Re: management companies | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Ann Zabaldo (zabaldoearthlink.net) | |
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 05:39:47 -0700 (MST) |
Ditto Takoma Village where we are just beginning our life living together and just started using a management company -- except they collect the garbage too! We find there's STILL plenty of work to do together to build our community! Ann Zabaldo Takoma Village Cohousing Washington, DC. -- America's Hometown! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Stevenson" <tamgoddess [at] home.com> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <cohousing-l [at] freedom2.mtn.org> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 12:16 AM Subject: Re: management companies > I just want to make a quick statement that there are many groups who do all > this themselves, and do a fine job. It all depends on whether you have the > people who want to do it or not. It can definitely be done without hardship. > > -- > Liz Stevenson > Southside Park Cohousing > Sacramento, California > > ---------- > >From: "Rowenahc" <rowenahc [at] cs.com> > >To: Multiple recipients of list <cohousing-l [at] freedom2.mtn.org> > >Subject: RE: management companies > >Date: Thu, Jan 25, 2001, 4:01 PM > > > > > > > What Eileen reports from Oak Creek Commons is very much the way we use a > > managment company at Cambridge Cohousing. It is particularly important to > > get professional assistance in handling money - sending out bills, > > collections, making sure the taxes and the utilities are paid, etc. You > > will find that no one in the community wants to be the one to dun the late > > payers! A good management company will have automated systems for taking > > care of all this stuff. > > > > You can negotiate just how much you want the company to do. For instance, > > we chose to do our own trash and recycling chores, landscaping and snow > > removal on internal paths. The managment company takes care of minor chores > > automatically but when there are major expenditures to be made these are > > discussed in the regular monthly meeting the company representative has with > > our Managing Board, which in turn gets consensus from the residents. You > > can work out your own mix. > > > > The management company has no business being involved in establishing rules > > and regulations! > > > > > > >
- RE: management companies, (continued)
- RE: management companies Eileen McCourt, January 23 2001
- RE: management companies Rowenahc, January 25 2001
- Re: management companies Sharon Villines, January 25 2001
- Re: management companies Elizabeth Stevenson, January 25 2001
- Re: management companies Ann Zabaldo, January 26 2001
- Re: management companies Sharon Villines, January 26 2001
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