Common House Questions
From: Michael J. Pruitt (stoitteskimo.com)
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 1994 13:46:44 -0800 (PST)
I am a member of RoseWind Cohousing in Port Townsend WA.  We have about
9.5 Ac in the city limits of Port Townsend, a small town on the Olympic
Peninsula of Washington state.  We own the land and are in the process of
putting in the infrastructure - roads, utilities, drainage etc.  We hope
to be able to start construction on the first units sometime this summer. 
We have divided our land into 19 5,000 sq. ft lots and a large lot
approved for up to 7 smaller cluster units.  This will leave about half of
the land as common.  We have zoning approval for the common house and a
commercial building.  Because of the spreadout and somewhat independent
nature of the residence units, we are very concerned about having a usable
common house for meals, meetings, social functions and as a community
focus, as soon as possible. 

As part of the planning process for the common house design and
construction we are gathering information from others who may have a
common house, are in the process of designing or building one.  Any
responses to the following questionnaire will be gratefully appreciated. 

IT MIGHT BE BEST TO E-MAIL YOUR RESPONSES DIRECTLY TO ME AT

                 stoitt [at] eskimo.com 
THANKS

REFERENCE QUESTIONS (RE: THE COHOUSING COMPANY OR OTHER
CONSULTANTS/FACILITATORS) 
1.  Did you use the services of The Cohousing Company?  
2.  Did you use the services of other consultants/facilitators
    from outside your group?  
3.  If so please name.  
4.  What services did the they provide your group?  
5.  What services did they provide with respect to your common house?  
6.  Were you and your group happy with these services?  
7.  Did you feel that the prices charged were fair for the services provided? 
        Were they worth it?  
8.  What did they do that you would not or could not have done yourselves?  
9.  Is there anything that you wish thatthey had done differently? 

GENERAL QUESTIONS (RE: COMMON HOUSE) 
1.  Do you like your common house? 
2.  Are there things that you don't like? 
3.  What would you do differently?  
4.  When was your common house built?  
5.  Is the common house well used?  
6.  Is it equally well used in summer and winter?  
7.  What do you use it for? 
8.  What do others use it for?  
9.  How many households are there in your group?  
10. Approximately how many children? How many adults?  
11. How do you do common meals? How often?  
12. How many adults are around the community during week days? 
       (vs. at work)?
13. How is your common house located with respect to the property 
       and housing?
14  How large is your common house (approx. square feet)?  
15. What do you think your common house cost?  
16. What facilities did you include in your common house? 
17. Is your group willing and able to share the plans?  
18. Did you use any other professional services in designing your 
       common house?  

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THANKS AGAIN 

M. J. Pruitt            stoitt [at] eskimo.com 
Seattle WA              (206) 525-1485
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