Jim Feiner is not your average affordable housing guy. He has no public funding, no board of directors and certainly no trust fund. But he has an idea.

Located in the heart of Edgartown Village, a neighborhood famed for its white clapboard homes and rose-covered picket fences, this meticulously-restored home boasts all the comforts of modern-day living and the charm of a whaling-era home.

How to preserve the rural character of Chilmark while planning for the future: the question is expected to take center stage when voters consider a proposed bylaw to regulate house size at their annual town meeting Monday night.

After a few years of annual town meetings that were quiet and largely routine, the Chilmark warrant is packed with weighty issues this year, including an $8.1 million operating budget, up nearly five per cent over last year, largely due to increased education costs.

All the houses in Chilmark total three million square feet.