremont, NH, providing approximately 900 square feet of finished living space. Attics will be inaccessible, and basements will be left unfinished for future CITY completion.

The scope of work includes layout, forming and pouring of the foundation concrete footers and walls, providing and installing two (2) sill windows in each foundation, installing penetration sleeves as necessary for utilities, pouring and finishing the basement slabs, and the forming and pouring of a pad at each cottage for a heat pump condenser and a central transformer pad.

CITY staff, supported by an experienced project manager, will act as the general CONTRACTOR. The CITY will directly contract with all other sub-CONTRACTORs (electrical, mechanical, finish carpentry, etc.). Both CITY personnel and the project manager have substantial experience with modular construction.

The CITY is initiating the CONTRACTOR selection process now, but will not authorize the work to proceed to construction until after CITY Council approval, which is anticipated in January 2026. The CITY reserves the right to cancel the project at any time and for any reason.

The CITY is undertaking this project to provide an opportunity for CITY employees to purchase lower cost housing. The CITY’s sales arrangement will keep the cottages available and affordable for future CITY employees if the original CITY employee elects to sell their cottage in the future. The cottages will be sold at cost to CITY employees.