Re: Affordable Cohousing | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: oz (ozozragland.com) | |
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2013 09:57:28 -0800 (PST) |
In the coho-traveling I've done, I've been most impressed by the creative, low-cost solutions that retrofit cohousing groups have adopted to lower their costs. Songaia Cohousing is a mix of old and new - we built 5 new duplexes, remodeled a small 1920s house into a duplex of two small homes, and retrofitted a very large 1960s single-family home to serve as our common house and an attached cohousing home. As a retrofit, our common house is very different from the more conventional, new-built common house found in many new-built communities sport. Ours does NOT sport a grand, two-story entry area, or a beautiful sitting area next to the dining room with a fireplace between, or commercial kitchen. It does, however, enjoy very heavy use by many people who have come to love working and playing and living together. Its also been home for many community events over the years, including Coho/US and FIC face-to-face board meetings (2) and a dinner for the 2009 International Cohousing Summit. This type of vibrant, active community life has attracted a steady stream of people wanting to participate in our community... and with so little turn-over, all but one of our homes sold instantly... to our associates or members. On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 8:58 AM, Jenny Guy <jenstermeister [at] gmail.com> wrote: > > It's much, much cheaper for us than new construction. We have all had to > put in a big down payment, so our model wouldn't work for people who didn't > have that, unless the community had more members at the time of purchase. > This is working for some of us with a chunk of money from an inheritance or > selling a house, but very low income (way below what qualifies you for > affordable housing around here). >
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