Re: Choosing Colors | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Elizabeth Stevenson (tamgoddesscomcast.net) | |
Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 07:56:13 -0700 (PDT) |
You're hired! ;o) Liz > From: Matt Lawrence <matt [at] technoronin.com> > Reply-To: Developing cohousing - collaborative housing communities > <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> > Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 15:32:33 -0500 (CDT) > To: Developing cohousing - collaborative housing communities > <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> > Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Choosing Colors > > On Mon, 3 May 2004, Elizabeth Stevenson wrote: > >> Oh, Matt, you don't live in cohousing, do you? > > No, I don't. > >> Sorry, that was a wee bit condescending! It's just that painting 25 or more >> units is incredibly time-consuming and a complete impossibility for a >> community full of people with day jobs. In the time it would take me to >> paint my house, a contractor could paint 5 houses or more, and do it better. >> It just doesn't make sense. > > Why? Why can a contractor do it faster? Better equipment? If so, > splitting the cost of the equipment 25 ways can make it quite affordable. > Or can the contractor do it faster by doing less? Spraying one colour is > fast. However, the day labour sometimes does really crappy work. > >> Also, we have two-storey houses, and it would involve a significant risk >> that many homeowners are not willing to take. And what about the people who >> aren't physically capable of doing it? Do they have to pay more, just >> because they are disabled? We're not talking about each homeowner-painter >> doing one house, we're talking more like two houses. It's completely >> unworkable. The only instance that it would make sense for homeowners to DIY >> would be lot development models. > > So? Not everybody needs to work on the second floor. I'd be perfectly > willing to, particularly with good equipment. It wouldn't take the entire > community to do the painting. > > It sounds to me like you've got a community full of people who don't want > to get their hands dirty doing work in the building trades. That's a > valid way to live, bu not really what I'm interested in. > > -- Matt > The American Non-Sequiteur Society: We may not make sense, but we do like > pizza. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L > >
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Re: Choosing Colors Matt Lawrence, May 3 2004
- Re: Choosing Colors Elizabeth Stevenson, May 3 2004
- Re: Choosing Colors Matt Lawrence, May 3 2004
- Re: Choosing Colors mark harfenist, May 3 2004
- Re: Choosing Colors Elizabeth Stevenson, May 4 2004
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Re: Choosing Colors Matt Lawrence, May 3 2004
- Painting Saoirse, May 3 2004
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