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From: Audrey Watson (audrey![]() |
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Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 07:55:03 -0700 (PDT) |
I agree, designing for noise isolation is important, we don't have too many conflicts about that, as our units were fairly well designed. (although being close, noise does travel when windows are open, but that would require a lot of distance to stop). We do sharing of some utilities within buildings (heat, hot water), and there are times that we wish those were individually metered, (we have a formula, but it can cause conflict). We also don't individually meter water, and although that doesn't cause conflict, I think it might cause better conservation if we could break that down at a smaller level. Even though all our homes are clustered, and easy walking distance, the close groups do form "neighborhoods", so proximity even by hundreds of feet, makes a difference. We have a mixture of duplexes, 1 4-plex, 1 6-plex. Audrey watson, winslow cohousing > Does being so close cause > interpersonal or societal conflicts that might not arise in detached > housing. (I understand the green (environmental) and energy > advantages > of single building construction, but this question is about the > interpersonal implications). Anyone in that type of co-housing care to > comment? Good acoustics is important of units are attached. Dump money into those walls. And have play areas for older kids away from living areas. Otherwise, the proximity is nice. I don't have to charge across a lawn to pop in to my neighbor's house. I can go see any one of upwards of 50 people or go to the CH without trudging in the rain. I think about that when I look at site plans with single family or two family units spread out all over the place. How does it affect their relationship to the common house? To the people at the other end? Even in buildings that were not cohousing, I had closer relationships with people on my floor than with any of my neighbors in detached housing neighborhoods I've lived in. All these buildings had rules about what could be done and what couldn't be done -- like leaving your things in the hallways or what you could store on a balcony. Frankly, I wish we had more of these and there would be fewer conflicts. But you can't have relationship without conflict. And no matter how far apart the houses are, you can still see them. And hear them. I don't think detached houses are a solution to conflict. Sharon ---- Sharon Villines Takoma Village Cohousing Washington DC http://www.takomavillage.org ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 05:05:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Molly Lazar <mollyschaefer [at] yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ attached vs detached To: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> Message-ID: <894431.65888.qm [at] web31803.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Our neighborhood, Shadowlake Village in Blacksburg, has a mixture of single family homes, duplexes, and townhomes. Because my husband and I were some of the last buyers, we had to buy what was left-- a single family home. Since then I have joked that I have "duplex envy." Our neighbors who share a porch seem to have more fun. They can have more spaces for hosting people and hang out together a lot. It helped that most of the folks were friends with their duplexmates before move-in. Molly On Jul 2, 2007, at 2:07 PM, James Kacki wrote: > Does being so close cause > interpersonal or societal conflicts that might not arise in detached > housing. (I understand the green (environmental) and energy > advantages > of single building construction, but this question is about the > interpersonal implications). Anyone in that type of co-housing care to > comment?
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