Affordability | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: vbradova (vbradovabestweb.net) | |
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 08:21:35 -0600 (MDT) |
>John Solso says "I believe cohousing can be well-designed, sweat-equity, >no-frills, no-developer and low-cost." GREAT. Tell how busy working people can be involved too. In case you're going to tell me they need to quit their jobs, please don't. Tell me how the typical single working parent can be involved in creating cohousing in the current model of taking 5 years plus to build, inflating the costs of the units.> I think that streamlining and speeding up the process would help a lot. I read that hiring a developer can not only shorten the process and so save money that way, but also cuts down on the mistakes made (by amateurs) which can be expensive. Another thing is spending a lot of money on customization -- I have been reading about many communities that succumb to the temptation to line up for lot of custom options, and this adds to costs tremendously. Again, a developer can set useful limits. As for sweat equity, I am for some, but if you rely on this in a major way, you risk overburdening people. Some community I recently read about did a lot and then were so burned out and exhausted it took them 2 years after move in to start organizing community activities. That seems like a bad trade-off... And intergenerational communities with a sizeable elder membership cannot expect these folks to bust their gut on construction. And of course my favorite pet peeve -- cut the meetings to a minimum so that people who work can participate while still having a life outside of cohousing...! Vera, NY
- Affordability, (continued)
- Affordability Michael Arnott, January 28 2000
- Re: Affordability Ann Zabaldo, January 28 2000
- Re: Affordability RowenaHC, January 29 2000
- Re: Affordability John Abrams, January 30 2000
- Affordability vbradova, April 3 2000
- Re: Affordability vbradova, April 5 2000
- RE: Affordability Rob Sandelin, April 8 2000
- Re: affordability Hans Tilstra, April 25 2000
- Re: affordability Gale Greenleaf, April 3 2001
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