Re: allocation of common costs | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Judy Baxter (BAXTER![]() |
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Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 17:46:54 -0500 |
Hi- the posts I've seen so far on this question of common costs span the spectrum as I know it. *there is no best way, IMHO* - per household, means very small households including (often, tho not always, with less income) pay the same as larger ones, say 2 adults plus 1-3 kids. that didn't seem fair to us, tho there are some ways in which smalller households use common facilities more. -per sq foot, size, price (all roughly related to size) , which was seen as penalizing large homes, somewhat. We use a mixture - for common costs - 25% on per household basis, 75% on a proportion-to-size basis. We discussed these ratios quite a lot - there is no right answer, of course, but the group seems comfortable with this. We played with a logarithmic formula that a group in Tasmania posted, but decided it was too hard to explain, and this is very similar. BTW, I found it hard to believe this isn't in the archives (I know I've posted this before) but I couldn't find anything under cost, or common (seems weird). I used the search all Cohousing discussion at the CSF site. Anybody have any ideas how there could be nothing with "common" in the subject header? Judy Judy Baxter, Monterey Cohousing Community,(MoCoCo) Twin Cities Area, Mpls.,MN -- e-mail: baxter [at] epivax.epi.umn.edu (usually checked on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday) 15 homes - 7 new townhomes and 8 coop apartments in a rehab Georgian building built as a retirement home in 1924 - We are getting our older driveway seal-coated! Such fun! It get's the driveay cleared! Voice Mail for Monterey Cohousing - 612-930-7554
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allocation of common costs Stephanie Fassnacht, July 31 1998
- Re: allocation of common costs Lynn Nadeau, July 31 1998
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- Re: allocation of common costs Anno Langen, August 3 1998
- Re: allocation of common costs Judy Baxter, August 3 1998
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